Heart Rehab
Heart Rehab offers a supportive and friendly group environment to yarn about your health, learn about living well, and move with an exercise program especially tailored for you.
What is Heart Rehab?
Heart Rehab is free and tailored for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with conditions including:
- chronic heart condition
- irregular heartbeat
- heart attack
- stable angina
- valve disease
- transient ischaemic attack
- coronary heart disease.
If you can’t see your heart condition listed here, please reach out to us, as you’re still eligible!
What happens at Heart Rehab?
Heart Rehab offers a supportive and friendly group environment to yarn about your health, learn about living well, and move with an exercise program especially tailored for you.
The team will work with you to develop your skills to support everyday activities that are important to you.
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What can we support you with?
By participating in Heart Rehab, you will receive support and develop skills to be able to:
- improve the management of any aches and pains in your body
- feel calm and strong in your mind
- manage your weight by learning about healthy food choices
- get stronger and feel fitter in your body
- feel safer and more confident to move and get around
- breathe easier
- strengthen your heart and blood pressure
Who delivers the program?
Heart Rehab is delivered by experienced health professionals including:
- Accredited Exercise Physiologists
- Physiotherapists
- Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
- Social Health (psychologists and social workers)
- Accredited Practicing Dietitians
- Pharmacists
How do I join?
For Mob connected to an Aboriginal Medical Service, your local clinic GP or nurse can refer you.
For Mob connected to another clinic or service, please email the team at [email protected]
Or, you can contact us directly to yarn about the program – [email protected]
General informationGeneral information
Heart Rehab is free and tailored for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with heart conditions.
The program offers a supportive and friendly group environment to yarn about health, learn about living well, and move with an exercise program especially tailored for the client. The team works with clients to develop skills to support everyday activities.
The program is delivered by experienced health professionals including:
- accredited exercise physiologists
- physiotherapists
- nurses
- occupational therapists
- social health (psychologists and social workers)
- accredited practicing dietitians
- pharmacists.
LocationsLocations
Heart Rehab runs twice a week for eight weeks at the following locations:
- Cleveland
- Goodna
- Logan
- Nerang
- Rothwell
ReferralsReferrals
Who to refer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with conditions including:
- chronic heart condition
- irregular heartbeat
- heart attack
- stable angina
- valve disease
- transient ischaemic attack
- coronary heart disease.
How to refer
External
Email Rehab referral to [email protected]
IUIH Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Programs Referral Form
Please download the Rehab referral to fill out with your clients details.
DownloadIUIH network
MMEx:
- Open Patient Record
- Click on Referrals/Visits Tab
- Create New Referral
- Create a referral letter from a template > Search ‘Rehab’ > Select ‘Referral – Heart Lung Rehab (IUIH Cardiopulmonary Services)
- Press Send as Message
Information for clientsInformation for clients
Heart Rehab Client Brochure
Please download the Heart Rehab client brochure to share with your patients.
