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CHC’s Cardiac rehabilitation programs include: |
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Counseling to the patient to understand and manage the disease process |
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Beginning an exercise program |
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Counseling on nutrition |
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Helping the patient modify risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, high blood cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity and diabetes. |
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Providing vocational guidance to enable the patient to return to work |
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Supplying information on physical limitations |
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Lending emotional support |
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Counseling on appropriate use of prescribed medications |