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All About Aging

Resources to help you stay active and feel your best

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To Our Friends and Neighbors Dear Community Members,

Building the Future

Half of the patients we serve at El Camino Hospital are over the age of 60. We strive to be the preferred destination for seniors during their time of need.

This edition of Health Beat focuses on older adults’ health and offers information to help you feel your best as you age. We have a full complement of programs that provide aid, such as eldercare counseling, which offers help for families during transitions from independent living to assisted living; resources/referrals for patients with early-onset dementia; or help for those coping with anxiety and depression.

Over the past year, we have met with representatives of senior programs in five cities, all to be commended for their local efforts supporting successful aging. These conversations help us coordinate programs and address service gaps in our region.

We have funded and reinstituted Senior Companions, a program that encour-

We are enhancing our campuses for your family — to provide up-to-date healthcare and increase services and amenities, while also sustaining the environment El Camino Hospital continues to work on our long-range vision to meet our community’s healthcare needs for decades to come. Part of this vision includes building and renovating our facilities. Perhaps the most visible evidence of El Camino Hospital’s facilities master plan is the new Main Hospital in Mountain View, which celebrated its grand opening at the end of 2009.

Over the next few years, we will continue to develop our Mountain View campus, including the following improvements:

ages volunteers to be companions for isolated seniors. Meet-n-Move is a support

• Behavioral Health Building replacement

group for caregivers of homebound individuals, which we host in partnership with

• New integrated medical office building, with medical

Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Caregivers meet and often go on hikes, sharing chal-

offices, outpatient laboratory, the Breast Health Center

lenges and solutions they encounter while providing in-home care.

and other services

Another important update: In November, we launched myCare, our new elec-

• Expansion of the North Drive parking structure

tronic health record system. El Camino Hospital patients are now able to quickly

• Renovation of the Women’s Hospital

view test results, order prescription refills, and even review a family member’s health

Meanwhile, we have also been making significant

record if they have been assigned as a proxy. This new record system also enables

investments on our Los Gatos campus to improve

physicians to access patient health information across providers, which is a great

infrastructure and to upgrade operating rooms, patient

benefit to patients who receive care across the community. In our view, myCare is

rooms and visitor spaces.

enhancing access to vital clinical information and improves the patient experience.

VISIT elcaminohospital.org/campusdev?HB

At your service,

Tomi Ryba President and Chief Executive Officer

FIND FREE VALET PARKING near the hospital’s

El Camino Hospital

main entrance from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit the Hospital’s Calendar Online

El Camino Hospital Board of Directors

Locations

Lanhee J. Chen , JD, PhD • Dennis W. Chiu, JD • Neal

El Camino Hospital 2500 Grant Road Mountain View, CA 94040 650-940-7000

H. Cohen, MD, MPH, MS, chair • Jeffrey M. Davis, MD • Peter C. Fung, MD, MS, FACP, FAAN, FAHA • Julia E. Miller • David Reeder, MS • Tomi Ryba, MHA, President and CEO • John L. Zoglin, MBA

El Camino Hospital Los Gatos 815 Pollard Road Los Gatos, CA 95032 408-378-6131

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Produced by the El Camino Hospital Marketing & Communications department and DCP. The information in this publication is not intended for the purpose of diagnosing or prescribing.

If you have concerns about health issues, contact your personal physician. If you would prefer not to receive communications like this from our organization, please call 650-988-7703.

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For a complete listing of programs, lectures, support groups, health screenings and other events, visit our web page.

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High Marks for Heart Care The Norma Melchor Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI) at El Camino Hospital offers unique advantages: leading-edge therapies — surgical and interventional — delivered by world-class experts in a welcoming community hospital.

We’re pioneering new procedures, training physicians from around the world on some of the newest medical techniques, and participating

Know the Signs of Sepsis Even a minor cut or scrape can lead to sepsis, the body’s potentially life-threatening response to infection

in several clinical trials. Highlights from 2014: • 100 percent of patients who come to El Camino Hospital due to a severe type of heart attack (STEMI) receive treatment within the recommended time of 90 minutes or less.

• Our overall performance in the absence of

Each year, sepsis kills more than 258,000 Americans, yet most Americans have never

complications and mortality after aortic

even heard of this life-threatening condition that occurs when infection-fighting chemi-

valve replacement is in the top 5 percent in

cals released into the bloodstream trigger inflammation in other parts of the body.

the nation.

