#PCA Training

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Training for Personal Care Aides (PCAs) is crucial for delivering quality home health care in Annandale, Virginia. This training ensures that PCAs are equipped to handle the unique and diverse needs of their clients, providing specialized care that promotes well-being and independence.

[chicagocubsreactions]

This is only his first full season, but fans are drawn to him. During the Cubs’ opening series in Japan, the crowd chanted, “P-C-A!” leaving Cubs manager Craig Counsell puzzled.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Counsell thought. “How do they know who he is?”

[whileyoureinschoolidothisallday]

Home Care: we let the dumbest people alive take care of critical care patients by themselves

[futuretechcareercenter]

What is the Role of a Personal Care Aide?

A Personal Care Aide (PCA) is a vital part of the healthcare industry, providing essential services to those who need assistance with daily activities. These professionals help individuals maintain their independence while ensuring they receive the care and support they need. Let's explore the role of a Personal Care Aide in detail.

Understanding the Role

Personal Care Aides assist people who are elderly, ill, or have disabilities. They work in various settings, including clients' homes, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes. Their primary goal is to enhance the quality of life for their clients by offering physical and emotional support. Joyful Career Center provides you with the best CNA training in New York City.

Daily Responsibilities

The daily responsibilities of a PCA can vary depending on the needs of their clients. Some of the common tasks include:

Assistance with Personal Hygiene: Helping clients with bathing, dressing, grooming, and other personal hygiene tasks.

Meal Preparation: Planning and preparing nutritious meals according to the client's dietary needs and preferences.

Medication Management: Reminding clients to take their medications on time and ensuring they follow their prescribed treatment plans.

Mobility Support: Assisting clients with walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair, and other mobility-related tasks.

Housekeeping: Performing light housekeeping duties such as cleaning, laundry, and organizing the living space.

Companionship: Providing emotional support and companionship, engaging in conversations, and participating in activities that the client enjoys.

Importance of Training

To become a competent PCA, proper training is crucial. Training programs equip aspiring Personal Care Aides with the skills and knowledge needed to perform their duties effectively. These programs cover various topics, including:

Basic Healthcare Knowledge: Understanding common health conditions and how to assist clients with specific needs.

Emergency Procedures: Knowing how to handle emergencies, perform basic first aid, and use medical equipment.

Communication Skills: Learning effective communication techniques to interact with clients, their families, and healthcare professionals.

Ethical and Legal Considerations: Understanding the ethical and legal responsibilities associated with caregiving.

PCA Training in Long Island

For those interested in pursuing a career as a Personal Care Aide, PCA training in Long Island is an excellent option. Long Island offers a range of training programs that provide comprehensive education and hands-on experience. These programs ensure that students are well-prepared to meet the demands of the job.

PCA Training in Saint James

Another great location for aspiring PCAs is PCA training in Saint James. Saint James is known for its quality training programs that focus on both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Graduates from these programs are equipped to provide exceptional care to their clients.

Qualities of a Good Personal Care Aide

Being a Personal Care Aide requires more than just technical skills. Certain personal qualities are essential for success in this role:

Compassion: A genuine desire to help others and provide comfort.

Patience: The ability to remain calm and patient, especially when dealing with challenging situations.

Reliability: Being dependable and trustworthy, as clients rely on their aides for daily support.

Attention to Detail: Noticing the small details that can significantly impact a client's well-being.

Good Communication: Effectively communicating with clients, their families, and other healthcare professionals.

Career Opportunities

The demand for Personal Care Aides is growing rapidly due to the aging population and increasing need for home-based care. This growth presents numerous career opportunities for trained PCAs. With the right training, individuals can find rewarding employment in various settings, including:

Home Healthcare Agencies: Providing in-home care to clients who need assistance with daily activities.

Assisted Living Facilities: Working in facilities that offer a combination of housing, personal care services, and healthcare.

Nursing Homes: Assisting residents in long-term care facilities with their daily needs.

Hospitals: Supporting patients with non-medical care during their hospital stay.

Conclusion

The role of a Personal Care Aide is both challenging and rewarding. These professionals play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for individuals who need assistance with daily activities. With proper training, such as PCA training in Long Island and PCA training in Saint James, aspiring PCAs can acquire the necessary skills to provide excellent care. This career not only offers job security but also the satisfaction of making a positive impact on the lives of others.

If you are considering a career as a Personal Care Aide, now is a great time to start your training and embark on a fulfilling journey in the healthcare field.

[chinchillinator]

The Cubs are goddamn lucky this series…

Derogatory. Deeply derogatory.

[gym-x-plus]

Favourite training day.

