For anyone who missed our recent “Fall Prevention Part II – Impact, Assessment and Hidden Risks” webinar, presented by Barbara E. West, RN, MSN, CWOCN of Capital Nursing Education, you can find the recording and presentation slides here. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year 1 out of every 3 adults age 65… Continue reading Video: Fall Prevention Part II – Impact, Assessment and Hidden Risks

Shield HealthCare 2014 Caregiver Story Contest Finalist Story by Kathy Lofton. It was intuition, perhaps the­ parental-child...

The first day I went into home health care, I didn't know what to expect. I felt unprepared coming out of school. There are no...

Treat your patients as if they were a family member. This is the statement that each and every professor, without fail, declared to the classroom...

As a passionate caregiver and advocate for people caring for medically fragile loved ones, Kathy Lofton was inspired...

On my 40th birthday I began to examine my life; where I had been, where I was going, and I craved fulfillment. So I enrolled in college...

This webinar has already taken place.  You can view the webinar recording and find the presentation slides here. Fall Prevention Part II: Impact, Assessment and Hidden Risks, presented by Barbara E. West, RN, MSN, CWOCN of Capital Nursing Education. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year 1 out of every 3 adults age 65… Continue reading Webinar: Fall Prevention Part II – Impact, Assessment and Hidden Risks

Uno de cada tres adultos de 65 años de edad o mayor se cae cada año. Las caídas pueden causar serias lesiones...

This week’s featured caregiver story was written by Maribel G., who shares the rewards of caring for her son with Cerebral Palsy.

Transitioning into Adulthood with Cerebral Palsy