If anyone has any questions, please ask. If you have any concerns,
would like information, please post.
Dom

Dear Friends,

Thank you for contacting the St. Rita's Angel Group. I have attached
information about the St. Rita's Angel Project per your
stritasangels@... email inquiry. The goal of this project is
to help the surviving residents of St. Rita's Nursing home who have
lost everything.  If you know anyone who is interested in help the
surviving residents of St. Rita's, please forward this email to
them.

Sincerely,
Jodi Hanson

Granddaughter of a St. Rita's Angel Project

St. Rita's Angel Project Administrator

stritasangels@...
***********************ST.RITA'S Nursing Home***********************
To whom it may concern,
The tragic story of St. Rita's nursing home has captured the nation.
Every major newspaper and the national media have covered the story
of how the residents survived despite the owner's negligence in not
evacuating them. The residents have lost everything, their homes,
personal possessions, dear friends, and family.
This really hit home for me because my grandmother, Trishka Stevens
was a St. Rita's survivor. The media has put so much emphasis on
tragedy of what happened and are forgetting about the residents
themselves. That is why we came up with the idea of "The St. Rita's
Angel Project." The goal of this project is to let the residents
know how much we care for them and that they are not forgotten, but
loved by many people who have been praying for them daily. We want
to provide the surviving residents with much needed items such as
wheel chairs, walkers, clothing, shoes, socks, undergarments,
snacks, games, art supplies, shampoo, lotions, powder, etc….
Whatever the residents need or want in a form of a care package. We
know this care package will bring a smile to their faces and give
them comfort to know they are loved.
We have contacted Love, INC. a local non-profit organization who
wants to help us facilitate this project. We are having all people
who want to donate items or money to the surviving residents of St.
Rita's nursing home, send them to:
Love, INC.
C/O The St. Rita's Angel Project
3300 Vanburen Street
Hudsonville, MI 49426
(616) 662-6426
www.loveinthenameofchrist.org
(Checks are payable to Love, INC)
All donations are tax deductible. Once all the items needed are
received, myself along with a group of volunteers from Love, INC.
will box everything up and forward the items directly to the
residents.
If this project generates extra donations and we hope to get those
extra items out to other families or nursing home residents in need.
I will attach the list of what the residents need. Please consider
helping the survivors of St. Rita's nursing home. Since the
hurricane, a little over 55 families' members and nurses of St.
Rita's nursing home have joined and formed a support group. We have
been helping one another locate our missing loved ones. I know this
will be such a blessing to the residents and their families.
Sincerely,
Jodi Hanson
Granddaughter of a St. Rita's Angel
St. Rita's Angel Project Administrator
stritasangels@...
*************************Resident Needs***************************
St. Rita Residents Items Needed
Alonzo, Carlos  Needs adult diapers size large, Dickey's AIO suit
size 44-42, 5 pairs of skid proof socks, Velcro tennis shoes size 8,
Debbie cakes, soft cookies, hair brush
Bominder, Rosalie Needs a wheel chair, 5 large housedress,
housecoat, and 5 pairs skid free socks, and Debbie cakes snacks,
scented lotion, powder, body wash.
Bosley, Betty, Margaret slippers, needs a wheel chair, 5 house
dresses 2x , 5 pairs of skid proof socks, popcorn, lotion, powder,
Debbie snack cakes, adult xl diapers, cheese crackers
Bracklein, Gilda Likes gummy bears, orange slices, jelly bellys, etc
size 10-12 clothes, and likes pants with elastic in waist.  Wears
pajamas, not gowns.  Size 8 1/2 shoes, likes knee-hi stockings.
Lotion, powder, body wash.
Carmen, Pecar  Housedresses, long 3x, size 9 slippers, peanut butter
crackers low salt, Lubriderm lotion, wider wheel chair. 5 pair's
Skid-free socks, size 11 slippers, 44c tank bra, sugar free candy
small packs. Gold bond powder.
Collins, John  Ball cap or hats, soft cookies, skid free socks,
needs a wheel chair, Debbie snack cakes.
Correa, Lena Body wash, lotion, room spray, muffins, soft cookies,
needs a wheel chair, walker, 5 pairs skid free socks, tank size 34B,
5 large housedresses large, powder,
Couvillion, Louella Needs a Wheel chair large, 5 xl house dresses ,
5 skid proof socks, pull up xl diapers, chocolate, m&m's, vanilla
ensure, small radio, faux silk flowers arrangement, aveeno lotion,
photo's of flowers
Denton, John  Soft cookies, Debbie cakes, wheel chair foot rest
locking, Velcro tennis size 11, white tube socks, 30 waist boxers,
body lotion, comb
Foltmer, Aileen 5 housedress size large, skid proof socks, large
adult diapers, scented lotion or body wash, Debbie cakes and
cookies, small radio,
Hamm, Mary 5 large house gowns, body lotion and wash, small radio, 5
pairs skid proof socks, face cream.
Gonzales, Beulah  Needs a Standard wheel chair, 5 pair skid proof
socks, face lotion, xl gown, Debbie snack cakes, soft cookies,
scented lotion, body wash, comb.
Johnson, Janis  Drawing pad, markers, crayons, hair barrettes, soft
cookies, large gown house dresses, skid proof socks,
Lae, Laura  5-house dresses size large, 5 pairs of skid proof socks,
body lotion, body wash, comb, soap, powder.
LeConte, Frances  Cardigan sweaters - X-large, ankle socks (like
slipper socks) - shoe size 8-10 hand cream/lotion, soft cookies or
mints
Lelia, Nesom  Stuffed animal kitty cat, cheetoes snacks, 5
housedresses size 3-x gown. 5 pairs of socks, posters with kitty
cats, anything with cats, lotion, powder, shampoo's, soap.
Lind, Charles  Debbie cakes, needs a walker, velvet paint art, glue
watercolors pad paper, sweater medium. Skid proof socks, slipper 9-
10 slipper, cookies, plastic babies
Martinez,Jimmy&Peggy
  5-house dresses size medium, 5 pairs of socks, adult medium
diapers, cardigan, or sweater, body lotion and body wash, 3-4
photographic posters. A poster with scenic pictures to put on
walls.
Mones, Dorothy
"Dotsie"
  Hand lotion, powder, body wash, 5 housedresses size large,
slippers, and socks.
Murphy, Linda  Soft cookies, Debbie cakes, large gowns, slippers
socks
Skid proof socks, xl house dresses, size 12 underwear, lotion, bath
powder, comb, pant size 10-12, slipper, silk flowers,

