by NAHCA Contributor | Oct 14, 2019 | Stories
by Latoria Badgett, NAHCA Contributor We can improve recruiting CNA’s by improving the overall jobs quality for CNA’s and by recruiting other people to become a CNA to help take care of the Aging America. The workplace should improve a safe work environment so we can...
by Celeste Wooten | Oct 7, 2019 | Stories
by Celeste Billups, NAHCA Contributor Direct Care Workers – nursing assistants, home health aides, and personal care workers form the centerpiece of the long-term care system. The following are a few things that I believe contribute to high turnover rate but are...
by NAHCA Contributor | Oct 1, 2019 | Stories
Its bright outside so I think it’s morning. I am not sure though because they took my clock and kept saying something like “you never sleep”. This room looks like I have been here before but the walls are bare and I know this is not home. I feel like I have to go to...
by Lori Porter | May 15, 2019 | Stories
Are you interested in attending CNA Fest 2019? Many Care Givers that are interested have difficulty obtaining the funds needed. The National Association of Health Care Assistants offers a few ways you can get to CNA Fest. The essay scholarship is our most popular. The...
by Gary Ohmart | Feb 20, 2019 | Stories
Ask any association executives, and they’ll tell you membership engagement is always a challenge. In an increasingly busy era, it’s hard enough to have people attend conferences, as I wrote about last fall. Having people make the commitment to become members — and pay...
by Sherry Perry | Apr 30, 2018 | Stories
Being a 30 year CNA, I have seen a number of changes and trends in elder care over the years. Most of them we adapt to and the changes become part of our routine. However, there is a current tendency that is causing me concern for the safety of both the...
by NAHCA Contributor | Feb 27, 2018 | Stories
I have been working in long term care facilities and health care centers since 1983. I was 17 years old and a junior in high school when I got my first job as a laundry aide in the same nursing home my mother worked at. She had worked there as a...
