Tag: IHSS
Training for autism, other complex health needs
The Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA) now offers caregiver training courses that specialize in complex physical...
Learning the language of autism
Before Rebekah Acosta transitioned to being her daughter’s full-time caregiver, she was already entrenched in the...
Caregiving strengthens mother-son bond
Perri Kendrick and her son Trevor have an unbreakable bond. They do almost everything together: ice...
Caregivers Lifting Each Other Up
At her IHSS+ training graduation event last December, caregiver Michelle Galloway Blanco used a garden analogy...
From Pilot to Caregiver
Former Airman and Engineer Shares the Value of Proper Training When Carlos Martinez flew Boeing 767s...
Thousands sign up for Alzheimer’s care courses...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Center for Caregiver Advancement Addresses Urgent Need for Caregiver Training Through Career Pathways...
Celebrating the work of advancing caregivers
Since the inception of CCA in 2000, advancing caregivers as a respected and recognized workforce has...
Journal publishes research on ADRD training
CCA’s work with UCSF Institute on Health and Aging on our IHSS+ ADRD Training Project was...
A test of resiliency and preparedness
Caregiver Amber Peña knew what she faced was familiar, but no less threatening to the life...
Specialized Alzheimer’s care training, Year 3 report
In 2019, UCSF was awarded a five-year, $3.2 million California Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Research...