Naquin, Jannie  Faux jewelry, large gown, house dresses, pull on
slacks w/elastic wais, size 16-18 sugar free candy, skid proof
socks, needs, scented body washing, soaps lotions,
Packard, Marcella Snap hair barrettes, large gowns, x large adult
diapers, sweet hand and body lotion, socks 9-44
Pentney, Pauline  Daniel steel books, 5 large gowns, Nora Roberts
books, wheel chair,
Debbie snack cakes, Danielle steel books

Richard, Ralph  Lighter, ball cap, skid proof socks, needs a wheel
chair, Debbie snack cakes
Rousseau, Bertha  Perfumed body wash, scented lotion, sugar free,
diabetic, large disposable diapers Diabetic snacks, *socks: large
*shoes: size lge/wide & tie up & 19" TV.
Trishka Stevens  3 musketeers, 5 3-x gowns, socks, body lotion, body
wash, Debbie snack cakes, needs a wheel chair.
Wallace, Janet Needs a wheel chair, size 5 slippers , Kleenex, large
house dresses,
Oreos and chunky chocolate chip cookies, lotion, powder, body wash,
  ******************************************************************

Hello Group:  Here is the letter I received from St.Ritas Angels.
Just to let you know that this is real and you may read more on t
his at CNN.com.
Thank you for your help.
Sheila

Dear Sheila,

Thank you for your interested in helping the St.
Rita's residents. We are currently in the beginning
stages of organizing our group. We consist of the
nurses and families of the survivors of St. Rita's.
Because of the extensive news coverage on the tragedy
of St. Rita's, so many people have expressed their
interest in wanting to help the residents.

The goal of our group is to provide wheel chairs,
walkers, art supplies, snacks, candies, stuffed
animals, games, gowns, clothing, what ever will bring
comfort and a smile to each of the resident's faces.
They have been through a traumatic and terrible
ordeal. They have lost everything and we want to make
sure they
feel loved and appreciated.

We are currently in the process of compiling a list of
what the resident's need and will get back in touch
with you as soon as possiable. Thank you and God bless
you.

