NYU Winthrop Hospital offers heart failure lecture for seniors

The Island Now

NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free program for seniors, “Hope for Heart Failure,” on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 1:15 PM.

It will be held at the Mineola Community Center, located at 155 Washington Ave. in Mineola, one block south of Jericho Turnpike, between Mineola Boulevard and Willis Avenue.

Dr. Justine S. Lachmann, director of the Congestive Heart Failure Program at NYU Winthrop Hospital, will discuss the symptoms and causes of heart failure, how it is diagnosed, and treatment programs that can help manage the condition. A question and answer period will follow the lecture.

Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the building; metered lots (quarters
needed) are across the street. Seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve a space, please call (516) 663-3916.

“Health Update for Seniors” is a free community health education program presented by
the Department of Public Affairs, Geriatric Health Services and the Winthrop Home Health
Agency. For information about these or other programs at the Hospital, learn more at
www.nyuwinthrop.org/community-programs or call 1-866-WINTHROP.

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