“Everybody can give you symptoms of heart attack, but very few can give you the

• We received the highest rating awarded

symptoms of sepsis or even tell you what sepsis is,” says Kelly Nguyen, MSN, RN, sepsis

(four stars) by the American College of

program coordinator at El Camino Hospital. “Sepsis is just as time-sensitive as a heart

Cardiology in hospital performance for

attack or a stroke.”

patients who have had a cardiac catheter-

Since 2009, nurses and physicians at El Camino Hospital have made a coordinated effort to identify patients with sepsis and treat them as early as possible, saving many lives.

Note: If sepsis is not caught early, the body may go into septic shock, which causes organ failure and has a high death rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Sepsis Alliance recommend memorizing this acronym — and calling 911 or

ization or coronary intervention.

• Our survival and complication rates after coronary artery bypass surgery are better than the national average.

• We are a national leader in minimizing mor-

going to the hospital if you have these symptoms:

tality risk in acute coronary interventions.

S – Shivering, fever or very cold E – Extreme pain or general discomfort (“worst ever”) P – Pale or discolored skin S – Sleepy, difficult to rouse, confused I – “I feel like I might die” S – Short of breath

Our results are among the top 10 percent in

TIPS FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION

the United States.

“We’re able to treat the most complex cardiovascular issues,” says Vincent Gaudiani, MD, NM, HVI medical director, PAMF physician and cardiothoracic surgeon. “Our program consistently receives accolades and accreditations.”

• Wash your hands frequently.

For more info on HVI’s advanced heart

• Ensure vaccinations are up to date.

care, visit elcaminohospital.org/heart?HB.

• Take antibiotics as prescribed.

Visit elcaminohospital.org/hvireport?HB

• See a doctor if you’re sick and not improving.

to read the Norma Melchor Heart & Vascu-

• Keep sores covered.

lar Institute 2015 Outcomes Report.

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The Doctor Recommends

Heart to Heart

El Camino Hospital physicians talk about warning signs, prevention, and the role ethnicity plays in heart disease César Molina, MD

Cate Collings, MD

Cardiologist and medical director of the South

Cardiologist and medical director of Cardiac

Asian Heart Center

Rehabilitation and Women’s Cardiovascular

The South Asian population has an increased

Services

risk of coronary artery disease and diabe-

During a heart attack, women are more

tes. We believe day-to-day habits that are

likely than men to not have chest pain at all.

While a man’s experience may be “I’ve got an

associated with insulin resistance, such as a carbohydrate-intensive diet, lack of fiber and vegetables, and a

elephant on my chest,” there’s a set of women who have a whole con-

sedentary lifestyle, are predisposing individuals to both diabetes and

stellation of symptoms, such as flu-like symptoms, which could include

cardiovascular disease.

nausea and even throwing up; abdominal pain; dizziness; jaw, neck,

Anyone from South Asian ancestry worldwide can call or go online

back, and arm pain; and extreme fatigue. Older individuals — both men

and make an appointment to be screened, educated, and coached at

and women — are also in this pocket of patients who less often have

El Camino Hospital’s South Asian Heart Center. We provide a one-year

chest pain.

coaching program to help people improve their regular lifestyle activities to diminish their risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. We also communicate with patients’ physicians and we orchestrate their care to help them comply not only with their medications but also with

If you think something is not right, go to the emergency room and take care of it promptly.

For more info, visit elcaminohospital.org/heart?HB

their recommended lifestyle routine.

For more info, visit southasianheartcenter.org

Neal Scott, MD, PhD Cardiologist

Edward Yu, MD Family medicine physician at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and physician adviser to the Chinese Health Initiative

The most important things people can do to prevent heart disease are regular exercise and an appropriate diet.

The American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers

Hypertension — a chronic condition that puts

for Disease Control and Prevention recommend moderate to vigorous

you at higher risk for heart disease and stroke

exercise that is aerobic — meaning you’re huffing and puffing — and at

— is common in the Chinese community.

a minimum 30 minutes a session, five sessions a week.

