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July 19, 2016
Keep a Check on Elderly During Hot Weather
Summertime can bring about extremely hot weather conditions in Arkansas which can become a dangerous situation for older adults. It is of great importance for family and home caregivers to pay attention to their care recipient’s home temperature. Ask yourself, do they have fans, air conditioning or ability to stay cool on those long, hot,…
May 27, 2016
Jonesboro Students Earn Certification
Becoming certified as an Alzheimer’s and Dementia caregiver is no easy task. However, these 6 ladies stepped up to the plate recently and achieved their goal. When caring for the elderly as a profession, sooner or later you will come in contact with someone who suffers from dementia. Understanding the disease and knowing how to…
Stressed? – Take a Chocolate Break
Being a Caregiver produces a range of emotions from feelings of accomplishment in caring for others or loved ones up to a state of overwhelming odds. When the stress adds up to more than one can bear, you must take time for yourself even if it’s just a few minutes. In a recent article on…
May 25, 2016
Respite Volunteers Participate in REST Training
Respite Volunteers are shown here getting to know each other as they attend a training workshop in Jonesboro on May 17, 2016. Respite is simply a way of giving a temporary or short-term break to caregivers. These ladies selflessly volunteered their time on this day to learn more about ways to help others or their…
May 9, 2016
IHA Students Learn Valuable Skills
Whether a person is bed fast or recuperating from an illness or tragic event, Home Care Assistants must know proper techniques for lifting and moving an elder in the bed. Methods to safely move them will protect both the caregiver and the elder. The In-Home Assistant students in Jonesboro are shown here demonstrating these valuable…
April 15, 2016
Home Care Assistant Graduates
Through serious times, tears, laughter, sweat, homework and skills competencies, these seven compassionate young ladies graduated today from the Home Care Assistant course in Jonesboro. Congratulations to Lisa, Ami, Sarah, Melissa, Leslie, Quel and Shea who worked very hard to accomplish their goals. Six of these ladies are ready to take their CNA state exam…
March 18, 2016
Jonesboro Graduates 8 from In Home Assistant
These 8 ladies are smiling because they just became certified as In Home Assistants (PCAs). Ami, Sarah, Ashley, Leslie, Melissa, Shea, Jasmine and Quel breezed thru their final exam and demonstrated excellent skills competencies which they acquired over the prior 7 days. Each of them are now qualified to do home care in Arkansas but…
March 15, 2016
A Caregiver’s Legacy
The challenges of being a family caregiver were first given national awareness in the mid 1990’s by former first Lady Nancy Reagan. It was at that time when former President Ronald Reagan made his now infamous weekly radio address to share his diagnosis in 1994. He said, “Unfortunately as Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the family bears…
March 10, 2016
IHA Students Learn Basic Personal Care Skills
Today the In-Home Assistant students learned personal care skills such as bathing, brushing teeth, fingernail care, denture & mouth care, foot & toenail care, shaving and dressing. Each student took their turn practicing each skill during skills labs to gain valuable knowledge that will help them as a Personal Care Assistant or Geriatric Home…
March 2, 2016
Graduates Achieve Geriatric Home Caregiver Certification
These Jonesboro Graduates have successfully completed their Home Care Assistant course and have achieved a certification as a Geriatric Home Caregiver. To say we are proud of them is the least we can say. These 4 ladies are vibrant, young women who have taken charge of their future and are on their way to being…
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