Every year, thousands of Atlanta residents brave bad weather, high gas prices and crazy drivers to spend time with friends and family. The holidays are a perfect time to relax and have fun, but during these special times, it’s still important to protect your loved ones. Impaired Driving During Holidays Alcohol-related traffic accidents increase by […]
Take time during the holidays to visit elderly friends and relatives who live alone or in nursing homes. Although the holidays emphasize family, festivities and fun, many people experience increased loneliness and isolation. However, you can add some joy to their lives. Preventing Senior Loneliness During the Holidays Studies show that 60 percent of nursing […]
This winter, drivers in Georgia face new hazards besides slick roads and severe weather. Increased truck traffic to and from shipping terminals and inland ports will affect folks in Atlanta, Savannah, Chatsworth and Cordele. Whether you’re commuting to work or visiting your family during the holidays, watch out for heavy truck traffic that will make […]
Nursing home understaffing affects every measure of patient care. Over the holidays, the strain on the staff shows more than ever. Patients are endangered whenever nurses and orderlies skip work on holidays, weekends and unpopular late-night shifts. How Overworked Health Care Workers Affect Patient Care Health care workers have important jobs. Their skills are needed […]
Officials with the Georgia Ports Authority and CSX Transportation continue to celebrate their successful push to build six inland freight ports across the state. Meanwhile, residents dread increased highway traffic and a rise in truck accidents. In 2013, Georgia’s first inland train-truck port opened in Savannah’s Garden City suburb. Murray County in Georgia’s northwestern corner […]
Fee-for-service billing systems and insurer-administrated HMOs are out, and accountable care organizations (ACOs) are on trend. This health care reform policy offers bonuses to doctors who have healthy patients. Unfortunately, health is measured by the number of appointments, hospital stays and tests that patients avoid. This incentive system encourages physicians to prevent patients from receiving […]
Atlanta 2017—Members of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) have elected Atlanta-based attorney Michael Prieto to serve as president for the 2017 term. Mr. Prieto succeeded Pope Langdale of Valdosta to become the GTLA’s 62nd president. Prieto has been a GTLA member since 2004 and previously served on the board of directors for the 2016 […]
In the fall of 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took one step into the future by banning mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Now, the government has taken two steps into the past by revising the proposal and removing the most valuable protections for residents’ rights. The Proposal Banning Mandatory Arbitration in Nursing […]
In September 2016, the government took a step forward by banning federally funded nursing homes from forcing residents to accept mandatory arbitration agreements. These clauses prevent patients and family members from filing lawsuits following nursing home neglect, elder abuse and severe crimes like rape and murder. However, the industry’s most powerful groups don’t want you […]
The effects of drunk driving are devastating. Intoxicated drivers endanger innocent lives every time they hit the road. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that Americans drive under the influence more frequently than expected. Based on a large number of self-reporters who admitted to drunk while intoxicated in the previous month, the CDC […]