Home Care Aides build trust with elders on Colville reservation
By Home Care InSight Staff
For Lucille Pakootas, of the Colville Indian Area Agency on Aging, bringing value to the long-term care field on the reservation is critical. She is a trusted long-term care coordinator advocating for the many Home Care Aides living and working on the reservation.
Spotlight on Northwest Native Tribes
By Lora Shinn
“The Native peoples are probably the least learned about and most misunderstood in this country,” Matt Remle says. A Seattle-based Lakota tribal member, teacher working with Tulalip tribal members, Remle is also the author of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resolution. “There are so many myths and misunderstandings,” he says, for example, that all Native Americans live in teepees or still ride horses.
Traditional Elk Stew
This traditional Elk Stew recipe was submitted via “Ɂełnélixʷs” Facebook group, a Spokane Tribe grassroots food sovereignty/safety group.
A parent provider’s journey to hack, rig, and modify solutions for her Consumer
Parent provider Eva Looper Gantala shares her first hand experience in finding solutions for her consumer and son Mike Gantala.
In end-of-life care, optimism gets caregiver through hardest days
For Northwest Home Care Aides engaged in the hard work of caring for Consumers, moments and months and years can have a way of blending into one another. But sometimes, individual days stand out as the worst days on the job.
Florence M. Day builds advanced caregiving skills
In 2008, Florence M. Day – she goes by “Flo” for short – retired from her managerial job in the telecommunications industry to fulfill a promise. She wanted to take care of her mother, Orelia M. White, who suffered a stroke and needed triple-bypass heart surgery.
How to get past your assumptions with diverse consumers
As Home Care Aides (HCAs) work with an increasing number of diverse Consumer identities, such as race, religion, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and gender identity, it is important for HCAs to develop skills to better work with Consumers of all backgrounds.
How environment, policy, industry impact your health and what you can do about it
Every day, we are flooded by messages about our bodies and health. Try this new diet! Take this pill! Lose weight! Buy this gadget! Eat fewer carbs! Eat less fat! It can be overwhelming to sort through the health messages and figure out what is true, what is untrue, and what we are supposed to do about it.
