Dominique obtained her DSD from Joshua Tree Private School and currently works in the Quality Assurance and the Nursing Department for ASAP Home Health Inc. She joins us as a Part-Time instructor with 5+ years’ experience working in critical care and skilled nursing.
In 2019, UCSF was awarded a five-year, $3.2 million California Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Research...
Since we started our partnership with L.A. Care Health Plan, we have trained nearly 6,000 IHSS...
CCA is proud to share the outcomes of our Caregiver Resiliency Teams training program pilot, which...
Aside from our annual impact report for L.A. Care, we provide an interim report after each...
When Felipe Murillo suddenly became his mother’s full-time caregiver, everything seemed like an emergency. “Initially, after...
CCA has been approved to offer a hybrid CNA certification program as an official Nurse Assistant...
Veronica Mendoza’s role as a nurse assistant apprentice is new for her, but she is no...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Center for Caregiver Advancement Receives $10 Million Grant to Provide Free Training for...
Lizette Mendoza’s inspiration to pursue a career in the healthcare field comes from two main sources:...
The Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA) now offers caregiver training courses that specialize in complex physical...
Before Rebekah Acosta transitioned to being her daughter’s full-time caregiver, she was already entrenched in the...
Perri Kendrick and her son Trevor have an unbreakable bond. They do almost everything together: ice...
At her IHSS+ training graduation event last December, caregiver Michelle Galloway Blanco used a garden analogy...
Former Airman and Engineer Shares the Value of Proper Training When Carlos Martinez flew Boeing 767s...
The Center for Caregiver Advancement is proud to be one of the presenters at the American...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Center for Caregiver Advancement Addresses Urgent Need for Caregiver Training Through Career Pathways...
When your job is to care for others, it is especially important to prioritize your own...
Since the inception of CCA in 2000, advancing caregivers as a respected and recognized workforce has...
CCA’s work with UCSF Institute on Health and Aging on our IHSS+ ADRD Training Project was...
Caregiver Amber Peña knew what she faced was familiar, but no less threatening to the life...
In 2019, UCSF was awarded a five-year, $3.2 million California Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Research...
PRESS RELEASE The Center for Caregiver Advancement receives a $14 million grant from the California Workforce...
In his mind, Carlos Corona has two mothers. One is of the past, the mother who...
Nursing home worker shares lessons learned from resiliency training. The story of how students and teachers...
Dr. Keith Savell began working with the Education Fund as an instructor six years ago, teaching...
In a way, it’s a song Tammie Becker sings every day. From the day her son...
Music and art run in Rodney Smith’s blood. He is an artist at heart and while...
Research highlights CCA’s transition to virtual training during the pandemic and how caregivers adapted to a...
Wildfires, extreme heat and power outages are now part of the way of life in California....
One of the barriers that prevents people from taking the first step toward their dream nursing...
Caregiver Ana Garsia is following the footsteps of the pioneering women of California who changed the...
When Tracy Mills Jones arrived at her brother’s house, the floor was covered in blood. A...
The unique partnership between the Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA), L.A. Care Health Plan and SEIU...
For years Melissa Fernandez’s family struggled to find the correct diagnosis for the symptoms her mother...
Coloring pages, math problems, crossword puzzles – for Tatiana Chavarria, those are more than mere pages...
Nearly five million people across California support family, spouses, and friends with the care needed to...
The signs were there, but caregiver Levon Wortham was in the dark about what to do. ...
The Center for Caregiver Advancement, in partnership with EmpRes and SEIU Local 2015, has launched the...
When Byeoung Dutt has questions for her care recipient’s doctor, she first turns to Google Translate...
CCA board member Joyce Hayashi knows full well the struggles that long-term care workers face every...
Watching one of the people she cares for show signs of dementia breaks Lynda Jackson’s heart...
Juggling two jobs and school pays off for a nursing home worker Starting a new career...
Training caregivers to be first responders in climate-related disasters will play a critical role in protecting...
IN HER OWN WORDS: Okesha Reese, IHSS provider “(After training), I began to look at the...
Sandra is proof that it’s never too late to look for a new calling. She was...
Lorena Sandoval was born in Mexico and grew up in Long Beach, California. She’s had to...
In the world of caregiving, being able to properly help seniors and people with disabilities with...
In 2012, the Center for Caregiver Advancement (then known as the California Long-Term Care Education Center)...
It’s easy to see why Team Caceres thrives. Sergio and Emerita Caceres, both Certified Nursing Assistants...
CNA program means career advancement, better life for two former home care workers For Laura Garcia...
Providing caregivers with high-quality training reduces both visits to the emergency room and hospital admissions, according...
A study of CLTCEC’s training program concludes that “training IHSS caregivers in California is an important...
Former truck driver finds inspiration as his grandmother's caregiver Albert Hernandez had many opportunities after he...
In 2012, the California Long-Term Care Education Center, which is now the Center for Caregiver Advancement...
In her hands, Cecilia Rodriguez held a bag. “In my dream, I grab a bag and...
The transition from her initial job preparing meals for nursing home residents to becoming part of...
In August 2019, CLTCEC's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS+) Alzheimer’s training program was published in the peer...
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) highlighted and recommended CLTCEC’s home care training program...
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) highlighted and recommended CLTCEC’s home care training program...
