All of us at In the Know are honored to have Corey Anne Rotella, CNA, lend her very special voice to our blog as a regular contributor. Corey has worked on the frontlines of long term care since 2008. As she states, “Sometimes, you pick a career and sometimes a career...
CNA Week begins on Thursday, June 12th. Are you ready to give some extra acknowledgement and appreciation to your hardworking nurse aides? If you need some ideas, please see this blog post on our sister site, Embracing Civility. You can also send your CNAs to this...
It is our pleasure to announce and lend our support to National Nursing Assistants’ Week. Genevieve Gibson, the Director of the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants, provided us with the following information: National Nursing Assistants’ Week...
Have you heard about the upcoming HBO documentary, PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT? Here’s an excerpt for the synopsis on HBO: “Filmed over the course of one year in Chattanooga, Tenn., PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK follows Katrina Gilbert, a...
WANTED (between now and 2022): 580,000 new personal care aides, 424,200 home health aides, and 312,200 nursing assistants. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is estimating that in the not too distant future, our nation will be in the midst of a caregiver crisis. ...