Four days out till round two 🫡

©️Credit ig @coached_by_caitlin

#bodybuilding #weightlifting #prep #4daysout #pca #gcbb #strongwomen #personaltrainer #coach #pullday #lats #latspread

[lol-jackles]

tumblr /jenmishperceiver/747567018487726080/i-think-if-anything-put-the-final-nail-in-the> I've seen this assumption before and imo it's spin: Jensen said repeatedly that he told the group he wanted to think about the script, went home TO HIS WIFE and said he was uncomfortable, who then suggested calling Kripke, ect // In all the retellings, I've never actually seen it said Jensen fought with the writers OR EVEN TOLD THEM and Jared he was uncomfortable until AFTER he'd changed his mind to agreed

Bitter Destiel shippers are those kinds of people who fall for IRS telephone scams.

You're correct, Jensen never said in any of his retellings that he fought with writers nor did he tell them or Jared he's having a hard time "digesting" until AFTER he talked to Kripke and was convinced by Kripke that "Carry On" was the right ending for fans. You know, the real fans who watch the show for what it really is: Sam's hero journey with his beloved brother, Dean.

That said, while you're correct that it's Jensen's job to sell the concept, he has also been pitching a Dean-led spinoff for years. Remember his "dream" (X) that he pitched during the SPN press junket?   I didn’t side-eye his PCA campaigns or his pursuit for Dean-centric storylines, but I did raise my eyebrows at his ballsy move to publicly pitch his post-Sam projects in front of Jared and Misha. What does the jenmishperciever's Anon say about that? Hummm?

Actors are always pitching their project ideas, they're just a bit more subtle about it. I'm certain Jensen had hoped the "dream" would catch on with the fans and they would campaign for it. Except not even AAs were down with the idea. Casual fans even less so. Lucky for you I saved the screenshot from the article:

Reading through jenmishperciever's Anon's self-soothing fanfiction is like watching bread grow old right before your eyes; same delusions we've seen for the past 12 years. Blame Jared for playing Sam who was in the way of a fake fetish ship from becoming canon that Less than 1% of the SPN audience ships. Said Jared's drunken arrest (I refuse to call it a bar fight, it was a group hug gone wrong) could have threaten the ENTIRE filming of the SPN final season while ignoring Anthony Starr's drunken arrest, which by the Anon's logic, would have threaten the ENTIRE filming of The Boys.

Lol they still pretend to believe that Kripke gave the SPN rights to Jensen when Kripke is SUEING WB over profit participation over SPN.

The only thing Jensen cared about with his SPN spinoff was lens crafting, which was why The Winchesters was a Shein version of an AU fanfic. Remember when Jensen told TW cast “don’t fuck it up for me”? After 15-20 years, Jensen is used to lead actors/Jareds doing the heavy lifting in carrying the show and being leader of the cast and crew and he benefitted from the sweet spot as #2 on the call sheet i.e. the good guy who is friends with everyone.

If Jensen keeps trying to be in charge of SPN projects, SPN fans’ reaction is going to be the same as today Marvel fanboys’ reaction every time they hear Kevin Feige’s name: “What did you did do this time you Son of a Bitch!? What train did you derail this time?”

Since Supernatural ended 4 years ago, the bitter Destiel hellers and AAs are stuck in a time loop of step 1 through 4 of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression). S tep 5 is acceptance, which is long delayed due to Jared’s continue success i.e. Walker in it's 4th season and #1 scripted show for CW.

[zeiktreats]

Hey y'all! I hate making posts like this, but some help would great right about now-

Good news first, I got a job recently! Went through PCA courses, did since hands-on training, and I'm all good to go! That means I can help people!

Bad news is that was about a month-ish ago and I've still not been assigned a client- Which means no paycheck yet. And I have rent, food, and kitties to help cover for.

While I do have a small queue (a comm I'm almost finished with and then another I've partway started), commissions would really help right about now-

You can contact me either here or on discord (zeiktreats)! I also have a ko-fi (<- click me!) if you'd like to support me there too!

[syntheta-ac]

"Good morning, Squad Four."

"GOOD MORNING SIR"

"Welcome to Part One of my anti-AC training series. Archibus is pulling ahead of our enemies, and the path to full control of the Coral has begun to come into focus. But that also means the enemies and potential threats left alive are some of the most dangerous yet. As such, I've decided we're going to go over some AC-tailored strategies and tactics, so you'll know what to do to maximize your utility in combat against such obstacles."

Either side of Steel Haze, two new ACs voxelated into existence. Everyone recognized both of them immediately. On his right was the comforting assembly of Reconfig, and on his left was the universally feared Liger Tail.

