Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis IPF

17
Oct
2022

Transforming ILD Care in Bolton

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Royal Boltob Hospital
The Royal Bolton Hospital NHs Foundation Trust

The Chairman of the Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group, for the past two years has been working with the CEO and members of the Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Trust, Lead ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) Consultants and Specialist Respiratory Nurses Wythenshawe Hospital and The Wellbeing Hub at Bolton Hospice. This has resulted in a dedicated Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinic, run by Lead ILD / PF Consultants, dedicated, Specialist Respiratory Nurses. This service becomes on stream from Tuesday 1st November 2022, at Bolton One Great Moore Street Bolton.

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Bolton One NHS Clinics

What can be expected by patients of the new ILD / PF Service

Earlier detection of the disease by their General Practitioner, additional training is being provided for GP’s to be able to recognise the early symptoms of Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Fast Track referal by GP to ILD /PF Service

Extended Hospital Clinic Appointment Times,

On a definative diagnosis of ILD/PF is given, patients will be fully informed about the disease, what treatments are available, Information on Local Support Groups, Related Services, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and many other related resources. AgeUK, Bolton at Home, Bolton Hospice Support*

Access to the Specialist Respiratory Nursing Team for information and support.

Oxygen Therapy Assessment Clinics, for patients requiring the use of Home Oxygen Therapy

Twice yearly Pulmonary Function Test

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Wythenshawe Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Patients who have to travel to Wythenshawe Hospital, will now be seen at the new Wythenshawe Satellite Clinic at Bolton One for the majority of appointments i.e. Blood Tests, Pulmonary Function Tests, CT Scans. This will be introduced over the next twelve months on a gradual basis.

Bolton Hospice / Wellbeing Hub

Our consultant-led team of doctors, nurses and other professional staff provide expert care and support for local people with terminal or life-limiting illnesses and their families, in the hospice and at home. We not only take care of patients' physical needs, we consider their emotional, spiritual and social needs too. And we support families and close friends, both during illness and in bereavement.
Bolton Hospice Wellbeing Hub

Many people are under the misconception that a hospice is where people with a terminal disease go to die. This is certainly not the case, 50 percent of people who go in for hospice care, return home after a short stay. The hospice is not only for terminally ill patients, but patients who have a longterm debilitating disease of illness, which can be a big strain on them, physically, mentally and emotionally. The Hospice is a place they can go to have a rest, recharge their batteries, before retuning home to continue with their life. It is not just for people living with a longterm disease, but for their family and carers too.

Bolton Hospice and Wellbeing Hub is like a 5-star hotel, in fact if someone put a blindfold on you and took you into the reception. When they removed it, you would belive you were in the reception of a luxuary 5-Star Hotel. The staff are so friendly and welcoming, the decor is exquisite and tasteful, creating a comfortable and relaxing ambience.

The Wellbeing Hub has a modern comfortable Coffee Bar, providing a range of different Tea’s Coffee’s Hot Chocolate, Tasty snacks, Soups, Salads, Sandwiches and Cake, From there you are invited into the Consulting Rooms, Alternative Therapy Treatment Rooms, Craft Workshops, Large Comfortable Air-Conditioned Lounge, overlooking stunning Colourful Terraced Gardens.

Wellbeing Hub Coffee Bar
Wellbeing Hub Pulmonary Rehab Room
Wellbeing Hub Lounge
Wellbeing Hub Lounge
Wellbeing Hub Lounge
Wellbeing Hub veranda just of the Pulmonary Rehab Room
Wellbeing Hub Garden Terrece
Wellbeing Hub Reception
Wellbeing Hub Reception

3
Feb
2019

Commemorative Oak Tree Planting Ceremony The Royal Bolton Hospital

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Tree Planting Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group

Friday 1st February 2019 in the grounds of the Royal Bolton Hospital an Oak Tree and Time Capsule was planted to commemorate the first anniversary of the formation of the Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group. The Oak Tree and Time capsule was awarded, to the group, by Manchester Airport as part of their 80th Anniversary of the opening of the Manchester Airport. 80 trees were awarded to schools, colleges organisations businesses who had to state why they needed a tree and what it would signify to them. In our application I wrote:

I thought the Oak Tree would be the perfect representation for our group in many appropriate and fitting ways:

  • The group being formed last year, it would be fitting tribute, both germinated and established in the same year 2018.
  • Both having the will and determination to grow in strength and become recognised.
  • The branches of the lungs being represented by the trunk and branches of the tree as represented in our logo.
  • Both supporting life and providing resources for the benefit and future of others 
  • Remembering that “from little acorns great things grow”

Knowing the tree will be around long after its present members have passed on and possibly the group. It will be a reminder that people cared and gave their time and effort to support each other, to give recognition when it was needed.

Commemorative Oak Tree & Time CapsulePlanting in the grounds of the Royal Bolton Hospital
Oak Tree and Time Capsule Planting at the Royal Bolton Hospital 1st February 2019

The Time Capsule contained: List of members of the support group, along with the groups Constitution , Aims and Objective, Copy of the Application for we submitted in our successful bid for a Greater Manchester Health and Social Partnership. Photographs of Royal Bolton Respiratory Consultants and Nursing Staff and DVD of the Royal Bolton Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme. Information from Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, The British Lung Foundation. Bolton Community and Voluntary Services. patienMPower. Recordings of Support Group Interviews Bolton FM Radio. Press cuttings of Famous Celebrities and Film Stars who died from Pulmonary Fibrosis, Keith Chegwin, TV Presenter. Marlon Brando Holliwood Film Star, Evil Knievel Famous Motorcycle Stunt performer.

Time Capsule  and Contents  helped by Buddy patientMpowers Mascot 

Breathing in and breathing out is the most natural thing in the world, unless you suffer from the devastating lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis. It gradually destroys the lungs, making breathing difficult.  Around 70,000 people in the UK have pulmonary fibrosis with half suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which has no known cause or cure.  6,000 die each year of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – more than the better-known leukaemia. The average life expectancy from diagnosis is between 3 and 5 years.

Chairman Steve, who has spearheaded the support group in Bolton along with founding members John Latham Secretary and Ken Ruscoe, Treasurer said:

“The planting of the tree and time capsule is a fitting tribute to our patient support group and also marks our first anniversary. Knowing the tree and time capsule will be around long after its present members have passed on will be a reminder that people cared and gave their time and effort to support each other – remembering that ‘from little acorns great things grow’.

Steve Jones, Chair of Trustees for Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, said:

‘’Since the charity began in 2013 we have helped grow the number of support groups across the UK from six to 67.  The support group in Bolton has proved invaluable in helping patients and carers meet each other, develop mutually supportive relationships and be informed on treatment options.  The planting of the tree and time capsule is a wonderful way to pay tribute to the group.”

Michaela Bowden, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, said:

“I’m very pleased that by having the tree and time capsule in the hospital grounds we are able to raise awareness of this disease and mark the formation of the local support group.”

Stephen Morgan-Hyland Tweeted:

Thank you for inviting Lorna & I from @ActionPFcharity to share in the wonderful @BoltonFibrosis tree planting Steve, John, Michaela, you epitomise the importance & value of #PulmonaryFibrosis support groups Central to #APF aims is providing support to the growing UK-wide network

Dr Saiyyid Raza Lead Consultant Respiratory Physician.

Thanks for organising a fantastic event.

18
Sep
2018

EU-IPF Federation Associate Membership

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We are pleased to announce that the Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group has been accepted as an Associate Member of The European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Related Disorders Federation (EU-IPFF). Obviously we are delighted to to have been accepted as an Associate Member of this internationally recognised body, thereby increasing our support for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) internationally but our own members also.

Who Are The EU-IPF Federation

The European Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Related Disorders Federation (EU-IPFF) is a non-profit organisation that brings together European national patient associations committed to defending their vision of equal access to treatment and care for all IPF patients, regardless of geography, socio-economic status or age. Our common view has encouraged us to officially establish the first European IPF and other related disorders federation in July 2016.

Our commitment and ambition are grounded in one of our key achievements: the development of the European IPF Charter, which was launched in the European Parliament in September 2014. The Charter lays down the rights of IPF patients and concrete policy recommendations that, if adopted, would ensure improvements in patients’ quality of life whilst supporting efforts to find a cure.

We aim to serve as a trusted resource for the IPF community by raising awareness, providing disease education, advancing care, and supporting research for IPF whilst defending the interests of IPF patients at European level. We fight for equal access to treatment, information and ensuring exchange of information between national patient groups.

