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Patients of the Trent Hills Family Health Team can ask their physician, nurse practitioner or registered nurse for a referral to the Heart Health Program.
The Heart Health Program is for THFHT patients over age 30 years with a diagnosed and stable heart condition including high blood pressure (hypertension), high cholesterol (dyslipidemia), congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation (AFIB), heart valve disease, or clotting diseases like previous 'stroke', 'mini-stroke', 'heart attack' or leg and lung clots (post-CVA/TIA, post-MI, post DVT, post PE).
Patients must be referred to the Heart Health Program by their health care provider (doctor or nurse practitioner), a nurse, or by another THFHT nurse-led program (e.g. Screening & Prevention, Women’s Health).
You might be interested in the Heart Health Program if:
· would like to learn about managing and monitoring your heart condition
· would like to learn about your medications, healthy eating & healthy movement
· are not at your target blood pressure or cholesterol despite medications
· want to learn more about your condition or treatments
· would be interested in help quitting smoking or lifestyle change
We also have resource pages on healthy living on this website and these pages can be viewed by anyone, not just THFHT patients.
How to get an appointment with Heart Health:
Use this blood pressure (BP) log from Hypertension Canada to record your BP at home for the most accurate readings. See how different foods and activities affect your BP. Bring the log to your appointments so our health care team can get an accurate picture of your real BP readings. To read more about ways to lower your blood pressure, visit our Healthy Lifestyle section and read about Healthy Eating & Healthy Movement & Lifestyles.
Use this congestive heart failure (CHF) symptom tracker at home to monitor for the signs and symptoms that CHF is controlled or starting to exacerbate. Learn about the foods and activities that affect your heart function and use this tool for your appointments with your health care team for monitoring CHF. To read more about ways to manage CHF, view My Heart Failure Diary produced by The Canadian Heart Failure Society or visit the Heart Failure page on Heart & Stroke Canada.
THFHT formally recognizes the traditional keepers of this land and, specifically our neighbours of the Alderville First Nation, with a formal territorial acknowledgement. We reside on the Gunshot Treaty Lands of 1788. On these lands and on the shores of the big lake, the Mississauga Anishinabeg
(A-NISH-IN-NAW-BEK) met with the Crown to facilitate the opening of these lands for settlement. Let us be reminded of the responsibility we all have in making sure that we respect these lands and waters that give us life and sustain our livelihoods.
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