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As a male CNA working in a nursing facility, I sometimes joke that I am surrounded by women all day long. The majority of the nursing assistants and nurses I work with are female and [...]

May has been designated Older Americans Month, with the purpose of recognizing how valuable older Americans are to our society and how they improve our nation’s social fabric. Senior citizens who are still active in [...]

All workplaces have their stress factors, and healthcare is no exception. Long hours, difficult work and understaffing can all lead to healthcare workers feeling stressed and anxious. Stressed out nurses and nursing assistants are likely [...]

There are plenty of women who have made a difference in the healthcare industry and been credited for it. Think Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Blackwell. But this Women’s History Month, we want to [...]

Everyone knows what a terrible disease cancer is. We have all been touched by cancer in some way - whether by friends, family or acquaintances who have suffered and succumbed to it. But not everyone [...]

Did you know that every two seconds, a person in the United States requires a blood transfusion, and that only 10% of people who can donate blood actually do? The reason for this discrepancy is [...]

When does an older person become disabled? Although there are medical definitions of disability, it seems that the label is used pretty subjectively by people. Two people with the same medical problem may identify differently, [...]

We talk a lot about women here at Towne, because a large percentage of our employees are female. But International Men’s Day has us thinking about the challenges of the men who work as CNAs, [...]

We moved Mom into a nursing facility after she fell at home and couldn’t manage on her own any longer. She went straight from the hospital to the nursing home and we expected a difficult [...]

Click here to download your fall coloring page, for a relaxing activity on a break, on your commute or at home. If you send us your completed page, we will feature it on our Facebook [...]

Cancer can affect people of any age, but 60% of cancer patients are 65 or older, and 10-15% of nursing facility residents are cancer patients. Here's what nursing assistants should know about cancer in the [...]

My friend Valentina asked me the other day how I make time to exercise despite a challenging schedule of 8-hour shifts, which aren’t always at the same time. I told her that I find the [...]