Chinese cooking ingredients often include high sodium levels, including

The diet that has been proven in millions of patients to decrease

sauces such as soy, hoisin, oyster, and fish; soup bases such as bouillon

mortality from heart disease and cancer is what’s called the

cubes; and preserved foods such as eggs and instant noodles. When

Mediterranean diet, which is based on the diet of peasants who lived

shopping for these types of ingredients, I suggest checking if there are

around the Mediterranean Sea in the immediate post–World War II

lower-salt (sodium) substitutes available. If possible, replace canned or

era. They were essentially farmers and fisherpeople, and they lived on

prepackaged foods with fresh ingredients.

vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, legumes, olive oil, and fish.

The Chinese Health Initiative at El Camino Hospital has a wealth of resources including a resource guide for our community’s Chinese seniors and information sheets in English and in Chinese.

For more info, visit elcaminohospital.org/chi?HB 4

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Learn more about the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet at elcaminohospital.org/meddiet?HB

Body, Mind and Spirit

Try a new indoor activity.

Lace up your skates.

Local recreation depart-

Show off your ice skating

ments offer lots of indoor fun,

skills at a public skating ses-

including open-gym volleyball

sion at the San Jose Sharks’

and Jazzercize in Mountain

official practice facility,

View and open-gym Pickle-

Sharks Ice at San Jose. Visit

ball (cross between tennis,

sharksiceatsanjose.com/

badminton and table tennis)

public-skate for more info.

and fourth-Friday dances for seniors (live music) in Los

Fill your home and workplace with plants.

Gatos. Call your nearest mall to ask if it has a formal walk-

Get your vitamin D.

The benefits of houseplants

ing program or opens doors

are not just aesthetic.

early for walkers and joggers.

Studies, including one

If you spend lots of time

from NASA and a 2009

indoors, you might not be

HortScience study, show

getting enough vitamin

certain common house-

D3, an essential vitamin

plants have the potential to

your body produces when

clean indoor air by removing

exposed to sunlight. A safer way to get your daily dose of vitamin D, which promotes bone and immune system health, is by taking

Wellness Guide for Insiders Before the sunny days of summer arrive, avoid cabin fever and indoor health pitfalls with these tips

a supplement. Instead of

and some yogurts. There’s

National Academies recommends 600 IU per day for most Americans up to age 70 and 800 IU per day for Americans 71 and older.

Consult your doctor.

published in the Journal of

ity, concentration, and job

milk, salmon, cod liver oil,

Institute of Medicine of the

According to a recent study

improvements in productiv-

with vitamin D, including

recommended dosage; the

psychological benefits:

office workers reported

eat foods packed or fortified

health organizations about

plants around also offers

Experimental Psychology,

sunbathing, you can also

some disagreement among

harmful pollutants. Having

Skip the tanning beds.

satisfaction when working

To get a sun-kissed look

within view of plants.

Prevent CO poisoning.

without the skin damage

Never use appliances such as

or cancer risk, try a sunless

ovens, gas ranges, charcoal

self-tanner. Topical products

grills, or gas-powered gen-

containing dihydroxyacetone

erators indoors to heat your

(DHA), a tanning agent

home. Change the batteries

approved by the FDA for

of your carbon monoxide

external use, are generally

detectors every six months,

considered by dermatolo-

and have your heating

gists to be safe alternatives to

system; chimney; and other

tanning beds and sunbath-

gas-, oil- or coal-burning

ing. Tanning pills are not

appliances professionally

FDA-approved and are

serviced every year.

considered unsafe.

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Healthful Aging As we age, physical changes are normal and expected; a poor quality of life is not. In this guide, learn about common health issues facing older adults and resources at El Camino Hospital that can help you stay active and feel your best for years to come.

All About Alzheimer’s Disease

Inna Yaskin, DO, a geriatrician affiliated with El Camino Hospital, discusses symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the progressive brain disorder that’s the most common form of dementia and impacts memory and thinking processes What are symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

What are the benefits of early detection?

such as grants and access to caregivers. In

Symptoms include short-term memory loss,

One benefit is that you’re able to plan accord-

addition, we also have the comprehensive

which eventually progresses to long-term

ingly and make financial decisions for yourself

OATS program for older adults with symptoms

memory loss; behavioral issues; difficulties with

and loved ones, while you’re still independent.

of depression. For more info, see next page.

planning and making financial decisions; and

Another advantage: To be eligible for most

difficulties with logic and functional problems,

clinical research studies, patients need to be

such as ability to drive. In advanced stages,

in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and not

patients have difficulty caring for themselves.

have been treated in the past.

