Summer 2013 - Lawrence Hospital Center

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Bringing Trusted Care
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Take Off Those
Unwanted Pounds
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Hospital Center’s FREE
Health Source Library at
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for more health tips. To
find tips for staying safe
during summer activities,
go to www.heart.org and
type “summer tips” in the
search bar.
ummer is here, and it is the perfect time
to try new outdoor activities. Being
physically active is a great way to keep
your weight down and your heart healthy. In
fact, exercise boosts your health in dozens of
ways. It improves circulation and cholesterol
levels. It strengthens muscles, helps you control
your blood pressure and helps you sleep better.
It even improves mood and relieves stress.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, getting 150 minutes
a week of moderate-intensity exercise can
help you live longer. So let the sunny summer days draw you outdoors.
Activities Abound
Walking in the park or on the beach is great
for the whole family. “Mall walking” is a
fun way to socialize while staying out of the
summer heat. For other ways to stay cool
while getting your heart rate up, consider
swimming or taking a water exercise class.
Mild summer days are also perfect for
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gardening and biking to the store. Or go farther afield and fly a kite, organize a badminton picnic, paddle a boat or play golf. With
aerobic activities like these, it is easy to slow
down if you need to.
Beat the Heat
Remember to stay safe in the summer heat.
Heat stroke is the most dangerous type of
heat-related illness. If not treated quickly, it
can cause permanent disability or death. When
the temperature rises, you can help prevent
heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses by
staying indoors in air-conditioning; drinking
plenty of water; wearing lightweight clothing
that breathes; and sporting a hat, sunglasses
and sunscreen. Take frequent breaks in a cool,
shady spot if you can’t get indoors.
When exercising or working outside in
hot weather, be sure to drink two to four
glasses of nonalcoholic liquids every hour,
and pace yourself. Stop to rest if you feel
light-headed, faint or weak.
Patricia Connor Devine, MD, smiles with Molly Magee and Molly’s mom, Maureen.
Help for Women Who Want to Have a Baby
M
aureen Magee, of the Bronx,
was thrilled to become a new
mom. Magee’s pregnancy,
her first, was going smoothly until the
seventh month, when she developed pain
in her upper left leg. At first, she thought
it was the usual swelling and discomfort
that can accompany the end of a pregnancy, but it got worse. Magee says the
pain became so severe she couldn’t walk
and she noticed bruising on her leg. “I
was so scared. I didn’t know what was
happening and all I could think about
was my baby,” she says.
Magee visited Lawrence Hospital
Center, where she was diagnosed with
a blood clot in her leg. To address
the condition, her obstetrician Edwin
Pan, MD, worked in conjunction
with Lawrence hematologist Anthony
Provenzano, MD, and high-risk pregnancy specialist Patricia Connor
Devine, MD. Dr. Devine is also the
Director of the Center for Maternal
Child Health at Lawrence, and she specializes in caring for women who are at
risk for pregnancy complications.
“I work together with a patient’s
obstetrician to best manage the patient’s
care so that she can have a successful
pregnancy outcome,” says Dr. Devine.
“We put Maureen on bed rest and prescribed anticoagulation therapies and
pain medication to help ease her symptoms. At times, I would see her every
day and later twice a week to ensure
that she and her unborn baby were safe
and healthy. Plus, I worked with Dr. Pan
to monitor Maureen’s pregnancy and
made recommendations concerning her
care and delivery.”
At Lawrence’s Center for Maternal
Child Health, a team works with
Dr. Devine to provide the best prena-
tal care possible to women who have
experienced pregnancy loss or preterm
birth; chronic conditions, such as
diabetes or hypertension; or are
currently experiencing complications
like Magee’s. “Our team offers a comprehensive set of services including
genetic counseling and ultrasound and
maternal evaluations in a private and
comfortable setting,” said Dr. Devine.
Today, Magee boasts about her
healthy baby girl, Molly Olivia Magee.
“Every day I think about how lucky I
am to be here with her. This has been
a life-changing experience and for that
I am so grateful to everyone who took
care of us at Lawrence,” Magee says.
VISIT OUR NEW MATERNITY CENTER!
