Clued Inn Escape Room is the first-ever escape room experience with a heart health twist. It will be held at New York City’s top escape room venue on National Diabetes Alert Day on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, starting at 5:00 PM. This one-day wake-up call will take the mystery out of the link between diabetes and heart disease through an interactive gaming event.
Clued Inn is totally free for participants, courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim. “We believe that education is the first step to action for millions of adults with diabetes, who are unaware of the potentially life-threatening complications associated with the condition,” said Graham Goodrich, vice president, CardioMetabolic Marketing, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. “Despite significant advances in its prevention and treatment over the past several decades, cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death for people with type 2 diabetes in the U.S. We are proud to sponsor Clued Inn as an engaging way to increase awareness of the impact of cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes.”
In many ways, type 2 diabetes is a puzzle since the most common symptoms vary from person to person. The same skills needed to succeed at the game are also necessary to prevent cardiovascular disease for people with type 2 diabetes. Players explore possibilities, think of creative solutions, ask questions, listen to answers, and try new ways of doing things. No one goes it alone and there’s more than one way to find a solution. Clued Inn offers a fun, learning experience for everyone to improve problem-solving skills and gives at-risk individuals and their families better knowledge of the questions and conversations to be conducted at the next appointment they have with their doctor.
Clued Inn was created by Divabetic, a national diabetes outreach organization, founded by Max Szadek after a personal situation. “My experience of working as Luther Vandross’s personal assistant unexpectedly thrust me into a diabetes health crisis with limited knowledge of the disease. I’ll never forget the moment when the admitting doctor told me Luther’s stroke could have been avoided,” says Max ‘Mr. Divabeic’ Szadek. “I realized then, as I do now, how essential it is for friends, family members and yes, even co-workers to be informed and involved in someone’s diabetes self-care. This is why Divabetic outreach projects like Clued Inn aim to appeal to people living with diabetes and their circle of friends and family members.”
Divabetic® is a national nonprofit diabetes outreach organization committed to changing attitudes in people at risk, affected by and living with diabetes. From their outreach programs and live events to their free monthly podcasts available on demand, Diabetes Late Nite, they strive to encourage prevention, early action and education in a fun new way that encompasses their motto, Glam More, Fear Less.