LIVING WELL WITH SCAD: Novel Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme in Christchurch
Explore the innovative cardiac rehabilitation program in Christchurch focusing on SCAD patients. The program includes sessions on risk factor modification, exercise, seminars with healthcare professionals, and positive feedback from participants. Plans are underway to expand and enhance the program to better support SCAD survivors on their journey to wellness and recovery.
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Living Well with SCAD Living Well with SCAD A Novel Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme Christchurch Cardiac Rehabilitation Team
Our Existing Phase II Programme Our Existing Phase II Programme Six weekly, daytime sessions Focus on identifying and modifying risk factors for CAD Included 30 min exercise sessions SCAD patients NOT attending
Living Well with SCAD Seminars ZERO ZERO budget Initial small group appointments with Nurse and Physio Evening Session 1 Evening Session 1: Cardiologist Cardiologist Treatments, management, latest research and Q&A. Nurse Specialist Nurse Specialist General discussion about patients experience Evening Session 2: Nutritionist Nutritionist Eating well for good health. Clinical Psychologist Clinical Psychologist - Wellness and wellbeing. Invited recent SCAD patients and their supporters (from the previous 18 months)
What we learnt Overwhelmingly positive feedback. Where to from here We have achieved a slight increase in budget, allowing us to hire a more suitable venue Real thirst for information and exercise guidelines Spread out over 3 evening sessions, allowing more time for each speaker and for discussion More time needed for discussion amongst SCAD survivors Aim to run the programme 3 times a year to meet demand More time needed for psychologist sleep and stress management Encourage participation in research and online support groups so we can learn more about this condition A definite need for a SCAD specific rehab programme Online support groups very important
Excerpt from letter from Clinical Excerpt from letter from Clinical Psychologist Psychologist she found the SCAD series of she found the SCAD series of talks invaluable, especially in talks invaluable, especially in terms of overcoming the fear terms of overcoming the fear of death, acceptance, and of death, acceptance, and shifting her focus to wellness shifting her focus to wellness moving forward. She said she moving forward. She said she felt better equipped to learn to felt better equipped to learn to feel more in control, more feel more in control, more confident and to desensitise confident and to desensitise herself to re herself to re- -integrate back integrate back into normal living into normal living.
