Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Workbook for use with Group Programmes

Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Workbook for use with Group Programmes offers a practical resource for planning and implementing group-based multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programmes. Designed for patients with coronary heart disease, their partners, family members, and carers, the workbook has the potential for adaptation to other cardiology patient groups.

Consisting of session plans for the seven-week CR programme, the material is presented in an accessible manner, but with sufficient detail to allow the different multidisciplinary CR professionals to deliver the appropriate sessions. The exercise programme is outlined thoroughly, and has the potential to be delivered as a series of stand-alone sessions. Similarly, the education and behaviour change aspects of the programme are able to be used as an adjunct to an existing exercise programme.

In addition to the session plans, the introductory chapters describe the history of CR in the UK, and review the evidence for its effectiveness, as well as the rationale for the techniques and models used in each week of the programme.

This book minimises the planning and preparation time involved in setting up and delivering a comprehensive multi-disciplinary CR programme. The information and techniques are presented in an accessible format that can be used with confidence.