Sincerely,

Jodi (Granddaughter of a St. Rita's Angel

The death toll from Hurricane Katrina climbed more than 50 percent
in a single day Tuesday to 423, including last week's grisly
discovery of 34 dead patients and staff members at St. Rita's
nursing home in the town of Chalmette in hard-hit St. Bernard Parish.

In the nursing home case, Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti
charged the husband-and-wife owners of St. Rita's with 34 counts of
negligent homicide for not doing more to save their elderly patients.

"The pathetic thing in this case was that they were asked if they
wanted to move them and they did not," Foti said. "They were warned
repeatedly that this storm was coming. In effect, their inaction
resulted in the deaths of these people."

Salvador A. Mangano and his wife, Mable, were released on $50,000
bond each.

Their attorney, Jim Cobb, said his clients were innocent.

Cobb said they followed the nursing home's evacuation plan that had
been filed with officials, and he blamed the St. Bernard Parish
officials for not ensuring the plan was proceeding.

"They sat and waited for a mandatory evacuation order from the
officials of St. Bernard Parish that never came," he said.

Cobb said the Manganos were forced to make a difficult decision as
the hurricane approached: evacuate the patients, many of them
elderly and on feeding tubes, or keep them comfortable at the home
through the storm.

"If you pull that trigger too soon (on evacuation) those people are
going to die," Cobb said.

Tammy Daigle, a nurse who worked at the home, also said the owners
had been worried about trying to evacuate some residents of the home
who they knew wouldn't survive the move.

Tom Rodrigue, whose mother was among the dead, was still angry and
near tears.

"She deserved the chance, you know, to be rescued instead of having
to drown like a rat," he told CNN.

In addition to St. Rita's, the attorney general said he is
investigating the discovery of more than 40 corpses at flooded-out
Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. A hospital official said the
106-degree heat inside the hospital as the patients waited for days
to be evacuated probably contributed to the deaths

*******************************************************************
Hello my Nursing Assitants only Group members,
I am posting this for a reason.  Our thoughts and our prayers should
be with the Gulf Coast that is been hit hard by hurricane Katrina.
Of course along with the Armed Forces abroad.
But if you havnt heard St. Rita's Nursing Home has been hit hard
also.
There is a email address that I wanted to pass along to you fine
folks to help out the residents of that nursing home.  They are in
need of wheelchairs, clothing , and etc.  Please email this woman
that was on CNN that is a LPN that worked at the nursing home to see
what they need.  The email is as follows: stritasangels@...
I hope that you guys have opened your hearts already and gave
water,food and clothing and /or money to the Hurricane victims.  If
not there is still time.
Please go to www.americanredcross.org to give .  Please be aware
also of fake email's asking you to give to the American Red Cross or
the Salvation army.  They been reporting this also on Fox News and
CNN.  But I thought I would pass this information on to you the
beautiful angels without us things for residents of Nursing homes
and other elderly services couldnt go on.  Thank You for your
support.
I appreciate you all!
Love from your founder,
Sheila AKA Tornado1204

Hi, you may find NurseGroups.com valuable for your group. It is unique
because it utilizes `social networking' software and applies it to a
professional environment.  You can search the site and add members as
industry contacts to your professional network. Also list or search
for industry events.  Hope to see you at the site!

Hey group.  Do any of you work in a facility that offers NAGNA?
Anyone going to their convention this year?  Well I wont be going and
I would love to go but I wont get to.
I had a ball last year at the Convention.  It was the greatest time I
ever had.  Wonderful Speakers and alot of PEP talks to the CNA's.
If ya go let me know I wanna hear all about your trip.
T1204

Hello,

   My name is Kimberly and I am a sub acute social working in a
nursing facility here in upstate NY.  I am responsible for 23
patients and their family members.  Becuase they are not on my unit
for very long, helping them through the transition of not being able
to return home and personal issues not dealt with through out their
lives is very challenging to juggle.  Without the great staff I have
on my unit, I would have never made it this long on the job (1 year
and 3 months).  I am also in the process of starting up my own
business assisting seniors and their families through case management
and in the process of writing a book with moments written by staff,
residents and their families who either work or live in a nursing
facility.  Please check out my web pages and contact me if you are in
need of assistance or are interested in participating in the book.
The title is "Through Love and Laughter" and the idea behind the book
is to create understanding, break stereotypes and educate people.

