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This Website has only been launced recently and we ask for your patience and also your feed back.  To help us improve and make the site more interesting and relevant to you please let us know of:

    ♥  Any broken or redirected links

    ♥  Difficulties you have had with the site

    ♥  Outdated information

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We would especially value feedback from branch members relating to HS-A Branch events we can help promote on the site.  We would also like branches who have set up their own sites to lend us the address so we can link to them from the National Website! 

Thanks to Central Sydney Branch for the link below.

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>HS-A Central Sydney Website

Central Sydney Branch has a great website up at:

http://heartnetcs.weebly.com/

Follow the link and have a look!

Meet Martine Heales   

National Conference/AGM 2009

The 2009 Annual National Conference and AGM was held at Ipswitch in October. We welcomed new members to our Board, including our new Company President, Peter McInryre, and recieved much feedback and contribution of ideas from Branch representitives.

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Hearts in Focus 

>Seniors Week 2010

ACT and NSW Seniors Week 2010 are fast approaching! Seniors Week this year will be held from 21 March 2010 until 28 March 2010.  One of the best sources of information for Seniors Week events are the COTA (Council on the Aging) Websites of each state, the web addresses are:

NSW

www.cotansw.com.au

www.nswseniorsweek.com.au

ACT

www.cota-act.org.au

In other states Seniors Week will be held:

      ♥ Queensland: 14 August 2010 - 22 August 2010

        ♥ WA:  31 October 2010 – 7 December  2010

      ♥ Victoria: 3 October 2010 – 10 October 2010

        ♥ SA:  Will hold Seniors Month in October

>Bending Over Backwards

View or download "Bending Over Backwards". A Guide for carers produced by HS-A.

>CLICK HERE 

>Back On Track Booklet

View or download "BACK ON TRACK - A directory of rehabilitation services and excercise programs for heart patients from South-Eastern New South Wales".  A very useful booklet researched and published by the HS-A ACT Branch.

>CLICK HERE 

>Keeping you in the Loop

There is so much news to tell you all this quarter. We commenced the "One Life, A Second Chance" project last year. It has been funded through the Department of Health & Ageing and to date, have trained nine branches.                    

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>Preventing Infective Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves or lining of the heart (endocardium) If untreated, it can lead to serious problems such as heart failure.

Read articles about preventing Infective Endocarditis by following the links below:

  ♥  National Prescribing Service Limited:  'Preventing infections of the heart'

  ♥  American Heart Association:  'New guidelines regarding antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis'

  ♥  Australian Therapeutic Guidelines Website:  'Prevention of endocarditis update'

  ♥  SA Heart: 'Current Guidelines for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis'

  ♥  Queensland Cardiology Newsletter:  'New guidelines regarding antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis'