Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health of Brentwood, Tenn., have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville. The state of Georgia approved the project’s certificate of need last week.
Construction of the $62 million project is expected to begin later this year. NGHS and Lifepoint Rehabilitation anticipate opening the facility to patients in 2025.
With a total of 40 private rooms, the 61,000-square-foot facility will nearly double the patient capacity of the existing 24-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit at NGMC Gainesville. The new facility will feature a designated wing on the second floor for brain injury and stroke patients, as well as a large therapy suite including a gym, private therapy rooms, a cooking therapy room, an Activities of Daily Living therapy apartment and a variety of innovative rehabilitation equipment.
The new rehabilitation facility will provide intensive nursing, physical, occupational and speech pathology services for adults recovering from conditions such as stroke, neurological disease, brain or spinal cord injury and other debilitating illnesses or injuries. Lifepoint Rehabilitation will manage the day-to-day operations of the facility.
Upon completion, the NGHS rehabilitation facility will join Lifepoint Rehabilitation’s growing network of more than 30 inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the country.
GGC wins grant in support of math tutoring
The Georgia Foundation for Public Education (GFPE) has awarded a prestigious innovation pilot grant to the Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation in support of math tutoring for elementary school students in need of targeted support. The Innovative Education Fund Prototype Grant was awarded over one year to pilot an innovative education program that “has the potential to impact student outcomes and transform teaching and learning practices at the school or district.”
Dr. Amber Ebert, assistant professor in science education and department chair of Secondary Education for Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), collaborated with GGC’s Advancement team to write the proposal in response to a need she saw while working with other grant-funded programs in the local community.
She says the grant proposal was singled out for the award because of the delivery of professional development onsite and the collaboration it encourages between the elementary school teachers and tutors from GGC.
“This math tutoring program is innovative because of the professional development component for the tutors, and the fact that it’s conducted onsite and directly before the tutoring happens,” she says. “There is a tremendous partnership and collaboration between our team and the school assistant principal, principal and teachers. Academic information is shared from the teachers – lessons, content, areas of need for students, curriculum being delivered in the classroom – so that tutoring isn’t stand-alone or ‘random,’ but rather exactly prescribed for the needs of the students.”
The $20,000 grant funds the program, which is being implemented at Alford Elementary School (AES) in Gwinnett County. The school was chosen based on a past collaboration with the school and principal and a data-driven need for added math support, as evidenced by test scores and past performance by students in math.
Dr. Bernadette Peiffer, a retired assistant professor in the School of Education now working as an adjunct faculty member, leads the implementation at AES. She based her curriculum development on research and constructed a professional development program about best practices in math tutoring.
She says: “It is a unique approach to serving the needs of grades 1-4 students who were identified by Alford Elementary faculty as needing some additional help in their mathematics skills and confidence. Moreover, it is serving the needs of Georgia Gwinnett students who are interested in incorporating tutoring skills into their preparation for professional careers,” says Peiffer. “This program is important because it builds on the critical elements of supporting students’ ability to see and believe in their abilities, as well as develops in the college tutors a depth of understanding of student math-thinking that will be critical to their futures as educators.”
Luckie is marketing agency for Mitsubishi TPA Tourney
Marketing agency Luckie and Co. of Duluth has been named the official marketing agency for the 2023 Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Georgia’s only PGA TOUR Champions event takes place May 1-7 at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. It will be the 11th annual tournament.
Luckie is serving as the official agency partner for the tournament, focused on the branding and design elements utilized on general tournament and special event collateral as well as tournament advertising which supports corporate and individual ticket sales. The agency is also participating in the Executive Women’s Day which takes place on May 1 and features keynote speaker Angela Gennari, founder of TITAN Global Enterprises.
The Mitsubishi Electric Classic debuted in 2013 and includes a 54-hole tournament featuring 78 PGA TOUR Champions professionals vying for a $2 million prize purse, as well as a full week of family-friendly activities and charitable events.
Mary Winslow, chief marketing officer for Luckie, says: “We are proud to be involved with this tournament, which not only takes place in our backyard, but also supports so many deserving non-profits. We’ve supported the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the last several years as a community member; being affiliated in an official capacity in 2023 is a wonderful bonus.”
Luckie is a creative, data-driven agency that builds brands and brand experiences to solve real business problems and achieve results luck can’t explain. It is one of the top privately held marketing firms in the Southeast. Luckie works with companies in healthcare, travel & tourism, consumer packaged goods, and financial services including Regions Bank, Alabama Power, GlaxoSmithKline, Little Debbie, and Panama City Beach. The company has offices in Birmingham, Atlanta, Raleigh and Decentral and is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023.
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