Heart disease resources
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Local heart disease resources
Borgess Hospital offers a Women's Heart program including risk assessment screening, private evaluation, personalized plan and education.
269 321-7001
www.borgess.com
Carson City Hospital provides education and a monitored exercise program. The goal is to get patients back to their physical best, providing education on what lifestyle changes are needed.
www.carsoncityhospital.com
Cheboygan Memorial Hospital offers phase II and phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation classes.
231 627-1458
www.cheboyganhospital.org
Covenant Healthcare provides education on cardiovascular health, including congestive heart failure.
989 583-5030
www.covenanthealthcare.com
Holland Community Hospital offers monitored exercise with a physical therapist and health assessment by a nurse. Education on relaxation methods, correct exercise, heart facts (anatomy and physiology), heart disease, risk factors and stress management. One-on-one counseling is available.
616 394-3397
www.hollandhospital.org
Holland Cheer Heart Failure Support Group
For individuals who have heart muscle that doesn't work as well as it used to, often leading to what is called "heart failure." Monthly topics address ideas for better control of heart failure, such as a low-sodium diet, exercise, medications, symptom recognition, and more. Meets the second Tuesday of the month from 3 to 4 p.m. Call for registration and locations.
616 494-4031
Mercy General Health Partners: The Mercy Regional Heart and Vascular Institute offers a complete spectrum of coordinated care, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation, including open heart surgery.
www.mercy-healthpartners.org
Metropolitan Hospital offers a heart rehabilitation program that begins with an individual evaluation. Participants are encouraged to choose a partner throughout rehab and will enjoy an individualized program of exercises. There is no fee for being a partner to a participant. Educational videos and classes are available on nutrition and on cholesterol and lipid levels. Social workers offer classes in stress management. Support groups are available.
616 252-7200
www.metrohealth.net
Munson Medical Center nurses provide education on nutrition, medications, stress, exercise and risk factors. Phase 1: Inpatient rehabilitation. Phase 2: Outpatient rehabilitation includes up to 12 weeks of a monitored exercise program. Phase 3: Includes supervised outpatient exercise for up to one year.
800 4-MUNSON
www.munsonhealthcare.org
North Ottawa Community Hospital provides educational classes three times a week to educate patients in cardiac rehabilitation. Dietitians provide education on nutrition and sodium intake. Risk factors are addressed.
616 842-3600
www.noch.org
Northern Michigan Hospitals, Inc., offers Phase II and Phase III Cardiac Rehabilitation. Phase II includes monitored outpatient exercise. Phase III includes supervised outpatient exercise. Throughout both rehabilitation phases, individual education on exercise and lifestyle changes is offered.
800 248-6777
www.northernhealth.org
Spectrum Health: Meijer Heart Center provides an array of educational classes, from preventive to family education, screening, rehabilitation, and boasts the area's only 24-hour chest pain center.
616 391-4327
www.spectrum-health.org
St. Mary's Health Care
Throughout the cardiac rehabilitation program, education is provided on nutrition, stress, cholesterol levels, heart disease, exercise, strength training, and risk factors. Referrals to dietitians or to specialists in mind, body and spirit (complementary therapy) are also provided.
616 685-5000
www.smmmc.org
Zeeland Community Hospital
616 772-4644
www.zch.org
National heart disease resources
American Dietetic Association (ADA) 800 877-1600 www.eatright.org American Heart Association offers information on all aspects of heart disease: prevention, diet, exercise, stress.
800 242-8721 www.heart.org American Red Cross offers CPR classes and automated external defibrillator classes in the community. Please call for a schedule of classes.
616 456-8661, ext 3401 or
800 482-2411 www.redcross.org American Stroke Association (Division of American Heart Association)
Offers information/brochures on stroke, a "warm line" (phone line) for stroke survivors/families, and a free sample of their quarterly magazine.
888 478-7653 www.strokeassociation.org National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute 301 592-8573 www.nhlbi.nih.gov National Stroke Association 1-800-STROKES www.stroke.org
Congestive heart failure (CHF) disease resources
Local resources
Holland Hospital offers the CHEER Heart Failure Program to individuals who have been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. This program provides free individualized educational sessions that can help clients manage their heart failure. CHEER also supports clients in the lifestyle changes that must be made to better control heart failure. Call to find out if you qualify for this free program.
616 494-4031
www.hollandhospital.org
Munson Hospital: Munson Cardiac Rehab program offers a CHF program. Staff provide education on nutrition, cooking tips, medications, stress and exercise. Phase 1: Inpatient rehabilitation. Phase 2: Outpatient rehabilitation includes up to 12 weeks of a monitored exercise program. Phase 3: Includes supervised outpatient exercise indefinitely.
800 4-MUNSON or 231 935-8565
www.munsonhealthcare.org
Spectrum Health offers a program that includes education on all aspects of CHF, an on-call nurse practitioner, telephone monitoring and follow-up care for CHF patients.
616 486-6550
www.spectrum-health.org
National congestive heart failure (CHF) resources
Advocate Health Center provides information on all aspects of CHF: causes, symptoms, lifestyle.
800 3-ADVOCATE
www.advocatehealth.com
American Heart Association offers information on all aspects of CHF: symptoms, diet, exercise, coping.
800 242-8721
www.heart.org
Mayo Clinic offers information on all aspects of CHF. They also provide articles, tools and other materials.
www.mayoclinic.com
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
301 592-8573
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
