Nelson Asthma Society
Our services are available to the whole community; Nelson Asthma Society is a non-profit organization offering a FREE service to anyone with Asthma or other respiratory conditions such as COPD/CORD or emphysema, for example.
We cover the Nelson & Tasman area including Golden Bay and Murchison.
Our location:
50 Halifax Street,
P O Box 45, Nelson 7040
Phone: (03) 546 7675
Fax: (03) 546 7673
Email: asthma.nelson@xtra.co.nz
Manager: Hilary Croft
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 10am to 2pm. Often Hilary is in the office after 2pm and a telephone message service is also available.
Nelson Bays Primary Health Respiratory Nurse Educators, Shelley Ford and Jean Weary are based at 20 New Street, Nelson. Their contact details are:
For Motueka & Richmond - Shelley 027 627 8799 shelley.ford@nelsonbayspho.org.nz
For Nelson area - Jean 027 688 4208 jean.weary@nelsonbayspho.org.nz
Direct dial 03 539 1667. Referrals can be sent by fax on 03 539 4958
Together we offer the following:
Our free service:
- Education, information and support to individuals and their families
- Home visits for 'one to one' education on asthma management (or if preferred, consultation held elsewhere)
- Assessment of your asthma and inhaler techniques
- Lung function testing (spirometry)
- Management of, and advice given, on self management - teaching you to keep control of your asthma
- Advice given freely over telephone, answering your questions and resolving your fears
- Referral to other agencies, if required
- Pamphlets/booklets and information sheets covering asthma - triggers, puffers and devices, peak flows, COPD, allergies, nebulisers, etc.
Membership benefits:
Membership fee - $10 per annum (Financial year April to March).
Support and Light Exercise Groups:
Motueka: 3rd Monday/month, 2 - 3.15pm, at Community Health, Courtney Street.
Nelson: 2nd & 4th Wednesday/month, 1.45 - 2.45pm, at Reformed Church, Enner Glynn.
Please ring Hilary for further details on 546 7675
Hydrotherapy Pool Session:
Nelson: Hospital, 3rd Wednesdays/month, 1.00pm to 2.00pm
Plus:
- Nebuliser Hire - long and short term, at a nominal cost (GP referral letter necessary).
- Nebuliser accessories for sale: bowls, tubing, mouth pieces etc.
- Dust Mite Bedding Covers for sale at discounted prices.
- Quarterly Newsletters
- Asthma Foundation's quarterly newsletter The Asthma and Respiratory News
Other services to be delivered by Nelson Asthma Society
- Promoting respiratory disease management and increasing community awareness of support and education for people with asthma and related conditions.
- In conjunction with NBPH, develop and deliver health promotion tool-kits to community and providers.
- Facilitation of Asthma Fundamentals course for workforce development.
- Advisory role to NBPH Board on service provision and intervention for clients.
Our committee
Elected in May each year at the Annual General Meeting.
Our affiliation
We are affiliated to the Asthma Foundation. The Asthma Foundation offers national support, provides excellent medical advice from recognised and respected specialists, and continues to lobby for asthma to be accorded appropriate recognition as a Government health priority. Visit www.asthmafoundation.org.nz for more information.