I joined the group to ignite conversation about positive aspects of
your jobs.  Funny, touching moments, inspirational moments and things
that happened to you or others that reminded you why you entered this
field of work or an experience that happened to keep you going just
as you were getting ready to quit.

I have to tell you.... my job is not easy, but yours is even
tougher.  I know I do not have it in me to do what you guys do and no
one could pay me enough to try.


Blessed Be,
Kimberly

http://geocities.com/enspiritedchoices/
http://www.geocities.com/throughloveandlaughter/

Hello. My name is Eileen Gilchrist and I am a researcher at the University
of Oklahoma who is conducting research on Internet support groups. Our
research team is interested in understanding how people communicate in
on-line support groups, and we are seeking participants for an on-line
survey. The survey should take between 15 to 20 minutes to complete, and
your responses will be confidential. You must be at least 18 years old to
participate.

If you are willing to participate in the survey, you can access it at the
following link:

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/W/Kevin.B.Wright-1/supportnet.htm/

After the completion of the study, the researchers are willing to share the
results of the study in aggregate form upon request. Please contact the
researchers for this study at: healthou@...

Thank you so much for your time and effort


***************************
Eileen S. Gilchrist
CGSA Co-President
University of Oklahoma
Department of Communication
610 Elm Avenue, Room 101
Norman, OK  73019
www.ou.edu/cgsa.

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it's been a long time since i've posted here,but since i just found
out i was moved to moderator status,i guess i'll do so more often.
i'm still a cna,but i don't do the insitution thing anymore. i'm
working in a group home and have just become a home manager. i work
with MRDD clients and i love it! i get to know my gals really well
and we get to do all sorts of fun stuff and as a bonus i get paid for
doing this! it's great! anyone else out there work for a group home
agency? if you love taking care of people but you're getting tired of
running around the nursing home or hospital,you should check it out.
your local Board of MRDD should have information on any group homes
in your area. it pays the same as a nursing home,sometimes more,and
is just as if not more rewarding. in a small residential setting(our
homes are actual houses in the communities),you get to know your
patients really well and can really make a difference in their lives
and in the community. it especially helps if you have cna experience
and if you are med certified,you won't have to take the med passing
classes. so how is everyone? still slaving away? me too. but just
like all of you,if i didn't love caring for people,i wouldn't do it.
one idea i'd like to throw out there is this: what if nursing homes
as we know them didn't exist? what if long term care patients could
be in a residential setting,like a group home,with 4 or 5 other
people who were suffering from the same level of illness? you could
have a nurse(lpn or rn) and one or two cna's in the home,24 hours a
day. i think that in this type of environment,people would recieve
better care and feel more loved. i also think we,the health care
workers,would be better paid and not so stressed out. it would be
great to only have 5 patients,that you can get to know,and have a set
schedule,so that your life doesn't have to be so hectic. it's a
radical idea,but those of you that remeber any of my earlier posts
know that i'm a radical thinking person. let me know your thoughts!

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/nursingassistantsnoholdsbarred/

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This is what I have so far for my book.  If anyone is interested in
participating please contact me.

Thanks,

Kimberly

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This is what I have so far for my book.  If anyone is interested in
participating please contact me.

Thanks,

Kimberly

http://www.geocities.com/throughloveandlaughter

I am a sub acute social worker in a nursing facility.  I understand
that this group is a support group for CNA's, but I need your
assistance in writing a book which contains experiences of staff,
residants and their families.  I have attatched the preface from my
book.... hope you can help.  You make a huge difference in these
peoples lives and this would be another way to reach out to others.
Thank you for your help


Namaste,

Kimberly

                        Through Love and Laughter
                                   By
                          Kimberly Ann Henry


                                 Preface


    As a social worker in a long term care I have had the unique
opportunity to see all the frustrations, sadness, fears, feelings of
helplessness, loving times, happy times, humorous times, moments of
triumphs and successes that staff, residents and their families go
through.  Staff were feeling overwhelmed, unappreciated, overworked
and underpaid.  Family members were feeling overwhelmed,
unappreciated, overworked, guilty and confused.  Residents were
feeling confused, misunderstood, abandoned, unloved, afraid of the
unknown and the vulnerability that goes with having to rely on others
to meet their needs.  All of these people sharing similar feelings
and still feeling as if no one understands what they are going
through which creates the feeling as if they have no support system
to help them through their emotions and frustrations.  Add all of
these emotions together, put all the people affected by the situation
in one building and helplessness starts to appear.  It grows and
devours energy until everyone gives up on the idea that it could be
any different, that they can make a difference in others' lives or
that change is even possible.

