The Mended Hearts, Inc. is a community-based, nationwide heart patient support network founded in 1951. Heart patients are of all ages, so Mended Little Hearts was launched in 2004 to provide support and encouragement to parents and families of children born with congenital heart defects and heart disease. Then in 2021, Young Mended Hearts became a national program to fill a gap for those who are often told they are “too young to have heart disease” — yet they do.
Recognized for its role in facilitating a positive patientcare experience, MHI partners with hospitals and cardiac rehabilitation clinics to offer support for heart patients through visiting programs, group meetings and educational forums.
Everything Mended Hearts does is to empower and educate patients, families and caregivers.
The mission of Mended Hearts, Young Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts is to inspire hope and improve the quality of life for heart patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support. This happens during face-to-face and virtual visits in the hospital as well as support through ongoing virtual and phone visits.
- We are a national organization with almost 100,000 members.
- We offer visiting programs in more than 380 hospitals with 1,350 trained, accredited visitors.
- We provide 212,000+ patient visits yearly.
- We reach more than 262,000 people annually through the Share Your Heart® program.
- We reach 4.2+ million on social media annually.
