Georgia Podiatry in the Community
One of Dr. Brody’s favorite charities is The Good Shepherd Clinic, an organization just outside Atlanta, GA that provides much-needed free healthcare for the working poor. Dr. Brody donates his time to treat patients at the Clinic once a month. Georgia Podiatry also held a beautiful holiday event last year to raise money for the Good Shepherd Clinic and donated a portion of the proceeds to their charitable foundation.
At Georgia Podiatry we also sponsor Diabetes walks in the Atlanta area, as well as give informational lectures on Diabetes at several Georgia county Senior Centers, as Dr. Brody specializes in diabetic foot care. Another avenue of community outreach we enjoy is supporting local Kennesaw and Atlanta area sports teams and athletic organizations like The Misfits softball team to help provide them with jerseys and equipment.
Senior Mobile Care
We created this unit to enable Dr. Brody to treat patients in Nursing Homes and Assisted and Independent living facilities all over Georgia. We have found this service to be extremely beneficial for seniors and we are striving to reach out into more areas with this vital service.
Compared to higher-income Americans, low-income people face greater barriers to accessing medical care. They are less likely to have health insurance, receive new drugs and technologies, and have ready access to primary and specialty care. Low-income workers are more likely to be employed by organizations that do not offer health benefits: Less than one-third of low-income workers obtain health insurance through their employer, compared to nearly 60 percent of higher-income workers. Even after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more than twenty-seven million Americans remain uninsured—the majority of whom are low-income people. Those without health insurance are less likely to have a regular source of medical care and more likely to forgo care because of cost concerns. – Health Affairs