Rehabilitation | Heart Manual | Overview

The Heart Manual is a home-based self-management cardiac rehabilitation program facilitated by a trained healthcare professional. 

What is the Heart Manual?

•  An individualized self-management program for people with coronary artery disease and related conditions
• Patient materials are menu-based and can be tailored to individual needs
• Can be used as a stand alone home-based program or integrated into existing hospital or community-based programs
• Incorporates the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy and addresses the person's beliefs about their illness or condition
• Clinically effective
• Dramatically improves the psychological outcome for patients
• Reduces health costs by decreasing the number of unplanned admissions for hospital care 

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The Heart Manual is most suitable for people with:

• Angina
• Angioplasty/stent
• Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
• Diabetes
• Dyslipidemia
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Hypertension
• Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)
• Metabolic syndrome
• Obesity
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Stress

How is Heart Manual delivered?

Each patient is guided through the Heart Manual program by a trained Facilitator.

Heart Manual Trainers are available to train healthcare providers interested in becoming Heart Manual Facilitators.

Where can the Heart Manual be used?

• Rural or urban settings
• Health Networks
• Community or hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation programs
• Family physician offices
• Community pharmacies
• Home care nursing programs
• And others...