Our Mission
HeartLife Foundation is Canada’s first – and only – national patient-led heart failure organization. We are a federal charity that raises public awareness of heart Failure, engaging patients, families, and caregivers to provide education and support, facilitating access to the latest research, innovations, and treatments, and advocating better care for all.
About Us
The HeartLife Foundation is a patient-driven charity whose mission is to transform the quality of life for people living with heart failure by engaging, educating, and empowering a global community to create lasting solutions and build healthier lives.
Faces of Heart Failure
Meet Jackie
To hear my heart story, we first have to go back to 1994 when I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma at 24 (almost 25). Before I share my story I must take a moment and
Meet Jillianne
Accepting the inevitable truth is seemingly simple. As a patient recognizing the outcome of heart failure if left untreated was as simple as it comes – I could die. What’s complicated, what’s hard, is living
Patient & Caregiver Charter of Rights
Our heart failure patient and caregiver charter was created to support our advocacy towards the implementation of a national standard of care for Canadians living with heart failure and their caregivers.
Patient Journey
Our Advocacy in Action
Happy Holidays from The Heartlife Foundation.
#HeartLife is well represented at the @GlobalHeartHub #UniteSummit22 with @MarcBains @jackie_ratz and @jilliannec all speaking.
Grateful to our #HeartLifeNation for allowing us to share …your voice w the world. #ItsAboutLife
@CanHFSociety @chfalliance @SCC_CCS @CWHHAlliance
Don't miss 'The Optimal Care Pathway in Heart Failure' session at the @GlobalHeartHub Unite Summit next Nov. 30
We will discuss the barriers & challenges to the optimal care pathway from the nursing, doctor/cardiologist & patient perspective
Register: https://globalhearthub.org/unite-annual-summit/
#HeartLife #Champion @jackie_ratz is a fierce advocate for #WomensHeartHealth We are so proud her voice is now global! #ItsAboutLife #UniteSummit
➡️Register …http://globalhearthub.org/unite-annual-summit/
🔖Read her story http://heartlife.ca/jackie
🛍️Support our Women's Group: http://lifeinhearts.ca
I am looking forward to speaking at the @globalhearthub Unite Summit on 29/30 November. This online event will bring together #CVD patients and patient advocates from across the globe. #GHHUnite @HeartLifeCanada
Join me – register for free: https://globalhearthub.org/unite-annual-summit @CWHHAlliance
Deeply honoured to be a part of @chfalliance lead by @jean_legare and @MarcBains
PWLE have equal leadership and are #engaged and #empowered
So proud of our own @MarcBains for this… incredible opportunity. Our #charter forms the backbone.
#ItsAboutLife #CCCongress #CCC2022
And @HeartLifeCanada @jilliannec will follow on the panel! Don’t miss it!
Today in #HeartFailure at #CCCongress:
HEART FAILURE ADVOCACY: THE STATE OF HF SERVICES & GDMT PROVINCIAL COVERAGE IN CANADA
Joint presentation by @heartandstroke & @SCC_CCS
11-12pm EDT
Room 215
See the full schedule: https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/cardiocongress/agenda.asp?startdate=10/28/2022&enddate=10/28/2022&BCFO=M|S&pfp=BrowsebyDay&mode=&fa=&fb=&fc=&fd=
Coming up Today (Oct 28)
⏰ 11AM EST in
🚪Room 215 (and live stream)
Join @jilliannec along with @SCC_CCS @CanHFSociety colleagues discussing #advocacy of #heartfailure in …🇨🇦 #CCCongress
Jillianne will be speaking about the #PatientCharter
Had the great privilege to speak on the creation of the Heartlife Patient Charter, the global adaptation and translation (17 languages and 43 countries) by Global HeartHub, and importance of …standards of care globally. Together we can change the way we think about and deliver heart failure care #ItsAboutLife
#HeartFailure affects more than 1 Million Canadians. #HeartLife is here to support those who suffer from this condition and those who care for them.
Today on #WorldHeartDay2022 we want you …to know #ItsAboutLife
#FunctionNotFailure #HeartSuccess #useheart
Our Support Group
The HeartLife Foundation is a patient-driven charity whose mission is to transform the quality of life for people living with heart failure by engaging, educating, and empowering a global community to create lasting solutions and build healthier lives.
Join our Help for Hearts closed Facebook group to get support and share ideas.
Join Us & Subscribe
Have your voice heard. If you are a patient, family member or friend of someone with lived experience of heart failure or if you are a practitioner, allied health professional, not-for-profit or corporate partner, or simply a concerned citizen – Become a member – it’s free.
Women @ HeartLife
The HeartLife Foundation is proud to support the Canadian Women with Medical Heart Issues Facebook group.
HL joins the mission of this group lead by our HeartLife Champion, Jackie to inspire and support women living with heart disease or heart failure to Live Bravely & Love Boldly every day. You are not alone!
My HeartLife App
Through a safe and supportive peer-to-peer environment, patients can access evidence-based resources, share their experiences with others, and work towards greater self-management, better patient outcomes, and improved quality of life. Download the My HeartLife app and connect with our community.
