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BrightStar Care of Charlotte Helps Raise Awareness for Elderly

April 10, 2019

April is Alcohol Awareness Month In Charlotte

Drinking too much alcohol increases people’s risk of injuries, violence, drowning, liver disease, and some types of cancer.

This April, during Alcohol Awareness Month, BrightStar Care of Charlotte encourages you to educate yourself and your loved ones about the dangers of drinking too much. In North Carolina alone, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sources show that the Highway Safety Plan from the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program illustrates alcohol-impaired driving fatalities for 2018  as being 35375 to the 2014–2018 time frame with an average of 338 by December 31, 2018. Evidence Considered Crashes, Deaths and Injuries During 2015. 411 persons were killed in crashes in North Carolina involving a driver or a motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 or above. This is 13% higher than the 363 alcohol-involved fatalities in 2014. Despite this increase, the number of traffic fatalities involving an impaired driver has gradually decreased over the past ten years It remains to be seen whether 2018 is an anomaly, or whether it represents a new pattern of increasing alcohol-involved fatalities.
 
In North Carolina, it is illegal to drive a vehicle while noticeably impaired or with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher. When driving a commercial motor vehicle, the limit is 0.04.
 
According to BrightStar Care Sources:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/north_carolina_fy2018_hsp.pdf
 
BrightStar Care is joining other organizations across the country to celebrate Alcohol Awareness Month and help spread the word against drunk driving and alcohol abuse during the month of April 2019.
 
If you are drinking too much, you can improve your health by cutting back or quitting.
Here are some strategies to help you cut back or stop drinking:
  • Limit your drinking to no more than 1 drink a day for women or 2 drinks a day for men.
  • Keep track of how much you drink.
  • Choose a day each week when you will not drink.
  • Don’t drink when you are upset.
  • Limit the amount of alcohol you keep at home.
  • Avoid places where people drink a lot.
  • Make a list of reasons not to drink.
If you are concerned about someone else’s drinking, help spread the word and prevent alcohol abuse by offering to help by referring a visit to your  local AA at the following location:
 
Alcoholics Anonymous
1427 Elizabeth Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28204
704-377-0244
Site: http://charlotteaa.org
 
To Learn More About Alcohol’s Impact on the Elderly Please Click Here
Source: https://www.aging.com/alcohol-abuse-amongst-the-elderly-a-complete-guide
 
For more information on how BrightStar Care can support Charlotte Seniors and Families, please Clicking Here
Source: https://www.brightstarcare.com/charlotte-s
 
BrightStar Care is ready to help. For more information about our care services in Charlotte please contact us at 704-919-0955.
 
BrightStar Care of Charlotte provides a full continuum of private duty home care services comprised of companionship, personal care, transportation, medication assistance, skilled nursing and more to improve the lives of those living with disabilities.