Community Education – Healthy Hearts

Healthy Hearts is a group information session that is part of your treatment and recovery following a heart event, often referred to as Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Groups usually have 10 – 15 participants and are delivered in the community at Nelson Bays Primary Health.

This service will help with:

• What has happened and why

• Understanding your risk factors

• Taking control of your future heart health

• Managing physical activity

• Making sense of cholesterol and blood pressure numbers

• Medications and symptom management

• Eating for heart health

• Where to go for further support or information

• Receiving up-to-date information/advice on your condition/treatment and medications

• Your questions answered by specialists

• Receiving practical guidelines for physical activity and eating for heart health

• Listen to, or share with others who have faced or are facing similar issues

• An opportunity for your family/whānau or support person to be involved in your care and recovery

• Coming to terms with what has happened and gaining the confidence to move forward

If you need a different option/group sessions don’t suit you:

You can receive the information booklets from the Heart Foundation and/or be connected with individual support from the Community Education Coordinator, the dietitian service of Green Prescription.  

All of the above options are FREE and provided by Nelson Bays Primary Health with support from Nelson Hospital Cardiology staff and The Heart Foundation. 

“What motivated you to attend healthy hearts?”

How to access the service:

To access the service, you will be referred by your general practice (family doctor) or the Nelson Hospital Cardiology Team.