What should readers do if they identify these symptoms in themselves or others?

It’s important to see your primary care physician for evaluation when symptoms first appear and to bring a family member or friend to the appointment. Alzheimer’s disease is a diagnosis of exclusion, involving a neurological exam and taking a thorough history, especially from family members or friends, since a lot of patients are in denial about changes that are occurring.

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Treatments we have right now help with functionality, cognition, and behaviors and also reduce some of the psychological issues we see, such as anxiety and depression.

Medications that slow down the disease process are available, and some of them are generic and inexpensive.

These medications are available to our patients if prescribed by a clinician and should be initiated as early as possible. We also have Alzheimer’s Association meetings for family members and community support services

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What can people do to reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease?

Having type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, arrhythmias, and high cholesterol, greatly increases your chance of Alzheimer’s disease.

Leading a healthy lifestyle can either prevent or delay onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Staying cognitively active before the disease and even in early stages of the disease is essential. Speaking several languages, learning how to play musical instruments, playing chess — anything that can promote more connections in the brain cells — will help you combat this disease or at least slow it down.

Healthy Aging

Comprehensive Care for Older Adults Learn more about El Camino Hospital’s useful resources RoadRunners Need a ride to a medical or dental appointment? RoadRunners volunteers provide door-to-door transportation between your home and health-related appointments, as well as senior centers, local banks, beauty shops, and markets within a certain radius of El Camino Hospital. No wheelchair transportation available. No affiliation with El Camino Hospital required. For more info or to make a reservation, call 650-940-7016.

Older Adult Transitions Services (OATS) OATS is an intensive outpatient program for older adults facing mental health challenges related to a long-term psychiatric illness or life transitions such as changing health status or grief over a loved one. A compassionate care team led by a geriatric psychiatrist delivers individualized treatment, as well as education and support for families. (Covered by Medicare.) For more info, visit elcaminohospital.org/OATS?HB or call 866-789-6089. Please visit

Sex After a Heart Attack

elcaminohospital.org/seniors?HB to

Have concerns about sex following a

learn about additional services for older

cardiac event or stroke? Talk to your

adults at El Camino Hospital.

physician, who can offer advice about recommended positions, intimacy without intercourse, and when it’s safe to return to sexual activity. Your doctor

Visit Silicon Valley Primary Care

might recommend an exercise stress

We’ve earned special recognition from the

vide better communication and coordination

National Committee for Quality Assurance

among caregivers. We’re focused on provid-

as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Our

ing the services and resources you need to

patient-centered medical home designation

stay healthy. For more info, call 650-962-

means our primary care is organized to pro-

4370 or visit elcaminohospital.org/svpc?HB

test or taking up a brisk walking program before resuming sexual activity.

Visit heart.org for more info.

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Healthy Aging

Could You Have Heart Failure?

Some risk factors: a history of heart attack; having diabetes or hypertension; being over age 75, overweight, and sedentary Did you know heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization among patients ages 65 and older?

“Diastolic heart failure is a disease of the elderly,” says Jane Lombard, MD, medical director of El Camino Hospital’s Heart Failure Program. “As we age, we get stiffer, and that includes the heart muscle. If you think of the heart like a balloon, it won’t stretch out to fill. If it doesn’t fill up with blood, it won’t pump it and it can back up into the lungs.” (Systolic heart failure occurs when the heart’s left ventricle no longer contracts normally, impacting pumping.)

The most common symptom is shortness of breath with exertion or when lying down. Swollen ankles mean the condition is more severe.

The earlier you identify symptoms, the better, says Dr. Lombard, a Palo Alto Medical Foundation doctor. Prevention is even better, including controlling blood pressure, getting regular exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight.

For info about outpatient education, call the Norma Melchor

Put the Brakes on Bone Loss

Bone mass stops increasing around age 30, but it’s never too late to protect your bones First, the bad news: Osteoporosis, a disease

The good news? You can slow bone loss by tak-

characterized by weakened bones susceptible

ing the following actions:

to fractures, has a number of risk factors you

• Eat a balanced diet and get plenty of calcium

can’t change. These include the following: • Being over age 50 • Being female • Having a family history of the disease

and vitamin D. • Do weight-bearing exercises such as walking, tennis, or dancing three to four days a week.