Each year, during IPF World Week, IPF patient associations across the world join forces to raise awareness of IPF, call for better access to care, and bring hope to those living with the disease. If you would like to know more about the EU-IPFF and the work they do download their leaflet EU-IPFF Breathing Hope or visit their website

20
Aug
2018

Transitions and TouchPoints in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Transitions and touchpoints in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Jeffrey J Swigris
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Abstract

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) face a poor prognosis and endure intrusive symptoms that impair quality of life. Many patients with IPF will require supplemental oxygen (O2) at some point in the course of their illness, and although it can improve blood oxygen and symptoms, O2 creates physical and emotional challenges for patients and their loved ones. Four events in the course of IPF—the first occurs at the time of diagnosis and the other three are related to O2—herald periods of transition for patients and their caregivers and mark touchpoints when they need extra care and support from practitioners.

Keywords: interstitial fibrosis, long term oxygen therapy (itot)

touchpoint: a time, condition, or circumstance that is vulnerable or unstable enough to precipitate a highly unfavourable, possibly devastating outcome

– English Oxford Dictionary

Introduction IPF

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a typically life-shortening condition whose debilitating symptoms include activity-limiting dyspnoea, nagging cough and fatigue. At the time they are diagnosed with IPF, patients (and their informal caregivers) are forced to confront the ‘devastation’ and begin thinking about a life with this disease.

Most patients with IPF will require supplemental oxygen (O2) at some point after diagnosis. Although O2is prescribed in the hopes of preventing long-term consequences of hypoxaemia and improving symptoms, it poses a threat to already-impaired quality of life (QOL) in these patients: many feel stigmatised when they are seen in public wearing a nasal cannula, and using O2 robs patients of their ability to live as carefree and independently as they would like. Understandably, patients view the need for O2 as a marker of disease progression—an unwanted milestone in the course of IPF that, like being told the diagnosis, can cause their worlds to ‘crash for a second time.’ Compared with patients with IPF who do not need O2, those who need it report worse QOL in multiple life domains, including emotional well-being, social participation and independence. Patients with IPF are resilient: in clinic, I frequently hear patients with IPF say things like, ‘I can deal with this… if it just doesn’t get any worse’. But, it so often does—and they deal with it anyway and figure out how to move on.

The closest thing to a formal staging system for IPF is the GAP index (a combination of gender, age and physiological variables), which can be generally informative in discussions of prognosis. But patients with IPF also want information on what life is going to look like with IPF—how disease progression is likely to affect them in their daily lives and what things they should be doing or thinking about along the way. Informal caregivers want similar information about the patient. They also want to know how their roles will change as disease severity increases, and they need to know that helpful resources are accessible to them.

I believe care of patients with IPF requires an ongoing conversation (with them and their caregivers) woven through serial visits over the course of the disease. This conversation forms the backbone of the palliative care these patients need—unfortunately, the term ‘palliative care’ has become synonymous with end-of-life care, and perhaps more appropriate terms to use are ‘comprehensive care’ or ‘quality of life (QOL) care’. Regardless, the conversation should, among other topics personalised to a given patient, include an assessment of disease status, an appraisal of the tolerance of and response to therapeutic manoeuvres (pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological), an evaluation of the patient’s and the caregiver’s physical and emotional well-being, assurance that necessary supportive resources are in place, and time for questions. As with any patient with a potentially life-shortening condition, this longitudinal conversation must involve appropriately timed talk around advanced care planning and, most importantly, patients’ wishes for end-of-life intervention and care. Like other topics in the weave, these are best brought up early, before the pressures and chaos of abrupt decline mandate. Here, practitioners have the challenging duty of (1) ascertaining what information patients and caregivers are ready to receive, (2) recognising that patients’ and caregivers’ levels of acceptance—or as Overgaard and colleagues called it, ‘reactional stage’—may differ, and thus (3) carefully tailoring information delivery to the recipient while considering their readiness to receive it.

I view four major events in the course of IPF as meriting special care and attention and forming a framework for the disease-long conversation. The first is when the diagnosis is given. Because of the potential impact of O2, the final three events centre on it: when O2 is prescribed for use with exertion; when O2 is needed at rest; when high-flow O2 is required (ie, when a portable oxygen concentrator or other lightweight, portable, O2 conserving device does not meet a patient’s oxygen demands).

