Resource Category: Returning to Life, Social & Leisure, Sport & Exercise, Brain Injury Organizations, Stroke, and Support Groups
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For persons with lived stroke experience and their caregivers, the Heart & Stroke offers Live Well after Stroke, a FREE community- based program. This program encourages participants to actively engage in their own health to prevent another stroke.
Live Well after Stroke is 7 sessions in length, 2 hours 1 time a week for 7 weeks. It is a small group setting of no more than 12 people and designed to share experiences, discuss health and encourage successful recovery. Led by trained volunteer facilitators, who are in many cases stroke survivors themselves, Live Well after Stroke is relevant and engaging.
Live Well after Stroke programs are available throughout the province of BC and registration is needed.
To register for the next program in your community please call 1.888.473.4636 ext 8002 or register at: www.heartandstroke/livewellafterstroke
Live Well after Stroke programs are available in the following communities:
Coquitlam
Delta
Duncan
Kamloops
Kelowna
Nanaimo
North Vancouver
Langley
Osoyoos
Parksville/ Qualicum Beach
Penticton
Prince Rupert
Smithers
Surrey
Terrace
Vancouver
VictoriaThese programs are located in the following regional health authorities: Island Health Authority, Fraser Health Authority, Interior Health Authority, Island Health Authority and Northern Health Authority” and now it shows up in the search for each of those health authorities as well.
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