Presented by Heart & Stroke and HeartLife
This webinar is for health professionals across the continuum of care, people with lived experience of heart failure, family members and care supporters of persons with lived experience.
Date: February 8, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 hr EST
Presenters:
Jillianne Code, PhD
Person with Lived Experience
Assistant Professor of Education at the University of British Columbia
Pascale Lehoux, PhD
Psychologist, Division of Cardiology,?Center Universitaire de Montréal (CHUM)
Vidya Raj, MB ChB,
Psychiatrist, Heart Minds Clinic, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary
Moderators:
Amanda Nash, RD
Project Lead – Lived Experience Engagement and Support, Heart & Stroke
Marc Bains, BBA
CoFounder, HeartLife Foundation, British Columbia
Registration: To register for this webinar, please click here
Intended Audience:
Health professionals across the continuum of care, people with lived experience of heart failure, family members and care supporters of persons with lived experience. Heart & Stroke staff, members of the public, and system leaders may also find this webinar informative and helpful. All are welcome to join. This free event is an open invitation and may be forwarded to interested parties
About this presentation:
Heart failure is a complex medical condition placing significant burden on the individual and their family. In addition to the physical impact, there is an impact on social, emotional and mental health. When treating heart failure, it is important to take a wholistic approach to care. People living with heart failure as well as the health care professionals who care for them have all reported that mental health support and services are a significant gap in heart failure systems of care. The purpose of this webinar is to raise awareness and normalize, educate and encourage health care professionals to incorporate mental health into routine care and to encourage people living with heart failure to raise concerns about their mental health with their health care team and seek the support they need to optimize all aspects of their health.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe current landscape and challenges in addressing mental health as part of heart failure care
- Discuss opportunities to normalize and integrate mental health into practice and apply aspects of trauma informed care into the role of a heath care professional
- Identify practical actions for both health care professionals and people living with heart failure to address mental health
- Improve health outcomes through practical tips, tools and implementation strategies
Language
This webinar topic will be presented in both English and French, on separate dates. If you are interested in announcements regarding our French language webinars, please join the mailing list at the bottom of this webpage.
For any questions or to submit questions to our panelists beforehand, please e-mail KTHP@heartandstroke.ca
Please note that this webinar will be recorded and available for viewing on the Heart & Stroke YouTube Channel.