Lawrence Hospital Center’s state-of-the-art Maternity Center features 23 private
rooms, each with its own bathroom and shower. Plus, the Maternity Center is
designed to resemble a home away from home for families. Schedule a tour by
calling 914-787-4970.
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What You Need To Know at Lawrence Hos�ita� Center
Learn How Diet can Affect Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lawrence Hospital Center’s Spirit of Women program is pleased to invite
you to a special educational presentation on rheumatoid arthritis at 6 p.m.
Thursday, September 19, in the hospital’s Courtyard Café. Next Iron Chef
finalist and New York City restaurateur Seamus Mullen will visit Lawrence
to lead a cooking demonstration. Mullen, who has rheumatoid arthritis, will
provide you with a cooking lesson and show you foods that can minimize
symptoms. Plus, there will be a talk and Q & A with a physician who specializes in the disease. This event is FREE, but preregistration is required. Call
914-787-5000 to reserve your spot today.
FREE Prostate Cancer Screenings
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men.
Who tends to be at risk? Men who have a greater chance
of getting prostate cancer are 50 years old or older; are
African-American; or have a father, brother or son who has
had prostate cancer. If you think you may be at risk, we
invite you to a FREE prostate cancer screening from 1 to 4
p.m. Thursday, September 26, in an exam room at Lawrence
Hospital Center’s Center for Advanced Surgery on the hospital’s fifth floor. Lawrence Sigler, MD, a board certified urologist, will perform the screenings. To participate, you must
pre-register for an appointment by calling 914-787-5000.
Save the Date for an Enchanted Evening
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lawrence Hospital
Center’s Spirit of Women program will host An Enchanted Evening
event on Thursday, October 10, featuring a dinner and fashion show
to benefit Lawrence’s Cancer Survivorship Program. Breast cancer
survivors and the surgeons who treated them will model the latest fall
fashions on the catwalk. Plus, there will be an opportunity to meet the
hospital’s Breast Cancer Care team. For ticket information or sponsorship opportunities, call 914-787-5000.
We Want to Hear From You
In order to better serve you, the leadership and caregivers at Lawrence Hospital
Center want to know what’s on your mind. We’ve launched a Community
Needs Assessment Survey in order to learn about your health care needs,
concerns and habits; quality of life; condition of your community and
more. Residents 18 and older can take the survey. The survey can
be accessed on Lawrence’s website, www.lawrencehealth.org. At
your convenience, we invite you to take the brief survey so that we
can use it to determine the health status of the communities that count on
Lawrence to serve them. Thank you in advance for your help!
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State-of-the-Art
Care that will
meet your needs
From the
President/CEO
Lawrence Home Care:
Bringing Trusted Services to
Patients’ Homes for 80 Years
Kathy Gerber, physical therapist with Lawrence Home Care, works with Jennifer Cratty, a
Yonkers patient.
“W
ithout Kathy, I don’t
know where I’d be,” says
Jennifer Cratty, 26. Cratty
is referring to Kathy Gerber, her physical
therapist from Lawrence Home Care of
Westchester. Gerber has been working for
six years with Cratty, who has cerebral
palsy. Their relationship has grown into
a special bond that both therapist and
patient deeply appreciate. “Jennifer is
always so positive,” Gerber says.
Gerber performs physical therapy
exercises twice a week with Cratty, who
spends most of her time in a wheelchair. The 45-minute sessions in Cratty’s
Yonkers home help keep her legs limber and bones strong, and improve her
posture. Cratty says she looks forward
to their meetings. “While Kathy’s here,
we talk about all kinds of things. She’s
become a really good friend,” says Cratty.
Lawrence Home Care has more
clinicians like Gerber, who provide
expert care in the comfort and security
of a patient’s home. Whether you’ve
been released from the hospital, nursing home or rehabilitation facility; had
recent surgery; or developed a medical
condition, Home Care nurses and therapists offer a set of services to help you
or your loved ones get moving again.
For 80 years, Lawrence Home Care’s
skilled nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language
pathologists, medical social workers and
certified home health aides have provided services to patients. The services
are based on individual patient needs
and physician orders and can include fall
assessment and prevention, establishing
home exercise programs, medication
management and instruction, wound
care, disease management teaching,
nutritional counseling and skin care.