    When I started working in long term care years ago as the only
social worker in a 120 bed facility, I felt that if I could make a
difference in just one person's life then it was worth it.
Eventually, along with my co-workers, my residents and their
families, helplessness took me over and all I could see were the
people I was not able to help because I was only one person.  I began
to realize how restrained I was by my employer and  the lack of
resources available for me to help others to the extent they needed,
or make any lasting change to better the situation for everyone.

    I have had people come up to me and say "How can you work in a
place like that?  Isn't it depressing?" Even with everything I just
said – my answer to this question has not changed.  There are some
amazing things that happen in nursing homes.…fun times, funny stories
and touching moments that will make you laugh and make you cry.  As I
have come to discover, not all facilities are the same.  The
personality of the building will take on the personality of the
people who work and live in them.  Just imagine how different you
would feel if you walked into a building that had staff, residents
and family members who felt needed, appreciated, valued, loved, taken
care of, who trusted each other and treated each other as family.  I
have had the pleasure of being in facilities where you feel this
positive energy when you first walk in the door.  I would like to
find what makes such things happen, build on it and share it with
others so everyone who works or lives in a facility can have a
positive, loving, growing experience.

    I look back at all those happy, funny, touching moments and
realize how precious they really are.  I want to put them in some
rich soil, water it, nurture it and watch it grow…watch it become
contagious and take on a life of its own to where it gets so out of
control that there is no room for that evil word HELPLESSNESS!

    Let us share each others' perspectives on these experiences by
telling our stories.  Let us put our stories, our hearts and hands
together to support each other.  Through love and laughter we CAN
create a work environment that we can be proud of.  Through love and
laughter we CAN create a home environment in which we can all grow
and nurture one another.  Together we CAN make a difference.



I see this collection of stories as an opportunity to accomplish 3
things:

   First, I see telling our stories to each other as a way we can
promote understanding by giving us the opportunity to communicate in
a positive way.  I would like people to see what I see:  although we
experience the situation differently, the feelings are not all that
different.  Through understanding the others' perspective we can come
to realize that we are not alone, we are in this together and if we
support each other we can create the environment we desire.

    Second, I see telling our stories to others as a way of breaking
stereotypes of seniors, adult care facilities and nursing homes.
What we believe about something will affect how we act.  If someone
believes "old people" are like children with nothing to contribute to
society they will treat them as such.  If a person sees nursing homes
as a place to die, they will.  There is so much negative publicity
about nursing homes these days it is no wonder people fear them, hate
the people who work in them, and say they would rather die before
going into one.  Think negative, the nursing home will be filled with
nothing but negativity and we will create a self fulfilling prophecy
affect.  People believe what they see on television.  Let's tell the
story accurately and whatever belief the reader holds as inaccurate
has a better chance of being revised.

    Third,  I see telling our stories to others as an opportunity to
empower people through educating them on how the "system" works.
Perhaps learning this information when they are not in the middle of
it is just what they need to minimize the distress they will feel
when it becomes real for them.  When someone is new to the facility
too often residents and their families come to me in distress
although they had the assistance of people within the community prior
to moving in.  They have so many questions.  I have learned that they
either didn't know to ask the question so it was not offered by
anyone they encountered; or they asked the wrong person therefore,
got the wrong answer; or they were just too overwhelmed to be able to
understand everything that was being told to them at the time.
Having to assist a loved one or moving into a facility of any kind is
stressful enough without the added stress of someone not giving them
all the information they needed when they needed it the most.

    Are you a staff person in a health care facility or know someone
who is?  Are you a son or daughter who has been in a position to be a
parent to your parent or know someone who has?  Are you a senior who
has had to give up your home to move because you no longer are able
to care for yourself or do you know someone who has?  Everyone we
know has, is, or will be touched with these issues at some time in
their life.  In some cases, some of us will go through all three of
these stages.

    Getting old will never go away.  ALL of us will need someone to
care for us when we are no longer able to care for ourselves.
Assisted living and nursing facilities are not going to go away.  How
will you want to live the rest of your life?

