Category: Impact Stories
Impact Stories share the success of our students who complete training to improve their jobs and the quality of care they provide. Impact stories also include the impact of our training on consumer health and well-being.
Close to Home: Caring for Family
For years Melissa Fernandez’s family struggled to find the correct diagnosis for the symptoms her mother...
Activities Resource Benefits Residents
Coloring pages, math problems, crossword puzzles – for Tatiana Chavarria, those are more than mere pages...
A Holistic Approach to Caregiving
Nearly five million people across California support family, spouses, and friends with the caregiving needed to...
Second Set of Eyes for the Care...
The signs were there, but caregiver Levon Wortham didn't know what to do. So, he signed up...
Breaking Down Language Barriers in Caregiving
When caregiver Byeoung Dutt has questions for her care recipient’s doctor, she uses Google Translate to...
Turning Care Worker Experience into a Lasting...
CCA board member Joyce Hayashi knows full well the struggles that long-term care workers face every...
Finding Creative Ways to Give Care
Watching one of the people she cares for show signs of dementia breaks Lynda Jackson’s heart...
Persevering Despite the Pandemic
Juggling two jobs and school pays off for a nursing home worker Starting a new career...
Caregiver Training Builds Trust
Okesha Reese has learned to build trust between herself and her care recipient. Building Trust: In...
Sandra Owens-Taylor
Sandra is proof that it’s never too late to look for a new calling. She was...
