Chronic conditions

The COACH Program is an evidence-based coaching program that trains people with chronic disease to vigorously pursue the target levels for their particular risk factors while working in partnership with their usual doctors.

The successful improvement of disease risk factors and adherence to recommended medications are the only proven effective treatments that are known to retard the disease process and prolong life.

The COACH Program is available for people with one more of the following chronic conditions:

• Coronary heart disease
• Heart failure
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Stroke and/or TIA
• Type 2 diabetes
• Type 1 diabetes
• Prediabetes
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Asthma
• Primary prevention for high risk of cardiovascular disease
• High risk of type 2 diabetes

For patients who have multiple chronic conditions, patients are coached to achieve the target risk factor levels for all of their associated conditions, not just their principal diagnosis. For e.g. a patient with coronary heart disease who also has diabetes is coached on both their cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk factors.