Module 7 Pull Down Navigation - Select a Page to View ------------------- Introduction Helping with Symptom Monitoring Helping with Diet Recommendations Helping with Activity and Exercise Other Ways to Help with the Treatment Plan Teaching Good Self-Care Behaviors Helping with Daily Activities Emotional and Social Support Other Ways to Provide Support Care for the Caretakers Learn More About Heart Failure

Helping with Activity and Exercise for Heart Failure

Keeping active can help a person with heart failure feel better, decrease symptoms, and improve heart function. But remaining active may be very difficult.

Family and friends can help a person with heart failure become more active and enjoy it more by:

• Encouraging the person with heart failure to be as active as possible.
  
  
• Taking walks and participating in activities. Exercise and activity are always more fun when they feel like a social event.

Refer to Module 5: Exercise and Activity for specific information on starting and maintaining an activity program