A community partnership program between the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth and the QEII Health Sciences Centre (Capital Health).

Fully accessible fitness programming for individuals with neurological disorders.  Designed to provide opportunities through fitness for a healthy lifestyle.  Includes equipment appropriate for wheelchairs, etc.  Led by a certified fitness professional and a team of volunteers.  Offered three evenings per week.  This program is not a rehabilitation program; please contact for further information. 

Community group meets monthly at St. Martha's Hospital in Antigonish.  For residents of Antigonish and Guysborough counties.  Contact for more information on the group and specific meeting times.

-No summer meetings 

Three-month cardiac rehabilitation program designed to improve participants' ability to take control of their heart health, quality of life, and physical functioning.  Targets individuals with heart disease, following open-heart surgery, or with peripheral vascular disease.  Exercise, education, risk factor modification, nutritional assessment, and support.

The Change of Heart program is a structured exercise and lifestyle education program designed for persons with a history of heart disease or at risk for heart disease. Includes supervised physical activity, personal exercise program, health and wellness information sharing, heart rate and blood pressure monitoring.  Led by certified and experienced instructors.  Contact for more information and an application form.  

Colchester Stroke club meets every Tuesday from 10:30am to 2:00pm, September to June at the Lion's Club in Truro. All stroke survivors and their caregivers, family members and volunteers are welcome.

The "Hearts in Motion" program is a vascular risk-reduction, research program aimed at helping Nova Scotians take control of their health. The program includes exercise, healthy eating and education coordinated by a team of health professionals over a 14-week period; follow-up appointments are also made at 6 months and 12 months after the program.  "Hearts in Motion" is available at 3 locations in the Capital Health district (Lower Sackville, Dartmouth, and Spryfield).  

Referral is required by your doctor or another health professional involved in your care.  Eligible participants have vascular disease (such as heart disease, stroke, TIA, peripheral vascular disease) or have significant risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol).  Contact for more information.  There is no cost to participate.

The "Hearts in Motion" program is a vascular risk-reduction, research program aimed at helping Nova Scotians take control of their health. The program includes exercise, healthy eating and education coordinated by a team of health professionals over a 14-week period; follow-up appointments are also made at 6 months and 12 months after the program.  "Hearts in Motion" is available at 3 locations in the Capital Health district (Lower Sackville, Dartmouth, and Spryfield).  

Referral is required by your doctor or another health professional involved in your care.  Eligible participants have vascular disease (such as heart disease, stroke, TIA, peripheral vascular disease) or have significant risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol).  Contact for more information.  There is no cost to participate.

The "Hearts in Motion" program is a vascular risk-reduction, research program aimed at helping Nova Scotians take control of their health. The program includes exercise, healthy eating and education coordinated by a team of health professionals over a 14-week period; follow-up appointments are also made at 6 months and 12 months after the program.  "Hearts in Motion" is available at 3 locations in the Capital Health district (Lower Sackville, Dartmouth, and Spryfield).  

Referral is required by your doctor or another health professional involved in your care.  Eligible participants have vascular disease (such as heart disease, stroke, TIA, peripheral vascular disease) or have significant risk factors (diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol).  Contact for more information.  There is no cost to participate.

The Dartmouth Stroke Support Club is a self-help group of stroke survivors, caregivers and volunteers that offer encouragement, moral support, and hope for stroke survivors, their families and friends.  More information on club activities are available on their website.  Wheel-chair accessible and free parking.  There is also a membership fee of $10.

This 10-week program is designed to help heal the heart!  For both heart patients and their partners, the program includes a supervised exercise program and education sessions with the program staff.  Education topics include learning about heart disease and the importance of rehab, managing stress, physical activity for persons with heart disease, heart healthy eating, cooking heart healthy meals, and medications.  Program staff include a cardiologist, nurse, dietitian, kinesiologist and psychologist.  New participants are admitted every 5 weeks to the program.  Contact for more information.