Home Care Instructor Christy Narvaez has an infectious enthusiasm felt by learners and clients alike. Christy, also an advanced training graduate,...
As a home care aide for her 35-year-old grandson Paul, Nancy Cook has mastered the art of providing specialized, compassionate care. (Pictured above, Nancy...
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...
Caregiver Advice: How do you practice self-care?
November 29
What do you do every day (big or small) for your joy? Caregivers share how they recharge their energy and why it’s vital to their health and...
‘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...
Nestled in the countryside of Goldendale, about 60 miles south of Yakima, an unpaved driveway leads to a freshly painted blue house where Home Care Aide...
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...
Remembering Dave Lindberg
June 23
In Pequot Lakes, Minn., on July 4, 1943, while most families were celebrating the birth of a nation, the Lindberg family celebrated the birth of a...
Shopping totes are so convenient but they never fit well on the back of wheelchairs. They hang awkwardly because they have to be turned sideways. Handles are...
Spotlight on Somalia
June 21
Washington state’s Somali community first began taking shape in the 1970s and 1980s. The first Somali immigrants were a small group of engineers and...
