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Midlands 103 The Irish Heart Foundation estimates that over 5,000 people in the region have heard those words.
5,400 people with heart failure in the midlands are being encouraged to reach out to services and not to feel isolated.
The plea is being made by Irish Heart Foundation and coincides with Heart Failure Awareness Week,
The organisation provides a nurse support line, exercise classes, and peer-to-peer support which aims to help keep people well, both physically and mentally.
Heart Failure Programme Manager Lucinda McNerney says people often feel shock after a diagnosis but with the right supports, it is manageable:
The estimated 1,800 people living with heart failure in Kilkenny are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition. .
Longford heart failure patients urged to embrace free supports
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The estimated 900 people living with heart failure in Longford are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition.
The Irish Heart Foundation is at the centre of a national drive to provide vital back-up to patients who need help coping with the illness.
“People often feel shock, trauma and isolation after a diagnosis of heart failure, but with the right supports, it is manageable,” said Lucinda McNerney, the Irish Heart Foundation’s Heart Failure Programme Manager.
“We want to let these patients in Longford know that we are with them on that journey, in terms of counselling, online meetings, a Nurse Support Line, exercise classes, newsletters, a podcast series and peer-to-peer support to help them to keep well, both physically and mentally.
The estimated 2,700 people living with heart failure in Tipperary are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition..