Clara Aiken skills up through apprenticeship
By Shaun Scott
Clara Aiken was a veteran nursing home worker, but when she made the leap to home care, she looked for a way to sharpen her skills.
Bursts of Hope: 3 families break stigmas of autism
By Eva Gantala
Parent Provider and Writer Eva Gantala interviews three families about their autism stories and ways they’ve created to communicate with each other.
Lessons from a caregiver’s on-the-job back injury
By Shaun Scott
In a field where care starts with the caregiver, Individual Providers (IP) are often hesitant to take time off due to illness or report injuries. But Dawn Scott, an IP for 15 years, wants people to know that there’s a better way.
What’s your diabetes IQ?
From prevention and symptoms to nutrition and management, there can be a lot to learn about diabetes. Test what you know already with these five questions!
Future Care: How tablets can connect the care team
By Shaun Scott
When Home Care Aide David Birmingham noticed a rash forming on his consumer’s leg, he opened up a new mobile application on his tablet to send a photo to his supervisor and asked for advice. Birmingham and his consumer are leading the way in testing how technology can become part of the consumer’s care plan.
Eastern Washington wildfires edge against classrooms
By Niki Stojnic
For Meegan Olson, where there’s smoke, there’s buffalo. Olson, a Faculty Instructor for SEIU 775 Training Partnership, was in Cusick, Wash., conducting a Basic Training course in July. She was surrounded by smoke from the Eastern Washington wildfires, composed of several different blazes including the Okanogan Complex Fire, raging just a few miles away.
Q&A: Chunhua Ye on passion for the job
When Chunhua Ye’s aunt became widowed and needed care, she turned to Ye for help. Ye was an obvious choice of caregiver, because her 78-year-old aunt trusted her as a family member. Ye can also communicate easily with her aunt in their native Cantonese language.
Spotlight on Taishan, China
By Niki Stojnic
In 2002, Home Care Aide Chunhua Ye followed her family to Seattle from Taishan, China. Taishan is located in the Pearl River Delta in southern China and just west of Hong Kong. It is the home base for approximately half a million Chinese in the United States and is known as the “Number One Home of Overseas Chinese.”
Mushroom Tofu Stir-Fry – 冬菇玉子豆腐
Try Home Care Aide Chunhua Ye’s family stir-fry recipe.
