Every seven minutes in Ireland a heart or stroke patient is discharged from hospital and returns home to what is often a bleak and uncertain future.
Patients describe our services as their lifeline. They reduce the need for admission to hospitals and nursing homes. A heart disease diagnosis or stroke often leads to post traumatic stress disorder. But the counselling we provide is the only psychological support available to many patients.
Our services are endorsed by the HSE. But only a fraction of our work is State-funded. Unless this changes, we cannot guarantee continued delivery of our services.
We need your help to give these services for heart and stroke patients a future.
“The Irish Heart Foundation improved the quality of my life in so many ways. I went from feelings of loneliness, hopelessness, and fear as a lone heart failure patient in the community, to a place of support, connection, opportunities and empowerment.”
We need your politician’s support to give these services for heart and stroke patients a future.
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