The Save
My ‘interruption in life,’ as I call it, started as any other normal workday. However, things took a turn when I began experiencing horrific chest pain.
Writing the Heart: Expressive Writing Workshop Series
Writing…about traumatic experience …can produce measurable changes in physical and mental health, … can also affect people’s sleep habits, work efficiency and how they connect with others. – James W. Pennebaker, PhD What is...
Glossary
Heart Health Glossary Advance Care Planning (ACP): The process of thinking about and communicating your wishes, values, and beliefs. ACP helps facilitate the steps needed to ensure that your wishes guide your treatment and care if you become incapable and/or unable to...
Caring for a Child with Heart Failure: Maddison and Lorelei
In June 2022, I welcomed my daughter Lorelei after a normal pregnancy. We had no indications of heart failure or congenital defects when I was pregnant or when she was a newborn. It wasn’t until Lorelei was three months old that I noticed the signs…
Research Outcomes and Reports
Digital Technology Application for Improved Responses to Health Care Challenges: Lessons Learned from COVID-19. Darshan H Brahmbhatt, Heather J Ross, Yasbanoo Moayedi. December, 2021. Go To Studies in...
Paediatric Heart Failure
Developed in partnership with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). The treatment of heart failure in children often depends on the cause of the underlying problem. Sometimes there are medical, surgical or catheter-based interventions that can be undertaken to either cure or reduce the symptoms of heart failure. Your child will be taken care of with a team that includes physicians, nurses, specialized dieticians who ensure optimal nutrition, and physical and occupational therapists who will provide assessments. Your child will be prescribed medicines to treat both the symptoms of heart failure and to improve or stabilize heart function. Child life specialists and social workers are available to help children and families dealing with the stress associated with a chronic illness.
Heart2Heart Podcast Series
Welcome to Heart2Heart, The Heart Hub’s podcast series dedicated to telling the stories of patients and caregivers in the heart failure community. Heart2Heart is brought to you by the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at the...
Isabel’s LVAD Experience
Isabel lived with heart failure for 11 years before having a heart transplant in 2021. Self-care and self-management continue to be essential to her health. As part of her journey, Isabel lived with an LVAD. In this video, Isabel talks about what it is like to have one, what the day-to-day, and her tips and suggestions for others who are about to get an LVAD.
Medication Management
People with more complex medical needs, like heart failure, may require multiple medications throughout the day. To ensure the safe, consistent, and effective use of medications, it is important to have a system in place. Proper medication management has numerous advantages for patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers:
