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Feb. 14 - Peninsula Home Care HeartBeats Tour - WMDT 47 News - Delmarva's Choice
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GOOD MORNING DELMARVA - Peninsula Home Care (PHC), a leading, award winning home care company is hitting the road this month to promote heart health. On their first road tour across the Eastern Shore of Maryland and lower Delaware, PHC will make thirteen stops at local venues to offer free blood pressure screenings to community members.
"Our road crews will be armed with educational materials complete with information and resources to promote heart health and tips to help manage high blood pressure," said Therese Ganster, branch director, Peninsula Home Care. "All three PHC branches (Ocean Pines, Salisbury and Seaford) have reached out to their communities to schedule screenings in convenient locations for people across the peninsula."
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PHC Heartbeats Tour Stops |
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Date |
Time |
Location |
Contact |
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February 5 |
9:30am – 10:30am |
Laurel Senior Center 113 North Central Avenue Laurel DE 19956 |
Sandy Russ 302-629-4914 |
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February 5 |
10:30am |
Pocomoke Senior Center 400-B Walnut Street Pocomoke, MD 21851 |
Therese Ganster 410-208-4828 |
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February 7 |
11:00am – Noon |
Blood Bank of Delmarva / Salisbury Donor Center 1309 Mt. Hermon Rd Sallisbury, MD 21804 |
Nancy Bagwell 410-543-7550 |
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February 8 |
9:30am – 10:30am |
Nanticoke Senior Center 1001 West Locust St. |
Sandy Russ 302-629-4914 |
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February 11 |
10:30am |
Berlin Senior Center 10129 Old Ocean City Blvd. Berlin, MD 21911 |
Therese Ganster 410-208-4828 |
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February 13 |
11:00am – 1:00pm |
Rite-Aid 1301 East State Street Delmar, MD 21875
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Nancy Bagwell 410-543-7550 |
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February 19 |
11:00am – Noon |
Crisfield Clinic 4384 Crisfield Highway Crisfield, MD 21817 |
Nancy Bagwell 410-543-7550 |
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February 20 |
9:30am – 10:30am |
Heritage Shores 23 White Pelican Ct Bridgeville, DE 19933 |
Sandy Russ 302-629-4914 |
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February 26 |
11:00am – 1:00pm |
Rite-Aid 12154 Brittingham Ln Princess Anne, MD 21853
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Nancy Bagwell 410-543-7550 |
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February 26 |
9:30am – 10:30am |
Bridgeville Senior Center 414 Market St Bridgeville, DE 19933 |
Sandy Russ 302-629-4914 |
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February 26 |
10:30am |
Snow Hill Senior Center 4767 Snow Hill Road Snow Hill, MD 21863 |
Therese Ganster 410-208-4828 |
Heart Health Set-List
Blood Pressure – With each beat of the heart, blood is pumped out of the heart into the blood vessels, which carry blood throughout your body. Blood pressure is the measurement of the pressure or force inside your blood vessels (arteries) with each beat of the heart. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, means the pressure in your arteries is above the normal range.
Who is at Risk for High Blood Pressure?
Untreated high blood pressure can result in: Heart Failure, Stroke, an Enlarged Heart, Heart Attack and Kidney Disease
How to Treat High Blood Pressure
For more information about the Peninsula Home Care Heartbeats Tour, please visit www.peninsulahomecare.com.
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