Patient and Family Resources for Understanding Heart Failure

Heart failure impacts many people and their families. Living with heart failure involves treatment, management, and lifestyle changes. This video series is intended to provide educational information to understand heart failure, what to expect when hospitalized, how heart failure is managed, and lifestyle changes that aim to improve quality of life. Having knowledge about heart failure is an important step to managing this condition.

What is heart failure?

Heart failure impacts many people and their families. Living with heart failure involves treatment, management, and lifestyle changes. In this video, learn about the condition. 

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Heart failure: Transition to home

Learn how the heart failure team supports patients while they are still in the hospital with the goal of returning them safely home. 

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Heart failure: In the hospital

Learn what a heart failure patient can expect during a heart failure admission. Meet members of Calgary's multidisciplinary care team, and find out about the support and education patients receive in hospital. 

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Living with heart failure

Learn about community resources available for heart failure patients and find out how to make lifestyle changes to improve quality of life.  

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