"Part One concerns, of course, Balam's G.1 Michigan. We have credible intel that he's down under Watchpoint Alpha right now, probably taking inventory of the MT force left at his disposal after their... encounter with the defense system. Now, since we don't have anyone capable of piloting his exact assembly at a high level for this exercise... Well. We do, but since he's busy, today's guest of honor will be my good friend, V.V Hawkins."

The loose array of BAWS and PCA MTs before him hastily stood to attention, their operators simultaneously realizing that another officer was actually present. Hawkins' ever-steady voice came over the coms, stilling their fears.

"At ease, Squad Four. Now, as many of you have already recognized, Liger Tail and Reconfig have certain similarities in the way that they will prefer to take control of a combat situation. Against an enemy AC, both Michigan and I will be trying to steadily move forward and reduce the amount of space they have to work with. If your C.O. wants to be the fastest thing in the room, I want to be the biggest thing in the room. So, against something like me, what can you do to make a friendly AC's life easier? I'll tell you: make the room bigger. Look for opportunities to give them more space to work with. Make it so that relative to him, my kill zone doesn't move so much. Oh, and don't all die to the same missile salvo. In two words: spread the hell out."

Rusty took over.

"Michigan is at his strongest when everything he needs to destroy is right in front of him. So I want you to make him have to turn; I want someone behind him at all times. I want you to make him have to move when he doesn't want to, unable to move when he does want to, and have to reload every time he wants one of you out of his way. I want you to be mindful of your trigger timings: if you've got a rifle, pull it after you see him dodge. If you've got missiles, talk to each other and stagger when you're firing. If he's bearing down on you, back up only if you won't be leading him into someone else."

"And if you've no ground left to give... Arquebus thanks you for your sacrifice."

"Got all that, Squad Four?"

"SIR YES SIR!"

"Good. Prepare for a change in setting; once you've loaded in, you'll have three minutes to figure out where you think you should be and get to that position. Talk to each other out there. Teamwork is your greatest weapon against an AC. Commence exercise!"

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

Hi Cal!! I’m still absolutely loving all your stories so here I am again with lots more emojis! Have fun!

First theme this time is “hometowns!”

🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓 (looks like you’re jumping on the post 8a angst train! I love it! A Buck break down in Hershey wow I’m so excited to see that man fall apart!!)

🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲⚡️(they’re going to find Adriana! And figure out the rest of the Diaz family magic! And hopefully that leads them right to el paso (hence the hometown connection) to confront Helena and rescue Chris! I’m so excited i just can’t hide it! Also i accidentally hit the TWATYTK emoji at the end there but decided to leave it because LA is now baby Brooke’s hometown so it works!)

- PCA <3

HI PCA!!!!!!!!!!! <3

Love this theme!

87 for 🐓 (Excited to show him falling apart! thank you!)

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He still sort of sounds the same. His voice has always had a soft, whispery quality. Buck has to strain to hear it over the music in the pub. “You were just gone one day.”

Gone? Buck wasn’t gone. Jared was at Penn State. Miranda was in North Carolina. Their other friends were all doing things. Buck was here. And he was alone. And Maddie handed him the keys to escape. 

“Uh… Well,” Buck swallows down that thought. Admittedly, he deleted his old Facebook and tried to reinvent himself anew. So… He gets why they’d think he did drop off the face of the earth. “I, uh, I ended up in Los Angeles.”

Amir whistles. “Damn. Pricy living, right?”

Buck nods. “Yeah, it’s nasty. But I love it there.”

“What do you do?” Miranda asks. 

“I’m a firefighter,” Buck answers. “Have been for… Well, nearly eight years now.”

Jared and Miranda exchange a quick look. Buck doesn’t understand it. 

“Wow, man,” Jared says. “That’s super cool.”

“Were you there during that bee thing?” Milly asks.

“Yep,” Buck nods. “That was weird. But, uh… Enough about me. Jared, Miranda… Uh, how did this happen?” 

They go on to tell him a long, winding story - mostly from Miranda’s mouth - about meeting up after university. Reconnecting. Discovering they had more in common than they thought. Buck is happy for them. It’s a nice story. They’re a nice couple. He feels a strange twinge of jealousy. He’s not sure where it’s directed though. He doesn’t want either of them. He just wants to be them, maybe. 

He asks the same of Milly and Amir and pretends to pay attention as they answer. All he notices though, while they speak, is the way Jared is staring at him, the same way he was staring at Jared. Both when they think the other person isn’t noticing. 

⬅️

It goes a little bit like this. 

