Accredited Visitors Program

Accredited visiting at Cape Cod Hospital takes place every Tuesday & Thursday beginning at 11AM

The Accredited Visitors program provides peer support to patients and caregivers upon diagnosis of heart disease, pre-surgery or medical procedure, during a hospital stay, during recovery, and any time support is needed.

What is it?

  • Patients who have heart disease, caregivers of adult patients, and parents of children who have heart disease are trained to visit.

  • Patients, caregivers or parents are visited (given peer support) to help reduce anxiety, answer non-medical questions, give hope, and inspire

  • Visits can be in-person, by phone, by email, by video chat or online.

Who can visit?

  • Patients who have any type of cardiovascular/heart disease, caregivers of adult patients, parents of children who have heart disease including congenital heart disease

Who gets visited?

  • Patients who have any type of cardiovascular/heart disease, caregivers of adult patients, parents of children who have heart disease including congenital heart disease

  • People in the hospital

  • People recovering at home

  • People who have just received a heart disease diagnosis for themselves, a loved one or their child

Learn more

Meet the Visitors

  • George Frongillo

  • David Elworthy

  • Maryse Ethier

  • Kenneth Ethier

  • Ronald German

  • Kenneth Lyman

  • Steve Papillo

  • Judy Rose

  • Ann Sarno

  • Warren Silver

  • Linda Wagner