Article: Spectrum Health Completes Successful Trial of New Training Program for Alzheimer's Caregivers.

Article: Ten steps for planning Nursing Assistants Week: ...
Nursing Homes;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... annual chance is upon us to honor the nursing assistants, home care assistants, hospice assistants ... home direct care. Starting with Career Nursing Assistants Day on June 10, Nursing Assistants Week (NAW) extends from June 10 ...

Article: Nursing Assistants in Long-Term Care ...
Human Ecology;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... mortality every day. To help nursing assistants better cope with their ... Pillemer says. "And nursing assistants provide almost 90 percent ... residents receive. Certified nursing assistants must be expert communicators ...

Article: HAITIAN NURSING ASSISTANTS SEEK WORKPLACE RESPECT
The Boston Globe;  November 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Orisma and hundreds of other Haitian nursing assistants, their job is often considered the ... make up the majority of certified nursing assistants in the Boston area, say they are ... percent of Haitian women work as nursing assistants, earning an average of $10 per ...

Article: 2 nursing assistants blamed for priest's fall; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... investigation has found that two nursing assistants were responsible for the June accident ... nursing home, but blamed the two nursing assistants, saying they gave "incongruous ... explanations of what happened that day. The nursing assistants no longer work at the home, said ...

Article: Advocates Want Virginia Retirement Homes to Hire More ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Community in Roanoke, she and four other nursing assistants immediately begin lifting residents ... progresses, the workload increases. Nursing assistants get residents to their on-site ... in homes ought to be regulated. "Nursing assistants represent the first line of defense ...

Article: Nursing Assistants Fight Illegal Mass Layoffs at ...
PR Newswire;  November 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ...61 Nursing Assistants Laid Off Without Notice or Severance ... PRNewswire/ -- Today, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) recently laid off by ... the union that represents the Nursing Assistants. At the protest, hospital caregivers ...

Article: Nursing assistants get educational assistance; ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 18, 2002 ;     587 words ...In one corner, certified nursing assistants practiced turning a patient in a bed. In another corner, nursing assistants mastered massage techniques ... another area of the auditorium, nursing assistants studied the correct utilization ...