Support Groups
Support groups are one of the best resources for persons who have experienced heart and vascular disease. Share your experience and learn from others in one of Baylor's ongoing support groups.
Caring Hearts®
In the Caring Hearts® program, people who are a year past their own cardiac event volunteer to visit a patient before and after a procedure, offering empathy and support. Caring Hearts® volunteers also support the cardiac intensive care and waiting room staffs. A telephone hotline matches a volunteer to a patient with a similar heart procedure.
Wire For Life® Volunteers
Baylor has teamed up with past implantable cardio defibrillator (ICD) recipients to provide future ICD recipients with support, comfort and answers to their questions. Volunteers meet with the future recipients and their families before and after the ICD procedure.
New Hearts and Lungs Support
New Hearts and Lungs volunteers are transplant recipients who have received or are awaiting a new heart or lung. Volunteers visit patients before and after their transplantation.
Heart Well Forum
The Heart Well Forum is a monthly meeting and support group for heart and vascular patients and their families. The meeting features lunch, an educational program and time for social interaction and support. Find dates and times for the Heart Well Forum on our calendar.
