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Living with Advanced Heart Failure: Coping with Symptoms & UncertaintyA free webinar presented by The Heart Hub and Sinai Health Are you living with or caring for someone with advanced heart failure? Are you or the person you care for having difficulty coping with symptoms? Join us virtually as The Heart Hub, Sinai Health and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre present our new guide, Heart Failure at Home: Coping with Symptoms and Uncertainty. Together, we'll discuss: Managing common symptoms Planning for the future Practical coping strategies Self-care and mental health support Live Q&A session to follow!When: February 29th 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm ESTWhere: Zoom (link to be provided to registrants)Cost: FreeAll webinar attendees will be entered to win 1 of 4 Heart Hub swag packages! REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR

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Engage. Educate. Empower. Join HeartLife's 3rd Annual E3 Patient Day focused on Engaging, Educating and Empowering (E3) Canadians and their caregivers who live with heart failure. The FREE event is open to Patients, Caregivers, Healthcare Professionals, Industry Partners, and the general public. WHEN: September 29th, 2023 from 9am to Noon PDT / Noon to 3pm EDT. WHERE: Zoom Webinar - Register at https://heartlife.ca/events/ WHO: Patients, caregivers, health care professionals, heart failure community partners, general public Speakers will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of key healthcare topics, fostering collaboration, empowering patients, and showcasing innovative tools and methods that contribute to enhanced patient experiences, holistic well-being, and improved outcomes. Sessions throughout the day will cover such topics as: The Importance of Mental Health Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (Heart Failure Meds) Innovative Technology such as wearables, AI, and Echo’s. The event will open and close with special guest speakers! LEARN MORE AND REGISTER TODAY! .

Join HeartLife for a free 30-minute webinar On June 20th at 9:00 am to learn more about a fun, evidence-based program to energize your body and reduce anxiety. The Mind Body Wellness Program for Heart Failure will teach you: 1. Movement at 3 different levels2. Breathwork and mindfulness practices you can use anywhere!3. Psychology tips and games to learn about how to live your best life while living with heart failure Click the link below to register and learn more about how you can get involved in this exciting research. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_auaXDoeSRTebYPmhtIW_WA

The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research invites any Canadian living with heart failure or heart disease, as well as heart transplant recipients, to join our virtual expressive writing workshops. Being diagnosed with heart failure or disease can make you feel as if your world has turned upside down. Powerful emotions come with the diagnosis: fear, anger, sadness, loss—often difficult to express. Writing has been shown to have emotional and physiological benefits to those dealing with life-threatening or chronic conditions, hardship, or trauma. Facilitated by Sharon Bray, Ed.D., author, educator and heart failure patient, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is hosting a series of virtual workshops where you can learn why, and how, writing can be healing, whether you write alone or with others. “As patients, I think we learn a lot from each other,” Sharon says. “The workshops build an extraordinary community through story. People realize they’re not alone.” Writing the Heart: 6-Week Workshop Series (Virtual) Each 90-minute session of this six-part series facilitated by Sharon Bray Ed.D. will be conducted in an atmosphere of safety and support with the same participants each week. Sharon will guide the group with specific writing prompts, with time allocated for […]

Nurturing mental health and wellness for caregivers - Supporting Caregiver Awareness, Learning and Empowerment (SCALE) Program The SCALE Program aims to empower caregivers with practical information and skills to focus on their mental health and well-being needs by offering: • Weekly psychoeducational webinars (LIVE or RECORDED) are divided into two 4-week sessions (see below for Session 1 and Session 2 topics). You may register for all of Session 1, Session 2, or individual webinars to suit your needs. • Strategies, tools, and resources to better cope with difficult caregiving emotions. • Free and confidential online group and/or individual counselling (OPTIONAL). *Space is limited. Registration is based on a first-come, first-served basis. *If you’re planning to access these services, it is highly encouraged that you register for the full session of webinars to receive the maximum benefit from group or individual counselling. “The counselling was incredible and life-changing…the webinars had the right balance of information and self-directed work. I’ve used the accompanying resources to build my road to wellness. I was able to apply the knowledge, strategies and tactics to my work-life too. The benefits of the SCALE program brought wellness to all aspects of my being.” – Caregiver SESSION 1: […]

Registrants will be entered to win 1 of 4 Heart Hub T-Shirts! The draw will be held at the end of the event. About this event Join Dr. Heather Ross, registered dietician Margaret Brum and nurse practitioner Stella Kozuszko for this free patient-moderated session. The webinar will cover innovations in heart failure research, in particular the latest findings on sodium and diet, and will also highlight the importance of patient participation in research and ways to get involved. Participants questions and input are welcome. PLUS get a sneak preview of the new Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research patient education site.

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Five cardiovascular health start-ups will face off for up to $250,000 in front of a panel of judges and a virtual audience at TBEP's annual Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) Pitch Competition.