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title: "The Times of Northwest Indiana: Health Scare Inspires Right at Home Team Member to Educate Others on Heart Health"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4848a46e-f5c4-4b31-bf8d-9f89f90e08d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/the-times-of-northwest-indiana-health-scare-inspires-right-at-home-team-member-to-educate-others-on-heart-health-10424
category: "Home care"
industry: "Senior Care"
segment: "Home care"
published: 2017-02-17T03:22:34.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:06:53.824Z
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# The Times of Northwest Indiana: Health Scare Inspires Right at Home Team Member to Educate Others on Heart Health

**TL;DR:** Carole Dougherty, a Right at Home team member, educates the community on heart health after experiencing a health scare. She gave a heart health presentation at the Hartsfield Village retirement community in Munster for American Heart Month.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-02-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/the-times-of-northwest-indiana-health-scare-inspires-right-at-home-team-member-to-educate-others-on-heart-health-10424).*

## Story

After a health scare, Carole Dougherty of Right at Home felt it was her responsibility to educate the community for American Heart Month.

While Dougherty thought she just had indigestion, it turned out she had heart disease. So she put together a heart health presentation for the Hartsfield Village retirement community in Munster to mark American Heart Month.

"The signs for women are much more subtle for women than men," said Dougherty, 72, of Munster. "Two-thirds of women don't even experience chest pain. Many report signs of indigestion, vomiting, maybe some lightheadedness. They don't exhibit the classic signs of heart disease: that elephant sitting on your chest, pain down your arm."

"I thought I was in good health," she said. "I exercised and ate healthy, so I thought it couldn't happen to me. I had a family history of heart disease that I wasn't even taking into consideration. If I had thought about that, I might have taken some of the symptoms more seriously."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- senior care (topic)
- american heart month (topic)
- heart health (topic)
- Munster (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/the-times-of-northwest-indiana-health-scare-inspires-right-at-home-team-member-to-educate-others-on-heart-health-10424). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4848a46e-f5c4-4b31-bf8d-9f89f90e08d2).