October 12, 2018
Are you getting all the tests and vaccines you need to stay well? Do you know the difference between Alzheimer’s Disease and normal memory loss due to aging? Are you living your best possible life in retirement?
Get information on these and other health and wellness topics at Mather Hospital’s HealthyU Fall Semester 2018 on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9am to 1:30pm at the Hospital.
The FREE seminar series and health fair is focused on your physical, emotional and financial health. A health fair offers blood pressure, glucose, BMI and other free screenings along with health and wellness information. Also bring your unused or expired prescription drugs to safely dispose of between 10am and 2pm.
Seating is limited. Register at 631-686-7879 or online at www.matherhospital.org/healthyu
The panels for the Fall Semester of HealthyU are:
• 10 Warning signs of Alzheimer’s
• Eating Healthy as We Age
• Wellness 101
• The Aches and Stiffness of Arthritis
• Living Well in Retirement
• Staying Active with Parkinson’s Disease
• Slow & Gentle Yoga for Seniors
• What Every Woman Should Know about Heart Disease
• Maybe It’s Your Thyroid
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About Mather Hospital
Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather is the only Hospital on Long Island to receive the top “A” rating for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group in the latest rating period. Mather also was ranked 21st out of almost 250 hospitals in New York State in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals rankings. For further information about Mather Hospital, visit www.matherhospital.org or “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/matherhospital.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, more than 600 outpatient facilities and nearly 15,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 66,000 employees – 15,000-plus nurses and 4,000 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu