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Mended Hearts is a national, non-profit
service organization designed to provide continuing
education and emotional support for heart patients
and their families.
It is a patient-centered and patient-operated
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Mended Hearts offers informative programs and
informal social functions.
The SEMO Mended Hearts Chapter, which organized
in 1985, meets the second Tuesday of each month
at Southeast Missouri Hospital, except those months
when social outings are scheduled off-site.
Membership is open to anyone who has a heart
problem or who is interested in the objectives
of Mended Hearts:
- to visit and encourage, with the approval
of a physician, persons anticipating or recovering
from heart surgery
- to distribute information of specific education
value to members of the Mended Hearts and to
potential heart surgery patients
Click
here to check out the current calendar listing
for Mended Hearts.
To learn more about Mended Hearts, call (573)
331-7950.
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Mended Hearts, a national nonprofit
organization affiliated with the American Heart
Association, has been offering the gift of hope
to heart disease patients, their families and
caregivers for more than 50 years. Recognized
for its role in facilitating a positive patient-care
experience, Mended Hearts partners with 460 hospitals
and rehabilitation clinics and offers services
to heart patients through visiting programs, support
group meetings and educational forums. Our mission
is to "inspire hope in heart disease patients
and their families."
Because Mended Hearts is made up of the very
kinds of people it serves—heart patients,
their families, and others impacted by heart disease,
its members draw on personal experience as they
help others. Mended Hearts support groups help
people understand that there can be a rich, rewarding
life after heart disease. Members listen, share
their experiences, learn from healthcare professionals
and volunteer to talk to other heart patients
about what they may face including lifestyle changes,
depression, recovery, and treatment.
Annually, Mended Hearts volunteers make 227,000
hospital visits to patients and 30,000 visits
to family members and caregivers. To learn more
about the national organization,
click here.
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