I initially regarded these events as stages because, to some degree, they often correspond with disease severity. But on reflection, they are much more: for patients and caregivers, both individually and for them as a team, these events are times of transition, when each is particularly vulnerable, when their QOL is most threatened, and they are forced to adapt to a new normal. More than perhaps any other times in the course of IPF, these are the occasions when patients and caregivers need practitioners as partners—accessible, ready to give information, offer support, bolster realistic hope and attend to their emotional well-being and QOL. For practitioners, these events can serve as touchpoints—special opportunities to intervene when we have the chance to more fully understand patients’ and caregivers’ preferences, values and goals through comprehensive needs assessments. Whether done systematically using a tool specifically developed for this purpose or spontaneously in the natural flow of a visit, the assessments are critical to QOL care. Because patients’ and caregivers’ needs change over time, the touchpoints can serve as both reminders and opportunities for the assessments to occur.

When the diagnosis is given

Transition

Whether a patient presents knowing that something serious is going on, or thinking they are just overweight, out of shape and ‘old’, being told they have IPF will likely turn their lives upside down.They become contemplative, and many experience grief, worrying about their (and their family’s) futures as they must ‘refocus their lives’ and ‘readjust their life goals’. For many patients with IPF, not dwelling on the negative is challenging, but over time, by gaining knowledge and feeling supported, most adjust and accept life with IPF. Caregivers experience similar grieving, disbelief and worry —wondering how they will carry on if their patient loved-one lives only as long as the average patient with IPF. The transition to acceptance—both the time and route—is different for every patient and caregiver.

Touchpoint

Those of us who diagnose IPF and care for patients with it know the devastation our words can bring when we tell someone they have IPF. Doing so with care and empathy softens the blow, but patients’ and their caregivers’ lives are forever changed. Making certain that our words convey realistic hope, taking time to educate patients and their caregivers about the condition, informing them that there are therapies available for patients with IPF (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) and, together, developing a plan for moving forward are critical at this touchpoint. Handing out or directing patients to trustworthy disease education materials, informing them about local support groups and firming up plans for a follow-up visit in the near future are helpful.

When O2 is prescribed for use with exertion

Transition

For many patients with IPF, particularly those who do not need O2 at the time of diagnosis, being told they now need it is another demoralising milestone—‘a big step’ in the wrong direction. Some patients accept O2 and figure out how to accommodate it immediately. Other patients do not accept it and decline the prescription; they prefer to slow down and/or cut out certain activities altogether rather than use O2. Still others navigate their way through stages of negotiation and compromise in which they decide how and when O2 fits into the reality of their daily lives. In the end, the patients who accept O2 transition to a reluctant acceptance of it and find a way to exist in the new normal it creates.

Touchpoint

The lack of robust data in support of O2 for patients who desaturate only with exertion notwithstanding, scientific rationale and clinical intuition would suggest that intermittent hypoxaemia in people 60–80 years old with one or (typically) more chronic medical conditions could have detrimental effects. Limited published data show that O2 increases activity and/or decreases dyspnoea in patients with IPF who are normoxic at rest but desaturate with activity. Additional studies whose results will be published soon should shed more light on the topic. Regardless of how the data are interpreted or whether patients agree to use O2, when peripheral oxygen desaturation is identified the first time, the conversation changes. A thoughtful, transparent discussion—one that involves attentive listening to patients’ and caregivers’ concerns, a review of expectations and the potential challenges O2 poses—promotes informed, shared decision-making that prominently incorporates their values and preferences. Adventures of an Oxyphile by Thomas L Petty and coauthors (published by Snowdrift Pulmonary Conference) is a great resource that I direct my patients and their caregivers to at this touchpoint. It offers hope by showing that life does not end when O2 is needed.

When O2 is needed at rest

Transition

When patients transition to needing O2 at rest, they really feel its constraints. The stationary concentrator that sat in the bedroom, used only during sleep, may have to be moved; the 7-foot cannula will have to be lengthened considerably, so patients can move throughout the home. With all the planning O2 requires—the tank filling, the deliveries from the supplier, the equipment and tubing—patients and caregivers begin to feel like their lives revolve around O2. And, once again, they are thrust onto a new, lower plateau of independence and freedom. In an interesting paradox, some caregivers, for the first time in the course of their loved-one’s disease, perceive themselves as truly useful at this transition: instead of just being a ‘nag’, caregivers can give physical care—helping with the logistics of O2 and taking on more household duties.

