Home Care Instructor Christy Narvaez has an infectious enthusiasm felt by learners and clients alike. Christy, also an advanced training graduate,...
Learning to thrive: Depression & self-care
November 29
Life as a home care aide can be physically and emotionally stressful. In fact, one in five caregivers has reported moderate-to-severe depression. Depression...
The mighty art of mindfulness
December 13
For Ken Friday, mindfulness meditation has become a necessity to his work life and his family life. The home care aide and his wife, Crystal, have a baby,...
Relaxing mind & body with tai chi
November 29
Byron Jennings first experienced tai chi as a caregiver for his mother. Her doctor suggested she try the martial art exercise for her health. So when Byron...
‘Shake the Sugar’ hiding in your beverages
November 29
Do you know how much sugar you’re eating and drinking? The true amount may surprise you. Sugar is sprinkled throughout our diets–not only in...
The helping hands of home care
June 28
I’ve always been an overachiever,” says Rhayne White, a Home Care Aide in Spokane. So when the opportunity to get more training through the SEIU 775...
Retirement benefits are increasingly hard to come by in any career—but for Washington’s state-paid Home Care Aides (HCAs), both Individual and Agency...
Spotlight on Taishan, China
January 5
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...
Q&A: Chunhua Ye on passion for the job
January 5
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...
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...
