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HEALING HEARTS PROGRAM Cardiac Rehabilitation is designed to help those with heart disease recover faster and return to full and productive lives. Cardiac Rehabilitation includes exercise, education, counseling, and learning ways to live a healthier life. The Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation/N.B. Heart Centre Healing Hearts Program has been developed in collaboration with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of N.B to provide education and home exercise guidelines for those living with heart disease. This program has been developed specifically for smaller communities within the region to provide heart health education, and for those unable to attend the Cardiac Rehabilitation program at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Education and exercise programs that combine lifestyle and behaviour changes have been shown to reduce the progression of heart disease and significantly improve quality of life. The 8 week program is designed for the heart patient to participate in after being discharged from hospital. This program is for those who have had heart attacks, heart surgery, angioplasty (balloon procedure), stable congestive heart failure, or stable angina. Spouses or partners are encouraged to attend. The program includes weekly education sessions dealing with heart disease, risk factors, lifestyle change, nutrition, developing healthy habits, smoking cessation, stress management, medication use, and much more. Each session lasts approximately 2 hours. A Doctor's permission is necessary to attend this program. For site information contact: Sussex Health Centre
To order the Healing Hearts Program package please contact: Cleo Cyr Last Updated: June 14, 2007 |
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