To connect to this meeting, email facilitator Wayne Brewer at wbrewer878@aol.com

The topic for December 8 will be Exercise and Heart Failure presented by the group's facilitator, Dr. Wayne Brewer, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at Texas Woman's University College of Health Sciences. He will introduce the basic principles of safe exercise, then lead exercises that can be done at home. Plase wear appropriate shoes and clothing

Previous topics and speakers have included:

• “Heart Failure Resources in the Community” by Barbara Harris, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA, CMCN, a care manager at the Houston Methodist Coordinated Care Center.

• “How patients can best engage our healthcare providers to help them help us” by advance nurse practitioners from the Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Clinic

• “Heart failure, exercise, and cardiac rehab” by an exercise physiologist

• “Healthy food choices during the holiday season” by a clinical dietitian.

• “How to Purchase Medications Economically by Shalon Sonnier, a case manager at the Houston Methodist Hospital .

To be added to the email list for meeting and topic notifications, email the group’s facilitator, Wayne Brewer via wbrewer878@aol.com .