    Let us share each others' perspectives on these experiences by
telling our stories.  Let us put our stories, our hearts and hands
together to support each other.  Through love and laughter we CAN
create a work environment that we can be proud of.  Through love and
laughter we CAN create a home environment in which we can all grow
and nurture one another.  Together we CAN make a difference.

   For this ambitious vision to flourish, I need your stories.
Stories from staff, residents and family members who either work,
live in or have a family member who is in a nursing facility.
Moments that have touched your heart, made you smile, made you laugh,
made you cry.  If you feel sharing these moments could make a
difference in someone else's life by sharing it, please submit your
stories to:

Kimberly Henry
PO Box 5
East Amherst,  NY 14051
enspiritedchoices@...

Hello Bob,
Well I cant you much about the jobs and etc down there in Tampa but
I can tell you this FLORIDA is BEAUTIFUL!!!
I went to Florida for vacation this year and I didnt want to leave!
The scenery was just lovely!  The gulf there is beatiful the Palm
trees was something I have never seen the sandy beaches was to die
for.
I wish you luck on your move and maybe you could go to Florida.com
to see if they can head you toward the motel,hotels and jobs who
knows...we got discounts from the internet on the hotel we stayed at.
Best wishes and Happy Holidays to you and the rest of the group here!
T1204 aka Sheila


--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, "mongo_moss560"
<mongo_moss560@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi ~
> I am a California certified Certified Nursing Assistant,  and Home
> Health Aide, planning to move to the Tampa area..  I have already
> applied for reciprocity and did the FBI finger print thing (again).
>
> I'd appreciate any/all info on good Home Health Agencies work
for.  I
> also need info on weekly motels, or temporary lodging while
apartment
> hunting.
>
> Much appreciated ~
> Bob

Hi ~
I am a California certified Certified Nursing Assistant,  and Home
Health Aide, planning to move to the Tampa area..  I have already
applied for reciprocity and did the FBI finger print thing (again).

I'd appreciate any/all info on good Home Health Agencies work for.  I
also need info on weekly motels, or temporary lodging while apartment
hunting.

Much appreciated ~
Bob

Just wondering if anyone else here went too. It was a good conference.

Hello Gang!
I am back from the NAGNA Convention!  I want to tell you something I
had a great time!
Here is some things I learned I wont be to long.
Did you know that Women named Laviennia and Caroline was the first
two to start a Nursing home back in the Early 1900's, But they were
called Alm Houses (poor farm & houses).  Back in 1935 the Social
Security Act was passed then that was the birth of Nursing Homes and
boarding homes and rest homes , etc.
1964 was the first training for a Nursing Assistant.  It was a 20
week course 220 class hours and 540 Clinical hours.  Arent you glad
we dont go that long now!  Sometimes I think it wouldnt hurt us
though LOL.
I would like to talk alot about things I learned but I know how it
is to read such long emails...
But I want to tell you CNA'S ARE THE BACKBONE AND THE STRENGTH OF
LTC!  YOU ALL ARE ANGELS!
DONT GO AROUND SAYING "OH I AM JUST A CNA" BE PROUD BE LOUD!! YOU
ARE ANGELS AND WITHOUT US CNA'S RESIDENTS/PATIENTS would suffer!
Be Proud of what you do look at the smiles that are on their faces
when you help a resident...we are SOMETHING! WE ARE NOT NOTHING!
BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!
Wear the HONORABLE BADGE of the CNA!
I would like to talk soon about turn over in the nursing homes.  So
stay tuned for futher notice (LOL).
Thank you for your time.  Remember your Special and you are a
HONORABLE CNA!  CNA'S CAN!
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A PERSONS LIFE! YES WE CAN!
THANK YOU,
SHEILA AKA TORNADO1204
PS THANK YOU NAGNA FOR GIVING THE CNA'S A VOICE! THANK YOU LORI AND
LISA I JUST LOVE YOU GALS!