Touchpoint

As a partner to patients and their caregivers, practitioners have a lot to offer at this touchpoint—being a source of empathic positivity is key. This is another time when patients need to be reminded that there is more living to be done. Patients and caregivers should be encouraged to focus on what they can do, not what they cannot. Referring (or re-referring) to pulmonary rehabilitation is an extremely useful intervention to reinforce to patients and caregivers the possibility and importance of remaining active.

This is also a time when a discussion of alternative O2 delivery modalities is reasonable. For many patients with IPF, delivery of O2 via the transtracheal route (TTO) is an attractive option. The benefits of TTO are that it gets the cannula out of the nose, and on average, it allows reduction of O2 flow by 30%–50%.TTO catheters require daily care; manual dexterity is required to clean and reinsert them, and some patients just do not like the idea of having ‘a hole in my neck’. In our experience, TTO catheters are most beneficial when inserted before O2 requirements reach 6 L/min. Another option for O2 delivery is via Oxy-View glasses (Oxy-View, Englewood, Colorado, USA): the supply tubing connects to the ends of the temple bars, and O2 is delivered through the hollow frame to small, unobtrusive cannulas that run down the side of the nose in the alarfacial groove to enter the nostril. These are particularly attractive for patients who also need glasses and hearing aids. Patients must be reminded that an O2 source is still necessary.

Ideally, discussions about lung transplantation (and potentially referral to a transplant programme) have taken place, but if not, this is a topic that should be added to the conversation at this touchpoint. Although robust data are lacking, pharmacological intervention for dyspnoea (eg, opiates) is an option that could improve symptoms and/or exercise capacity in some patients.

When high-flow O2 is needed

Transition

Newer technologies are in development, but currently, lightweight, portable devices deliver only so much O2—and only for so long. When these devices are unable to meet their needs, patients typically see two options: (1) cart around larger tanks or (2) exert less. At this transition, patients and their caregivers feel more ‘tethered’ to home than ever before—and it takes a special determination to break through the constraints.

Touchpoint

Those of us who practise at higher elevations may care for more patients who make this transition than practitioners in other places; however, all patients in the latter stages of IPF (or those with coexisting emphysema or pulmonary hypertension) are at risk. Particularly for patients who remain active and desire to leave the home, by increasing the amount of O2 they can carry, liquid O2 can alleviate substantial burden for patients in this transition. An E (M-24) tank holds 680 L of gaseous oxygen; 1 L of liquid O2 is equivalent to 860 L of gaseous O2. A commonly used, larger, portable, liquid O2 unit holds 1058 L gaseous O2 equivalents at the same weight as an E tank. Unfortunately, liquid O2 is being phased out in many areas across the USA. An option for home that I have yet to prescribe for my patients—but one that I am enthusiastic about trying—is humidified and heated nasal high-flow O2 delivered via a device like the myAIRVO2 (Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, Auckland, New Zealand).

At this touchpoint, another reminder that high-flow O2 is not the end of the road can be powerful. Some patients may need encouragement to try to stay physically and socially active, but we should remember that many will grieve the loss of their ‘former’ lives and the ability to do some of the activities they once enjoyed—or at least the ability to do them with the gusto they once did. Sharing examples of other patients who have found new activities or ways to continue to do the things they always enjoyed can give hope to those in this transition.

Conclusion

IPF is a serious condition that steals life’s length and quality from patients and their caregivers. Despite the potentially dire outlook and limited therapeutic interventions available, there is much for practitioners to offer these people: information, realistic hope and a plan—partnership throughout the course of the condition. The cornerstones of this partnership are accessibility and a longitudinal conversation. In the course of IPF, we practitioners need to be on high alert for the appearance of four life-changing transitions when patients and their caregivers are most vulnerable and their QOL is most threatened. Practitioners can use these high-alert times as touchpoints to affirm the partnership they have established with the patient, to assess patients’ and caregivers’ needs and well-being, and to solidify plans that focus on patient and caregiver QOL no matter what the future holds for them.

Footnotes

Contributors: JJS is the sole contributor of the content of this manuscript and takes ultimate responsibility for it.

Funding: This work was supported in part by a generous gift from the Munn Foundation.

Competing interests: None declared.

Patient consent: Not required.

Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

Data sharing statement: There are no data related to this perspective.

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