Close your eyes. Muffle your ears. Lay down to sleep. Then imagine you are shaken awake and told to get up for the day. You need your glasses, your hearing aids, your robe and your slippers, along ...

Lourdes Panlilio, a CNA at the Holyoke Geriatric Authority, wears special goggles and headphones during a dementia training session at the facility. (Photo by Dave Roback / The Republican) HOLYOKE — ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – More than 110,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s disease in Tennessee. Sometimes knowing the early signs and symptoms can be difficult. Grant money at Walters State ...

Specialized training is helping long term care organizations elevate care quality, strengthen staff confidence and retention, ...

When Angelina Zabbo became a recruiter for home care agencies, she realized the importance of the skills needed to care for others. This motivated her to found CNA Bootcamp of Connecticut, a certified ...

For more than a year, Alexia Mravinec has worked as a home health aide at Bell Trace Senior Living Community. Working from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. She makes sure residents have their medications, assists ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health wants to improve nursing home care by providing free additional training for those who provide most of it — certified nurse assistants. And it is being paid for ...

Home health aides in Indiana who treat Alzheimer's patients will have minimum training standards, thanks to a bill Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law this week. Senate Enrolled Act 353, authored by Sen ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...