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<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hello Group,
> How are you guys tonight?  I hope those of you that are in the or
> was in the path of Hurricane Ivan are doing alright!  Just got
back
> from the gulf coast Sunday we got there after Frances and left
> before Ivan.  I had a wonderful time and it was so beautiful down
> there I didnt want to come home!
> Anyway,  I am going to the NAGNA convention next week, is there
> anyone going to Joplin Missouri for the convention?
> If you want to know anything about NAGNA go to www.nagna.org
Maybe
> you can get your Nursing home to join the NAGNA organization.
> I cant wait to go.  It will be a educational event!
> Let me know if anyone is going and I will meet you there!
> Your founder,
> Sheila

Hello Group,
How are you guys tonight?  I hope those of you that are in the or
was in the path of Hurricane Ivan are doing alright!  Just got back
from the gulf coast Sunday we got there after Frances and left
before Ivan.  I had a wonderful time and it was so beautiful down
there I didnt want to come home!
Anyway,  I am going to the NAGNA convention next week, is there
anyone going to Joplin Missouri for the convention?
If you want to know anything about NAGNA go to www.nagna.org  Maybe
you can get your Nursing home to join the NAGNA organization.
I cant wait to go.  It will be a educational event!
Let me know if anyone is going and I will meet you there!
Your founder,
Sheila

Since I just went through Hurricane Charley & Frances I can tell you what my
facility did.  Although I wasn't working for them when Charley came through,
they evacuated to a "sister" facility in Lakeland, FL (they went right into the
storm, cause it was supposed to land near where I live).  For Frances, we didn't
evacuate, but had staff on had working on 8 hours, off 8 hours.  I clocked in on
Sat afternoon at 4p.m. and clocked out Tues morning at 6a.m.  I worked a total
of 108 hours in 9 days.  I started this job on Thurs and worked 9 days in a row,
with my day off being this past Sat.  We were prepared to evacuate for Ivan, but
it looks like we are safe from that one.  Every facility is different.  I work
in an Assisted Living Facility with a Nursing home right up the driveway and
they didn't evacuate at all.  The nursing home I worked for before Charley came
through, terminated me because I chose to evacuate my home rather than go to
work.  When I called they were not prepared to
  take anyone in.

Lisa




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Hi,
I do not live in a hurricane region, so my answer is purely
skepticism. I would imagine that precautions are taken in the
nursing home that are taken during tornadic weather (pull privacy
curtains, close shades, extra blankets, etc.). If structure damage
is done, I would assume that a safety shelter designated by the home
would then be used. If no structural damage is done, then I would
assume that residents and the staff "wait out the storm".
God be with those in this situation,
Nick
--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, tornado1204
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hey gang.
> My coworkers and I was wondering what do Nursing homes that are
> located in hurricane regions do durning a Hurricane?
> What happens to the residents and buildings?  DO you leave the
> nursing home or what????
> So if you work in a nursing home and you live where hurricanes
come
> can you please inform me and my coworkers what happens during
these
> bad storms?
> Thanks,
> Sheila aka T1204

Hi,
I do not live in a hurricane region, so my answer is purely
skepticism. I would imagine that precautions are taken in the
nursing home that are taken during tornadic weather (pull privacy
curtains, close shades, extra blankets, etc.). If structure damage
is done, I would assume that a safety shelter designated by the home
would then be used. If no structural damage is done, then I would
assume that residents and the staff "wait out the storm".
God be with those in this situation,
Nick
--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, tornado1204
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hey gang.
> My coworkers and I was wondering what do Nursing homes that are
> located in hurricane regions do durning a Hurricane?
> What happens to the residents and buildings?  DO you leave the
> nursing home or what????
> So if you work in a nursing home and you live where hurricanes
come
> can you please inform me and my coworkers what happens during
these
> bad storms?
> Thanks,
> Sheila aka T1204

living in A hurricane area. I can answer only as I see it done here. Unless
there is structure damage then they will evacuate to a local special needs
shelter. If no damage then we ride it out. Taking precautionto place storm
shutters and the like. In clients homes I do as they say or that the city says I
have to do.

Not that much of an ordeal....

Tara

Hey gang.
My coworkers and I was wondering what do Nursing homes that are
located in hurricane regions do durning a Hurricane?
What happens to the residents and buildings?  DO you leave the
nursing home or what????
So if you work in a nursing home and you live where hurricanes come
can you please inform me and my coworkers what happens during these
bad storms?
Thanks,
Sheila aka T1204

Thank you for your advice. The spouse came home today and commented on how I
liked the area he cleared for me to lay down. I guess that was my approval? I
maybe here alot..but something just doesnt feel right... <sigh> I need a lil
alram clock so that I can set it for every 2 hours to check on the spouse Im
here for... UGH my guilt is rising... I am working MAYBE 45 minutes and here for
12 getting paid to rest,watch Tv or be online... will I ever get over this? lol

To the one with 8 clients... I envy you..sometimes I think it would be nice to
bounce around. Can you tell me a lil about what you do... sorry that your "name"
slipped my mind...

hugs
Tara

My advice is, if they say it's ok to sleep, SLEEP!

