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One of Glynn County's largest nursing homes faces fines and sanctions by the state, which has cited it for substandard care.
A spokeswoman for the health system said Monday that it is addressing the issues and bringing the facility into compliance.
The nursing home at 2611 Wildwood Drive, which provides long-term care, is opposite the Brunswick hospital, which the health system also owns and operates.
State inspectors said violations at the Senior Care Center included failure to obtain permission to manage residents' personal funds and failure to develop a plan of care for residents, as well as poor quality of care and failure to maintain a sanitary, orderly and comfortable interior.
Multiple instances of inadequate care plans included failure to address pressure sores, failure to verify abnormal laboratory results, failure to properly dispense medicine and failure to monitor bowel movements, the state said.
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Car thieves beware: The Brunswick Police Department has a new tool that increases the likelihood of being caught.
The system is called a license plate recognition system and consists of a set of ultra-high-speed cameras mounted on the back of a patrol vehicle and a computer on the dashboard.
Officer Alex Robinson, spokesperson for the department, said when Squad Car 05-3 goes on patrol, the cameras will be analyzing and logging every license plate of every vehicle it passes. If the license plate has been reported stolen, an alarm will sound from the computer in the patrol car and show the officer a picture of the vehicle.
"Just to let you know how fast this is, it can photograph about seven cars in four seconds going either direction of travel at 55 mph," Robinson said.
Along with recognizing stolen cars, the system also logs the location of vehicles it passes. The information can be retrieved if dispatch calls to be on the lookout for - or in police vernacular a BOLO - a specific plate.
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The Qantum Communications team finished third in the spelling bee the Ferst Foundation sponsored Saturday as a fundraiser for its program that gives books to preschool children. The third-place team was reported incorrectly in a caption with a photo of the winning team on 2A Monday.
Conservation groups are helping the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island with its costs of rehabilitating sea turtles injured by cold sea waters.
The money will go toward expenses the Sea Turtle Center incurred in assisting in the rehabilitation of cold-stunned turtles, including transportation costs, staff time, medical supplies, diagnostic tests, anesthesia and surgery.
"It's a great help because there's a growing amount of expenses in the care of the patients," said Eric Garvey, chief communications officer for the state-owned island where the turtle center is located.
In late December and early January, cold weather on the coasts of Florida stranded about 5,000 turtles, an unusually large number.
Despite already having a full house, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center initially took 10 critical cold-stunned cases and another 13 cases several days later. The rest went to other centers.
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