West Islip, NY 11795 – Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitative Care Center is pleased to announce that it will offer free blood pressure screenings at the facility on a drop-in basis beginning February 2, 2004. This service supplements the free monthly blood pressure screening offered by Our Lady of Consolation at the West Islip Public Library, which is offered on the first Wednesday each month from 4-5pm. Any community member wanting to have a blood pressure screening by a licensed professional can come to Our Lady of Consolation any day of the week between the hours of 8am and 6pm. For more information, please call Our Lady of Consolation’s Community Relations Office at (631) 587-1600, ext. 8357.

Our Lady of Consolation is a 450-bed nursing and rehabilitative care center conducted in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Dominic and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). As a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island, Our Lady of Consolation plays an integral role in the health care delivery system of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and offers expertise in the field of long term care and sub-acute care. In addition to skilled nursing home care including geriatric care, rehabilitative care, respiratory therapy and medically complex care, Consolation offers specialized dementia disease care for individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s and related dementia diseases. In addition, Consolation’s Long Term Home Health Care Program provides nursing care and other services for patients residing in their own homes in the community.  For more information about the services Our Lady of Consolation offers, please call (631) 587-1600 or visit us on the web at http://olc.chsli.org.