Health Hope Network Sponsors Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Symposium

Apr. 17, 2007

Contact: Carol Glock, Education and Marketing Director
Phone: 412-937-8350
e-mail: cglock@healthhopenetwork.org

Invitation to the Symposium on May 19, 2007, 8am - 3pm.
Sign up and pay for the symposium online ($10).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Pittsburgh, PA: Health Hope Network (formerly Visiting Nurse Foundation) is hosting the 2007 Stroke Survivor and Caregiver Symposium on Saturday, May 19, from 8am to 3pm at the Holiday Inn, Greentree.

The Stroke Survivor & Caregiver Symposium is aimed at stroke survivors & their families; not the medical profession, which is more typical. The day will provide stroke survivors and their caregivers with information to improve their quality of life through educational opportunities addressing all areas of wellness--physical, emotional, cognitive and social.

Speakers include Ashis Tayal, MD, Medical Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Program at Allegheny General Hospital; Carol Schramke, PhD, Director of Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Allegheny General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Neurology Drexel University College of Medicine; Catherine Birk, MD, Medical Director of Neuroscience Program, HealthSouth Harmarville Rehabilitation Hospital; and Lynn O'Donnell, BSN, RN, CRRN, CBIS Primary Nurse Care Coordinator for the Stroke & General Rehabilitation Unit at South Side Hospital.

Vendors represented at the Symposium include American Stroke Association, Highmark, Medtronic, American Healthcare Group, Hangar O & P, Merck, Solutions for Accessible Living, Advance Staffing, UPMC Stroke Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Blind & Vision Rehabilitation Services, Home Instead Senior Care, HealthSouth, The Woodlands Foundation, Sanofi-Aventis, Stroke Survivor Connection, and UPMC South Side Hospital.

Health Hope Network, a 501(c)(3), was founded in 1995 as Visiting Nurse Foundation by the Visiting Nurse Association (an organization established in 1918 in Allegheny County with roots going back to the Civil War). Health Hope Network targets the healthcare needs of seniors and at-risk populations through community-based programs such as Stroke Survivor Connection and the FLU B•GONE campaign.

Admission to the event is $10. For more information please visit: http://www.healthhopenetwork.org or call 412-937-8350

Tickets can be purchased online here