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Chronic heart failure information is now available in 16 community languages

An information sheet for people with heart failure and their carers includes information on how to minimise the symptoms of heart failure and stay healthy.

It has an ‘action plan’, listing the important things to do every day and when to call a health professsional or an ambulance.

It is based on the Heart Foundation booklet ‘Living well with chronic heart failure’.

It is available in English, Arabic, Croatian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Greek, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish,Vietnamese, Portuguese, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

Single copies are free. Call 1300 362 787 for more information or visit http://www.heartfoundation.org.au

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