• Don’t smoke; limit alcohol.

• Being white or of Asian descent • Having a small body frame • Having a history of fracture after age 50

Heart & Vascular Institute at

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650-962-4580 and ask for the

Visit nihseniorhealth.gov/osteoporosis or nof.org for more info. Learn about El Camino Hospital’s

heart failure nurse specialist.

Bone Density Center at elcaminohospital.org/bonedensity?HB

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Navigating Your Health

Introducing myCare

El Camino Hospital’s new online health record helps you better manage your healthcare. Here’s what you should know.

First steps: Get a myCare activation code during a clinic visit or from our Medical Records department. Then, log in and create your username and password.

What is myCare?

federal and state laws pertain-

It’s an online, user-friendly portal

FYI: If you’re a parent, guardian,

results are posted within one to

ing to privacy. Your name and

or caretaker and wish to set it up so

seven days, after your physician

that offers patients secure access

email address will never be sold or

you have access to a family mem-

has reviewed them. Also, you can

to portions of their medical

leased by myCare.

ber’s health record, you must first

use the bill pay feature any time

records and can be personalized

Who can use myCare?

return a completed Proxy Consent

for quick, simple, and paperless

Form to one of El Camino Hospital’s

transactions.

to receive and manage medical

All El Camino Hospital patients are

information. The service is free.

encouraged to take advantage of

With myCare, you can:

this system, and those who opt in

medical facilities. Then, you can log

Note: myCare should not be

in to your personal myCare account

used for urgent situations. Please

and connect to information regard-

contact your medical center if

ing your family member.

the situation requires immediate attention or dial 911 if it is an

• Review your health summary

will be issued a myCare activation

from your El Camino Hospital

code during their hospital or clinic

electronic health record

visit. This code will enable you to

• View test results from your

log in and create your own user-

When can you use myCare?

name and password. If you wish

Any time you want. You can log on

to sign up today, you can email or

to your myCare account 24/7 with

How can you access myCare?

call El Camino Hospital’s Medical

your username and password. Your

As long as you have an Internet

Records department during hours

health information is reviewed

connection, you can access

of operation (Monday to Friday

and revised after each office visit,

your myCare account easily and

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

so your account stays up to date.

quickly on your computer. On

hospital stay • Access trusted health information resources • View your account summary and pay your bill • Request medical appointments* • Request prescription renewals* • Communicate electronically with your medical care team* To maintain confidentiality, myCare is fully compliant with

Due to the sensitive nature of

emergency.

With the messaging tool, you can

your smartphone or tablet, use

medical information, all individu-

communicate virtually with your

the MyChart app.

als must also sign and submit a

clinic team, and you will gener-

Release of Information request and

ally receive a response within

For added details, please email

set up their own myCare account.

one to three business days.* Test

myCareHelp@elcaminohospital.

*Only available at the Cancer Center and Silicon Valley Primary Care

org, call 650-940-7066, or visit elcaminohospital.org/mycare?HB

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Foundation News hospital community benefits from the financial boost and from the care that went into our choices.”

H2H President Margaret Capriles says, “We take pride in identifying some of the great ideas from the hospital staff that will improve women’s health and as a result bring those services to our community. Some of these programs have gained national recognition for being at the forefront of their professional specialty.”

H2H members also receive invitations to social and informative events and activities held throughout the year that focus on women’s well-being. They hear directly from their new grantees at a member-appreciation event in the

From Dreams to Reality

spring and receive feedback throughout the year on the impact their grants

Hope to Health has breathed life into a range of El Camino Hospital programs for 10 years

are having. “Membership is a fabulous investment in women’s health,

“The unique aspect of H2H is that the members get to vote each year on where our funds will go.”

—Betsy Dawes, an H2H founding member

Hope to Health (H2H), El Camino

menopause and pelvic health pro-

with additional educational benefits

Hospital Foundation’s women’s giving

grams; and outpatient mental health

for yourself,” Capriles says, “and the

circle, is celebrating its 10th anni-

care for adolescents, older adults, and

women are phenomenal.”

versary. Over the past decade, the

women with postpartum depression.

committee has contributed more than $500,000 through its members’ pooled

year underwrite the giving program.

donations to healthcare programs and

Every winter, H2H solicits grant

services at El Camino Hospital that

proposals from patient-centered

benefit women and families.

departments at El Camino Hospital.

