Overlook helps hearts
By Joseph M. D’Alise, Staff Writer
SUMMIT, NJ - Eleven women shared a heart-warming brunch at a West Orange home on Saturday for the first “Home is Where the Heart Is” program. This program was sponsored by Overlook Hospital in Summit, a part of Atlantic Health.
As part of its Women’s Heart Program, Atlantic Health’s Public Relations Manager, Pamela Garretson, said, “Overlook is going straight to women’s living rooms to promote heart-healthy living and to combat cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women in the United States.”
On Saturday, several women enjoyed a heart-healthy brunch at the home of Davida Isaacson, of West Orange.
She invited friends and family to share in the fun and a very educational morning.
For $45 each, nurse educators and analysts conducted education sessions and cardiac evaluations for all of the women.
The afternoon included lipid profiles, blood pressure tests, blood sugar analysis, lifestyle assessments, as well as private medical counseling for all the attending women.
The attendants also received information about heart disease, how to make small changes for a healthier lifestyle, and how the signs and symptoms of a heart attack are different in women than with men.
“Overlook Hospital’s Women’s Heart Program and our new ‘Home is Where the Heart Is’ initiative takes our cardiac screenings and counseling sessions into women’s homes in a non-threatening, informative way,” said Joyce Passen, manager of Community Health at Overlook. “This is a program run by women for women, and teaches the difference that early screening and education can make when it comes to combatting heart disease.”
Heart disease can kill about 500,000 women every year, according to Overlook Hospital.
A woman who attended the screening, Arlene Appelbaum of East Hanover, described the morning’s events as very eye-opening.
“They were extremely informative,” Appelbaum said. “The stats don’t bother me; it’s the symptoms that bother me.
“It really makes you think about things, and not ignore symptoms you may have ignored in the past.”
Isaacson offered to give up her home for the morning because she realized how many people are affected by heart disease and how important it is to be properly educated on it.
“Heart disease has touched almost everyone I know,” Isaacson said. “I care about my friends’ health as much as I care about my own. I wanted them to participate in this, and was very pleasantly surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response.”
As part of its Women’s Heart Program, Atlantic Health’s Public Relations Manager, Pamela Garretson, said, “Overlook is going straight to women’s living rooms to promote heart-healthy living and to combat cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women in the United States.”
On Saturday, several women enjoyed a heart-healthy brunch at the home of Davida Isaacson, of West Orange.
She invited friends and family to share in the fun and a very educational morning.
For $45 each, nurse educators and analysts conducted education sessions and cardiac evaluations for all of the women.
The afternoon included lipid profiles, blood pressure tests, blood sugar analysis, lifestyle assessments, as well as private medical counseling for all the attending women.
The attendants also received information about heart disease, how to make small changes for a healthier lifestyle, and how the signs and symptoms of a heart attack are different in women than with men.
“Overlook Hospital’s Women’s Heart Program and our new ‘Home is Where the Heart Is’ initiative takes our cardiac screenings and counseling sessions into women’s homes in a non-threatening, informative way,” said Joyce Passen, manager of Community Health at Overlook. “This is a program run by women for women, and teaches the difference that early screening and education can make when it comes to combatting heart disease.”
Heart disease can kill about 500,000 women every year, according to Overlook Hospital.
A woman who attended the screening, Arlene Appelbaum of East Hanover, described the morning’s events as very eye-opening.
“They were extremely informative,” Appelbaum said. “The stats don’t bother me; it’s the symptoms that bother me.
“It really makes you think about things, and not ignore symptoms you may have ignored in the past.”
Isaacson offered to give up her home for the morning because she realized how many people are affected by heart disease and how important it is to be properly educated on it.
“Heart disease has touched almost everyone I know,” Isaacson said. “I care about my friends’ health as much as I care about my own. I wanted them to participate in this, and was very pleasantly surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response.”
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