Clara Aiken skills up through apprenticeship
Shaun ScottJanuary 5June 280
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. Through the Advanced Home...
Above Photo: Home Care Aide Isabel Palma works with her Consumer Rebecca Shimko. Isabel and her family escaped civil war in El Salvador in the 80s. Photos...
Putting on and removing gloves are one of the first skills you learn as a Home Care Aide. But can you unscramble the steps below?
Photo: Home Care Aides and twin sisters Dana Beckwith (right) and Danielle Aumoeualogo (left ) work at Full Life Care in Seattle. Photo by Paul Joseph...
Home Care Aide Tamara works with a Consumer who has never served a day in the military, but her experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is no...
Today I decided it was warm enough to take my son and walk outside for a while. He cannot really walk, he uses a wheelchair. We started up a road in our town,...
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...
Florence M. Day builds advanced caregiving skills
Lora ShinnDecember 1June 280
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...
How to get past your assumptions with diverse consumers
Lora ShinnDecember 1June 280
By the year 2060, America’s population will look different than it does today. It will be older, and more racially and ethnically diverse, according to the...