Mended Hearts
Peer visitors and support groups for heart patients, caregivers, and families, including hospital bedside visits.
Best for
Someone recovering from cardiac surgery or a heart event, and the family around them.
Why Kave includes this
Accredited peer visiting inside hospitals is unusual, and being visited by someone who had the same operation two years ago does something no pamphlet does. Kave includes it as the caregiver-inclusive option: families of cardiac patients are rarely served by anything else.
- Expected cost
- Free. Membership is available but support is not conditional on it.
- Insurance requirement
- None.
- Who qualifies
- Heart patients, caregivers, and family members.
- Where it is available
- Nationwide (United States)
- How you use it
- Online or by phone and In person
- Languages
- English
Limitations Kave wants you to know about
- Peer support, not medical advice or financial help.
- Hospital visiting programs exist only where a chapter has an agreement with the hospital.
Verification
Compiled by Kave on July 1, 2026 and link-checked. Not yet independently verified. Kave assembled this from the organisation’s own published material and confirmed the links resolve. No reviewer has confirmed the eligibility details against the source, so check them on the official site before you rely on them.
- Compiled
- July 1, 2026 (28 days ago)
- Next scheduled review
- September 29, 2026
- Reviewed by
- Not yet reviewed
Sources used
- Mended Hearts — read July 1, 2026
Kave quality score
83/100
Kave lists resources scoring 80 or above that also clear all four mandatory gates.
- Affordability or financial value20/20
- Patient impact17.5/25
- Accessibility12.3/15
- Transparency12/15
- Ease of use8.4/10
- Geographic reach4.3/5
- Institutional credibility4.3/5
- Privacy and data practices4.2/5
Geographic reach is deliberately worth only five points, so a strong local resource is not pushed out by a weak national one. Read the methodology.