As a certified home health agency,
Lawrence Home Care works in conjunction with Lawrence Hospital Center
and the other members of Lawrence
Community Health Services to provide
seamless, quality care to more than
1,600 patients each year in Southern
Westchester County. Lawrence Home
Care accepts most commercial insurance, Medicaid and Medicare plans.
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
Discover how Lawrence Home Care
can help improve your well-being.
Call 914-961-2818 or visit
www.lawrencehomecare.org to
make an appointment.
There is excitement in
the air at Lawrence
Hospital Center. In June,
we hosted a ceremonial
groundbreaking celebration for our new Surgery
Edward M. Dinan
and Oncology Pavilion.
President/CEO
More than 150 people
attended. It was a proud
moment for us all.
The $39 million pavilion will
feature six state-of-the-art operating
rooms designed to improve the patient
experience. The pavilion will also offer
patients a comprehensive and integrated cancer center with radiation
services available on campus.
Throughout Lawrence’s more than
100-year history of providing quality
care close to home, we’ve endeavored
to modernize our facilities and recruit
top talent. The pavilion is the latest
effort to enhance our services and meet
the needs of those who look to us for
hope and healing.
L to R: Richard Dresdale, Chairman, LHC
Board of Governors; Edward M. Dinan,
President and CEO; Dennis Glazer, Former
Chairman of the Board; James Ehrlich, MD,
Medical Staff President; and Timothy J. Hughes,
Vice President of Business Development.
Lawrence Hospital Center
Location. Innovation. Compassion.
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Director of Marketing and
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Lose Weight the Intelligent Way
D
uring the hot summer months,
being overweight can be even
more distressing because you
can’t hide under layers of clothing. While
the battle of the bulge seems to be a perpetual one, there is hope for those who have
tried and failed to lose those unwanted
pounds. “At Lawrence Hospital Center,
we have a program called Create Your
Weight, in which we combine behavior
modification with physical activity and diet
education. It’s not like other programs and
our participants are losing weight,” says
Katie Campbell, RD, Outpatient Dietitian
and the new facilitator of the Create Your
Weight program.
One of those patients who’s had success
is Kate Golden. The 49-year-old married
mother of two small children attended the
fall and winter sessions of Create Your
Weight at Lawrence. “I feel like it’s getting
harder to lose the weight the older I get.
And, with a demanding job and busy family, there’s not much time to focus on me,”
says Golden, a Bronxville resident. Kate
and others credit Create Your Weight’s
focus on why we eat what we do and how
we think about food. “There’s a real psy-
chological component that seems to get to
the heart of poor eating habits. I’ve really
enjoyed this program and already have lost
12 pounds,” Golden says.
Campbell leads the group classes in
Create Your Weight’s 10-week program.
There is an initial FREE introductory
class, followed by 10 sessions. Also
included is a one-on-one meeting with
Campbell. “Last year, we had 20 participants who lost a combined 210 pounds,
and waist circumferences shrank an average of 2 inches per person. That’s why
we know this program works and we
encourage anyone who’s struggled to lose
weight to give us a call,” Campbell says.
Donate Part of Your
IRA to Lawrence
If you are 70½ or older, you can make
direct tax-free charitable rollovers of up
to $100,000 from your IRA to qualified
charities, such as Lawrence Hospital Center.
Your gift will help Lawrence continue to
provide the highest-quality health care to
our community. If you wish, you can apply
your gift to the campaign for the new
Surgery and Oncology Pavilion, which will
enhance Lawrence’s cancer services.
YOUR GIFT MAKES
Katie Campbell, RD, is the new facilitator of
OUR CARE POSSIBLE
Create Your Weight at Lawrence Hospital Center.
Provide an IRA rollover gift to Lawrence
Hospital Center by contacting Tracy
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO GET HEALTHY
Conte at 914-787-5268 or tconte@
The next Create Your Weight session begins in September. To register, contact Katie
lawrencehealth.org.
Campbell, RD, at 914-787-5060 or [email protected].
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