Experts say the pandemic is far from over in nursing homes nationwide, including in Louisiana. Marsanne Golsby has more.
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Roundabouts, you either love them or hate them, but DOTD says once you’re used to them chances are you’ll appreciate them. Brooke Thorington has more.
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If you have a loved one in a nursing home, this information should concern you. New data from the AARP shows that COVID-19 still has a deadly grip on the nation’s nursing homes. Deaths and cases from residents and staff nationwide have risen for the fourth consecutive month.
Andrew Muhl is director of advocacy for AARP Louisiana.
Muhl says during a four-week stretch over July and August, 46 Louisiana nursing home patients died from COVID after only recording five deaths during the previous four weeks.
The AARP is urging those with loved ones in nursing homes to contact the facilities’ staff and ask key questions about COVID in that home.
Muhl says that information should be communicated to their residents’ loved ones on a regular basis. And while experts say the pandemic has receded in most of the population, Muhl says it’s a different world inside nursing homes.
Muhl says the rates of resident and staff cases have increased nine-fold nationwide over the last four months. He says he is concerned about high staff turnover and possible shortages of staff.
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When Louisiana roadways begin to experience significant congestion among the options to keep the flow of traffic continuous is a roundabout. While roundabouts are the norm in Europe and New England, DOTD Spokesperson Rodney Mallett says they are a successful alternative here also, even though there’s usually resistance at first.
Since 2003, 174 roundabouts have been constructed in Louisiana.
Mallett says according to a survey they conducted after the Sorrento roundabout, 85% say there are fewer wrecks, 88% say traffic flows better and 90% say they’d like to see another one in their community.
While many are hesitant to embrace them at first, Mallett says if you can yield and use a blinker you can adapt to a roundabout. He says when you compare them to other intersections, you’re less likely to be involved in a serious accident like being t-boned or a high-speed rear-end.
DOTD considers roundabouts as one of the options to be evaluated when they are looking at intersections and other capacity improvements.
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The NFL has suspended Tampa Bay wide receiver Mike Evans one-game for his role in yesterday’s fight in the Buccaneers 20-10 win over the Saints. Evans knocked Saints cornerback Michael Thomas down to the ground during a shoving match between Thomas and Bucs running back Leonard Fournette. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas says the Bucs instigated the fight
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Fournette shoved Lattimore after an incomplete pass that resulted in the benches-clearing brawl in the fourth quarter.
This is not the first time Evans and Lattimore have been involved in some extracurricular activity. In 2017, Evans was suspended for one game for coming onto the field and shoving Lattimore in the back and Lattimore was fined 10-thousand dollars for an unnecessary roughness call on Evans in 2020. Thomas says Evans’ antics are tiring
The NFL says Evans was walking off the field when he turned around and violently struck an unsuspecting Thomas. Saints defensive back Tyrann Mathieu says Tampa Bay is just trying to get under Lattimore’s skin…
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The first day of Fall is Thursday, but it still feels very much like summer with the heat index around 100 degrees. LRN Meteorlogist John Wetherbee says if you are outside for a long period of time, you’ll feel it…
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Wetherbee says the hottest temperatures will occur during the middle of the week…
Wetherbee says expect temperatures over 100-degrees every day this week…