Canterbury Rehab & Healthcare Shines a Spotlight on Heart Health

Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Richmond celebrated the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Day by illuminating its building with red lights. The Henrico County skilled nursing facility has an established Cardiac Rehabilitation specialty care program and is proud to hold the Association’s Heart Failure Certified Skilled Nursing Center designation.

Staff and residents kicked off Heart Month in support of the Association’s initiative to increase awareness about cardiac health for women. Highlighting the importance of heart health, the center offered Samba Fitness and Fit and Spin classes to get residents moving and grooving for Go Red Day.

Canterbury provides post-hospital, short-term rehab and long-term residential care. Its Cardiac Rehabilitation program focuses on promoting independence and quality of life through reducing symptoms and decreasing disability in heart patients.

Earned by less than 2% of skilled nursing centers nationwide, to date, the American Heart Association skilled nursing certification recognizes hospitals and healthcare facilities that provide high-quality care for patients with heart failure.

The American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women initiative has been committed to raising awareness and clinical care of cardiovascular disease in women since 2004. According to the Association, cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing one in three deaths each year.