Midlands event during Heart Failure Awareness Week 2024

The Irish Heart Foundation will hold a number of free events for people living with heart failure, their families, carers and healthcare professionals during Heart Failure Awareness Week which takes place from April 29 to May 5.

On Tuesday, April 30, a free Living Well with Heart Failure event will take place in-person in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise from 12-4pm. People from surrounding areas with an interest in heart failure are invited to attend and will hear from Norma Caples, a Heart Failure Nurse on how to self-manage your symptoms, Ger Walsh, a Self-Management Support Coordinator on how to access services in your community and Fiona Meagher and Pauline O’Shea on living and coping with heart failure. Attendees will meet with others living with heart failure and learn about the free support services available. If you would like to attend this in-person event, please register at irishheart.ie

A number of free online events will take place during the week for heart failure patients including:

Exercise and Heart Failure

Nutrition Essentials in Heart Failure

Mindfulness

Detect the Undetected

Your Essential Guide to Self-Care to Live Well with Heart Failure

Heart Failure: Sorting Fact from Fiction and Understanding the Language

If you would like to attend, please register at irishheart.ie