Penticton Council has signed a new five-year agreement to continue its highly successful and popular cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation wellness program.<\/p>\n
Council unanimously supported a staff recommendation to renew the lease agreement with the Interior Health Authority for a five-year term. The program will continue operating out of its current location at the South Okanagan Events Centre.<\/p>\n
Since 2008, IHA has operated the Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs in Penticton. These programs were originally held in a private facility, which closed in 2007.<\/p>\n
Following the closure, the City provided temporary space at the Penticton Community Centre to continue the programs. With the opening of the SOEC, the City and IHA entered into a lease agreement to rent 1,900 square feet of commercial space within the SOEC for the rehabilitation wellness program.<\/p>\n
The initial lease covered the period from 2009 to 2014 and was subsequently renewed for an additional five years. The most recent lease recently expired and had transitioned to a month-to-month agreement. With Council\u2019s support, the program will now continue for another five years.<\/p>\n
The program offers a variety of services, including maintenance group training, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and a monthly medical visit group led by an experienced cardiologist.<\/p>\n
On average, daily attendance ranges from 30 to 50 participants, with more than 200 patients enrolled annually. Due to high demand, there is currently a two- to four-week waitlist to join.<\/p>\n
\u201cPatients are enrolled initially by a referral by a medical doctor to the 10-week program, which includes a variety of services, such as maintenance, group training, rehabilitation and monthly medical group visits, led by a cardiologist,\u201d said the City\u2019s \u00a0land administrator Sherri Raposo. \u201cOn average, daily attendance ranges from 30 to 60 participants, with over 200 patients enrolled annually.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to the high demand, there\u2019s currently a two to four-week wait list to join the program.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2024, IHA identified a significant number of referred patients who exhibited cardiac risk factors despite having no formal diagnosis, according to a staff report.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn response, they partnered with the City of Penticton Recreation Department to develop targeted risk reduction programs,\u201d said the report. \u201cThese initiatives have played a vital role in supporting patients by offering supervised, tailored exercise options designed to meet their specific health needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The current annual lease rate is just under $34,000, which reflects the market lease rate. Interior Health Authority will continue to be responsible for paying utilities, a proportionate share of property taxes, and for repairs and general maintenance of their leased space.<\/p>\n
Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs are essential, as they help residents recover from heart and lung conditions, improve overall health, and reduce the risk of future complications, said Raposo.<\/p>\n
These programs provide education, support, and supervised exercise, all of which are vital for managing chronic conditions and improving the quality of life for patients, Raposo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penticton Council has signed a new five-year agreement to continue its highly successful and popular cardiac and pulmonary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,2983,18679,18680,14428,84,5432,2776,2987,18682,14426,1058,18678,18681,61],"class_list":["post-22686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cardiology","tag-cardiovascular-system","tag-clinical-medicine","tag-diseases-and-disorders","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-heart","tag-internal-medicine","tag-lease","tag-medical-specialties","tag-medicine","tag-penticton","tag-pulmonary-rehabilitation","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}