The Community Accessible Rehabilitation (CAR) Pulmonary Rehabilitation program provides a multi-disciplinary focus on education and self-management for clients with a diagnosis of moderate to severe chronic lung disease.
The following services may be offered in-person or virtually. For virtual sessions, a computer or mobile device (e.g. smartphone, tablet) with video and audio capabilities is required and the patient must be physically in Alberta.
1) Pulmonary Rehabilitation:
- supervised, targeted exercise and education sessions for clients with chronic lung disease (confirmed by pulmonary function test).
- exercise sessions two times a week for 8 weeks, which include aerobic and strengthening exercises
- multi-disciplinary disease-specific education sessions on the self-management of lung disease. Topics include exercise safety, medications, energy conservation, relaxation techniques, oxygen therapy, nutrition and other strategies for living with chronic lung disease.
2) Airway Clearance Techniques
- Diagnosis of bronchiectasis or moderate to severe chronic lung disease requiring airway clearance only.
- Education on self-management techniques. (We do not provide manual assisted cough, percussions/vibrations or suctioning.)