You can't give good care if you're tired, so obviously they
understand you need sleep.  How much they pay the agency is
not something you should feel guilty about (the agency and
the government should feel guilty about it, as well as
insurance companies, but that's another story).

When we had 24-hour care for my mom, the person who took the
night shift slept on the couch.  She was there just in case,
and that's pretty important if the client would otherwise
be alone and vulnerable.

Relax...and be grateful.   How many of us would love to get
paid while we sleep! :-)

Alex
--- nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com wrote:
>    Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:47:32 -0000
>    From: "Tay" <itsjustara@...>
> Subject: Re: : job switch
>
> Thanks for your response. Its helped me alot. Now I have another
> question. I was placed on a case where the main caregiver was
> hospitalized so now they need 24 hr care. I picked up the night 12 hr
>
> shifts.. sat off and sunday 24 hr shift. They have told me I can
> sleep, however I feel so guilty. They are paying ALOT of money to the
>
> agency to have me sleeping there. Have any of you had similar
> expirences?
>
> Thanks In Advance for your advice.
> Tara

With my job, I dont stay at one clients home for more than a hr. I have 8
people to see each day so I  allowed no more than a hr. I cant help you with
the sleeping on the job problem. But I dont see how they could really expect
you to stay awake for 24 hrs anyways.
I have done a few private pay sitting jobs where I have actually went to the
home on friday and stayed to sunday. These are not through the agency I work
for. But on those jobs, I have slept at nite since I was spending the nite
with the person.
Our agency doesnt provide people to stay with people so not sure what I
would do in that case.



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Thanks for your response. Its helped me alot. Now I have another
question. I was placed on a case where the main caregiver was
hospitalized so now they need 24 hr care. I picked up the night 12 hr
shifts.. sat off and sunday 24 hr shift. They have told me I can
sleep, however I feel so guilty. They are paying ALOT of money to the
agency to have me sleeping there. Have any of you had similar
expirences?

Thanks In Advance for your advice.
Tara




--- In nursingassistantsonly@yahoogroups.com, john wolfe
<cherokeebum@y...> wrote:
> I worked for home health in the mountains of North
> Carolina. Very enjoyable and loved the pt's as well as
> the travel pay. Even if you get aggravated at a pt.
> you get the travel time to unwind and get ready for
> the next one. I now work for the US Gov't in a tribal
> hospital and the past 8 years in the emergency room.
> Good luck and have fun
> --- itsjustara@a... wrote:
>
> > Hi all, I have a question for you. I am starting
> > home health care for the
> > first time ver in my career of being a CNA. Has
> > anyone else switched from Nursing
> > homes to 1 on 1? Im a lil fearful, but excited at
> > the possibilities. I am now
> > an Independent contractor, and Lic. I think that is
> > a plus seeing now I can
> > advertise myself. All for $45.
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing from all of you long
> > timers...:)
> >
> > Tara
> > SW Florida
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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I worked for home health in the mountains of North
Carolina. Very enjoyable and loved the pt's as well as
the travel pay. Even if you get aggravated at a pt.
you get the travel time to unwind and get ready for
the next one. I now work for the US Gov't in a tribal
hospital and the past 8 years in the emergency room.
Good luck and have fun
--- itsjustara@... wrote:

> Hi all, I have a question for you. I am starting
> home health care for the
> first time ver in my career of being a CNA. Has
> anyone else switched from Nursing
> homes to 1 on 1? Im a lil fearful, but excited at
> the possibilities. I am now
> an Independent contractor, and Lic. I think that is
> a plus seeing now I can
> advertise myself. All for $45.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from all of you long
> timers...:)
>
> Tara
> SW Florida
>
>
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>
>




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Hi all, I have a question for you. I am starting home health care for the
first time ver in my career of being a CNA. Has anyone else switched from
Nursing
homes to 1 on 1? Im a lil fearful, but excited at the possibilites. I am now
an Independent contractor, and Lic. I think that is a plus seeing now I can
advertise myself. All for $45.

Looking forward to hearing from all of you long timers...:)

Tara
SW Florida


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