Castlemaine Health
Cornish Street Castlemaine, VIC 3450
354711568

Service Overview

8 week phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation for people who have suffered a cardiac event or have been diagnosed with heart failure. We run on a Monday afternoon from 1.30-3.30pm. For people with cardiac failure we can also offer admission to our Complex Care/HARP program for individualised education in heart failure management if required, as well as a specific heart failure group program 4 times a year.

Services

Inpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

8 session program on Mondays 1.30-3.30pm

Outpatient (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Group education and individualised exercise program of 6 weeks on Thursdays from 1.00-2.30pm. We take a multi-disciplinary approach to self-management education including dietetics, occupational therapy, psychology and physiotherapy.

Maintenance (Cardiac Rehabilitation) What is this?

Our heart failure team support people with self-management strategies to minimise symptoms and maintain optimal quality of life. We can also work with people from home for individualised care and implementation of action plans as well as lifestyle changes for improved symptom management.

Heart Failure Management  What is this?

Eligible Patients

Diagnosis

  • Acute coronary syndrome: acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) & stable or unstable angina (chest pain)
  • Coronary heart disease
  • Heart failure
  • Cardiomyopathies
  • Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) - Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, peripheral vascular disease
  • Procedures

  • Re-vascularisation - coronary angioplasty or stenting
  • Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
  • Valve surgery
  • Cardiac Transplant
  • Defibrillator or pacemaker implantation
  • Cardiac surgery: AAA repair, congenital, LVADS, Arrhythmia Surgery or combination