Catherine LaPier, RN Never Wastes An Opportunity to Help
Adirondack Medical Home Care Manager Helps Patient One Last Time
When Catherine LaPier, RN dreamt about a career in health care as a 16 year-old nurse aide, it was a sure bet that arranging a patient’s funeral was not part of the plan. Yet that’s exactly what she found herself doing years later as an Adirondack Medical Home Care Manager.
“I initially considered becoming a pharmacist but eventually decided on nursing,” explained Catherine, who, like many in her profession, became a nurse to help people in their time of need. In [...]
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How to Prevent Heart Disease at Any Age
Preventing heart disease means making smart choices now that will pay off for the rest of your life.
Lack of exercise, poor diet and smoking habits take a toll on your body over the years. Anyone, no matter your age, can take simple steps to keep their heart healthy during each decade of life. It all starts with one small thing.
All Age Groups
Eat Heart Healthy
• Choose a healthy eating plan. The foods you eat may decrease your risk of heart disease and stroke. High bloo [...]
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Remembering Those Who Give the "Gift of Life"
It's fitting that National Donor Day is February 14, a day we already associate with love. On this day, we raise awareness about organ donation and celebrate the lives of organ and tissue donors. Most people will eventually be affected by donation in their lives. They will either know someone who needs, or has received a life saving transplant. Or, they will learn that someone they know was a donor.
What is the need for organ donation?
The need for organs is great and grows eve [...]
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Healthy Fats: Easy Recipe Substitutions for a Delicious and Healthy Diet
Let’s look at how we can use the healthier fats to make delicious food.
When it comes to cooking, it is important to know why ingredients are important to the recipe and how we can modify them. This is especially true of fats. Altering the fats in a recipe can drastically change the taste and texture.
What Fats Do in Foods
• Fats provide flavor and richness
• Fats help retain moisture
• Fats improve texture and promote flakiness and tenderness in baked goods
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Spring Forward with SMART Lifestyle Goals
By: Matt Miller, Lead Clinical Dietitian
Each year many of us make resolutions to change our lifestyle, including; eating healthier, exercising more and achieving a healthier body weight. However, many resolutions fall short as we lose steam along the way.
Now is the perfect time to Spring into action by developing a well-defined plan and setting achievable goals by using SMART objectives. SMART stands for:
• Specific. The more detailed and targeted your description, the better you [...]
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See Ya, Saddlebags!
Liposuction is a safe, minimally invasive and relatively convenient way to remove fat cells and sculpt almost any area of the body.
You run every day and take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. On the weekend, you log miles on your bike but still, those saddlebags on your thighs just won’t go away. Liposuction may be a good solution to your saddlebag problem. It is a convenient option offering almost immediate results and very little post-procedure downtime. Many liposuction patients say that having the procedure not only improved their “look” but boosted their confidence.
Liposuction is a safe, [...]
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Honoring Caregivers
When a Nurse is the Grateful Patient
Joyce Favreau of the Short Stay Unit donated to the Foundation of CVPH’s Honor A Caregiver program after being treated for breast cancer here. “I want honor these caregivers. Please accept this donation on behalf the Women’s Imaging Center, Ambulatory Care Center and Radiology Oncology. The diagnosis was life changing but the care you provided has made a positive as an experience as it could be. I appreciate all of you and the care you have provided. Not only for my care [...]
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Patient Advocate Ashley Doyle, RN Brings a Bit of Sunshine to A Woman’s Darkest Day
Ashley Doyle, RN Patient Advocate Manager recently received The Beryl Institute’s Ruth Ravich Patient Advocacy Award at the institute’s international conference held in Dallas, TX. The award recognizes individuals whose work supports the vision of bringing the patients’ needs to the center of healthcare. The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through collaboration and shared knowledge.
And there she was. Alone, [...]
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