|
Cardiac Maintenance
Program Overview
The YMCA’s nurse-supervised cardiac rehabilitation program provides guidance in developing individuals’ exercise prescription, monitoring blood pressure and heart rates, cholesterol and glucose levels, and encouraging strength training and healthy nutritional choices. The Cardiac Club currently has over 300 active participants with a range of cardio/pulmonary problems. A physician’s referral is not required to participate in the program however a physician’s consent is needed for all incoming participants. For those just completing Phase II hospital programs, the YMCA provides the perfect environment for continued recovery.
The YMCA’s on-site nurse, exercise physiologists and dietitians are the perfect support team for your cardiac rehab and have created a program emphasizing overall health and wellness.
Program offerings by community health specialists, aerobic classes designed with the senior in mind and a variety of aquatics programs make the YMCA’s Cardiac Program the best choice for you.
Cardiac Club News
The Cardiac Club reminds you: Do you have a “drug” problem?
Consider this: Millions of people don’t take their medications properly, or quit taking them completely and the consequences can be deadly. On average, half of the people who have heart disease or asthma skip doses or otherwise mess up their medications. Perhaps they forget a dose, or start feeling better and toss the rest of the bottle, or skip a dose in fear of side effects. Examples of those particularly at risk are people who have no symptoms, the elderly, and teenagers who may forget to correctly take an asthma medication 30% of the time.
Even doctors mess up, acknowledging in one study that they adhere to their own prescriptions only 75% of the time. When you add up the extra costs that are preventable, such as extra doctor visits, nursing home admissions, hospitalizations and even premature death, a report indicates that poor medication adherence costs the country $177 billion in medical bills and lost productivity.
Whatever the cause, make “Take your medicine” a new priority. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is trying to promote through advertising the dangers of misusing medications and taking them properly.
From: Yahoo News, Healthbeat, Lauran Neergaard AP Medical writer, 7/31/2007
Staff
Julie Tickle
LPN, NASM Certified Personal Trainer
I have been involved in cardiac nursing since my career began in 1976. I have been directly involved in wellness, physical rehabilitation, education and training since 1987. I was supervisor of phase 3 cardiac rehab at the heart & vascular center of Sarasota from 1991 to 1998, after which I became the Director of Cardiac Rehab at the Heart and Vascular Center of Venice.
I am proud to be able to be a part of the South County Family YMCA’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, which we call the Cardiac Club. I provide supervision, assistance in exercise programming, blood pressures and heart rates, strength training, community education programs and support to our cardiac community. If you have a history of cardiac or pulmonary problems, please come and see me to assure your program safety and effectiveness so you may achieve your goals.
Cost
The cost for cardiac rehabilitation and maintenance at the South County Family YMCA is simply the cost of a regular membership. The only additional fee is a $60 set up fee charged at the beginning of your program.
Contact Julie Tickle directly to register for the program and make your first appointment at 375-9123 or 941-492-9622 ext 141.
