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Longford heart failure patients urged to embrace free supports Reporter:  '); The estimated 900 people living with heart failure in Longford are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition. The Irish Heart Foundation is at the centre of a national drive to provide vital back-up to patients who need help coping with the illness. “People often feel shock, trauma and isolation after a diagnosis of heart failure, but with the right supports, it is manageable,” said Lucinda McNerney, the Irish Heart Foundation’s Heart Failure Programme Manager....

The estimated 2,700 people living with heart failure in Tipperary are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition....

The estimated 2,700 people living with heart failure in Louth are being urged to embrace a wide range of supports to help them manage the chronic condition. The...

Over 2,700 people living with heart failure in County Wexford Over 2,700 people are living with heart failure in County Wexford. That’s according to the Irish Heart Foundation who are encouraging patients to embrace a wide range of supports to help manage the chronic condition. This is Heart Failure Awareness Week and service users are being reminded that you can live with heart failure and supports can help to put it into remission. Lucinda McNerney is the Patient Services Development Manager at the Foundation and told South East Radio there are a number of services available to those loo...

  I am a 58-year-old woman living in Foxford, Co Mayo, and, five years ago, I started my journey with heart failure. I have been very scared in recent months as I know that if I contracted Covid-19, the outcome would be catastrophic. I have already been in intensive care since the start of the pandemic with my heart failure – I was on a ventilator and dialysis and my family were told to prepare for the worst. Thankfully, the skills of the staff at Mayo General Hospital intensive care unit, and God, saved me to fight another day. It was a normal Monday morning in June 2016 when I got up ...