“A small group of women started

“Each member votes on which

with the idea of creating a way to

programs she believes in,” Dawes

help women in our area by finding

explains. ”The results are that the

and funding programs that directly improve health services,” recalls founding member Betsy Dawes. Since its inception, the organization has supported, among other projects, the gynecological care program for underserved women at the RotaCare Clinic; women’s screenings for heart disease and diabetes through the South Asian Heart Center; El Camino Hospital’s

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Top: Foundation President Jodi Barnard (far left), H2H President Margaret Capriles (far right), and 2015 H2H grantees. Right: H2H members Betsy Dawes, Margaret Capriles, Linda Rodgers, and Donna Whitney prepare to take breast cancer awareness carts around the hospital.

New members are always welcome. For more info or to join H2H, please contact Kirsten Krimsley, El Camino Hospital Foundation’s manager of special events, at 650-988-4189, or visit elcaminohospital.org/ h2h?HB

Connect With Us

Mark Your Calendar for Scarlet Night

March 19: All-star event for a stellar cause

Surviving Cancer, Embracing Life El Camino Hospital offers comprehensive, compassionate, and personalized services If you’re among the growing ranks of cancer survivors in the United States,

Scarlet Night, an Affair of the Heart, will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on March 19, 6 p.m. It will be an extra-special occasion this year as we celebrate the South Asian Heart Center’s 10th anniversary.

The center was founded in 2006 to address the epi-

you may face challenges adjusting to life after cancer once you’ve com-

demic of heart disease among people who trace their origins

pleted your treatment. The good news: El Camino Hospital has a wide array

to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The

of programs and services specifically designed with you in mind.

elevated risk, between two and four times greater than

“Our goal is to provide coordinated care and help cancer survivors feel supported,” says Larisa Peralta, NP, APRN, FNP, OCN, coordinator of El Camino Hospital’s survivorship program. The clinic is located in the hospi-

that of other ethnic populations, is due to a combination of genetics, behavior, and environmental factors.

The center’s initiatives include AIM to Prevent, a program

tal’s Cancer Center and serves all patients being treated there as well as in

to address the twin epidemics of heart disease and diabetes,

Radiation Oncology. “Patients have a lot of concerns to manage — physi-

in people who trace their ancestry to the countries in the

cal, emotional, spiritual, financial, and more. They may be dealing with

Indian subcontinent. South Asians have a higher incidence,

side effects of their treatment, fear of recurrence, or adjusting to physical

more severe presentation, and earlier onset of disease

limitations or issues with intimacy. Our clinic is the place where people can

compared to the general population, despite being mostly

consult experts and get help finding answers that meet their needs.”

vegetarian, nonsmoking, and nonobese.

In addition to Peralta, survivorship staff includes oncologists, a dedicated social worker, and a nurse practitioner. Patients can also access other resources at El Camino Hospital, including the Cancer Center’s oncology-certified nutritionist, and receive referrals to community organizations, including the American Cancer Society and Cancer CAREpoint.

For more info about the center’s services, visit southasianheartcenter.org or call 650-940-7242.

To register for Scarlet Night, visit elcaminohospital.org/ scarletnight?HB

Support groups — open to the community — are available too, including separate groups for cancer survivors, caregivers, and families with young children (facilitated by a therapist).

and make it a new beginning.”

Take Steps to a Healthier Heart

CELEBRATE CANCER SURVIVORS DAY, MAY 14: Dave Dravecky, former

An unexpected benefit: You may win a $250 gift card!

“Life gives us second chances, and our program is one to take advantage of,” says Peralta. “We’re helping patients learn from their experiences

pitcher for the San Francisco Giants and cancer survivor, will be the keynote speaker at the event held noon–4 p.m. at El Camino Hospital, Mountain

It’s easy to give your heart a little love. Visit elcamino

View. Space is limited. RSVP to natalie.mcqueen@elcaminohospital.org or

hospital.org/loveyourheart and choose one or all four

650-988-7519; or register online at elcaminohospital.org/survivorsday?HB

simple heart-healthy steps. You’ll be on your way to better health, plus be entered to win a $250 gift card to either REI or Munchery!

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