Buck drinks, and then he keeps drinking. He didn’t drive here. He can do what he wants. He’s having fun. The beers have taken the edge off the awkwardness of being surrounded by people he used to know, and now it’s just easy. Just too easy. 

Eventually, Amir and Milly leave. It’s just Buck, his high school ex, and her husband who also used to be one of his closest friends. Totally normal. A natural situation to be in, of course.

“So, Buck,” Miranda asks at some point. “Are you in town alone?”

“Flew in with my sister, her husband, and my niece.” Buck explains.

“Wait,” Jared scrunches his eyebrows. “That awful guy?”

“No,” Buck shakes his head. “Nah, he’s… That guy is gone. This guy is amazing. Brother to me.”

“That’s great, man,” Jared replies.

“But I meant,” Miranda says. “You didn’t come here with a girlfriend?”

“Uh, no. No, I did not,” Buck says. 

“Is she back in California, or…”

Damn. Why does Miranda care?

“No,” Buck shakes his head. “Recently single, actually.”

“Oh,” Miranda says. She looks at her husband. 

What is going on here?

“I’m sorry to hear that,” Jared says. 

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96 for 🌲 (Hell yeah they are! With some angst along the way!):

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“I’m just worried about you getting hurt,” Buck says. 

Eddie shakes his head. “Adriana won’t hurt me.” 

There’s a stubborn set to his jaw. Buck knows that look all too well. Eddie won’t be hearing reason on this. At least not for now. He needs to see this through the way he wants to. All Buck can do is follow. Which is just fine. That’s what Buck will do. Nervously. 

They finish their walk through the woods, tromping over leaves and twigs. Buck thinks she must be able to hear them coming. They climb the rock face that leads to a beautiful lake overlook. If they weren’t here for such a serious reason, it’s the sort of place Buck would want to spend time. He can imagine, sitting here with Eddie, beer in hand, just enjoying the scenery. At a different time of year, maybe they’d go swimming. 

“This is stunning,” Buck mumbles.

Eddie doesn’t seem to hear him. He’s looking for signs of Adriana. 

“ADRI!” He calls. “YOU UP HERE?”

He’s scouring the ground. Looking for things that don’t belong, Buck expects.Eddie bends and grabs what looks like a little blue Bic lighter.

“Does she smoke?” Buck asks.

“No,” he shakes his head. “Not cigarettes anyway.”

“Pot?” Buck asks.

“Makes her anxious,” Eddie dismisses. “Unless this changes that.”

“Maybe it was one of the men’s?” Buck asks. Feeling iffy even as he says it. 

“Yeah,” Eddie sighs. “Maybe.”

Or maybe a hiker dropped it and it has nothing to do with a murder or a myth. Buck doesn’t know what to say. 

He looks out at the water again, following the shoreline to his right with his eyes. He tries to plan for an outcome where they don’t find Adriana, and he has two devastated Diaz siblings to deal with, one of whom will have the surprise of a lifetime in the form of her brother’s appearance. 

That’s when he spots her. 

Down the shore, standing ankle deep in the water, wearing a wedding dress, stark white against the colors of the lake and the trees. He can even see the shape of a tail pushing against the back of the dress. 

Adriana. 

“Eddie,” Buck hisses, voice low so she doesn’t hear him. “Eddie, look!”

Eddie steps beside him. Buck points to Adriana, and Eddie follows the line of his gesture. His jaw drops when he sees her.  

“Oh my god,” Eddie exhales. “What is she… Her dress.” 

Something is wrong, Buck can tell. Not just that she’s a Huldra. Something is wrong with her mind. Maybe Eddie was completely right. Going through this alone could break a person. 

“Can you stay here for a sec?” Eddie asks. “Watch? I don’t want to scare her with someone she doesn’t really know.”

“Go,” Buck says. “I’ll be right here.”

🌲

Eddie runs. He nearly trips over a tree root, but he runs. He can see her, as clear as day. His little sister. The girl whose toy ponies he used to clean up every day before Dad could get home from work and gripe about them. The one who’s been missing for over a year. The one who was furious with him, last time they spoke. She’s here. Standing in a lake in her wedding dress. Eddie is scared for her. Terrified. So he runs. 

“ADRIANA!” He shouts. He doesn’t understand how she didn’t hear him earlier. There’s an echo across the water. “ADRI!”

As he approaches the edge of the water, she turns slowly to face him, like it’s hardly a pressing matter. Her eyes - the same fluid, shifting mix of woodland colors as his have become - lock onto him. She tilts her head a little, confused. He can see that their ears are the same, ending in the same elf-like point. 

“Eddie?” She says, blinking. Her voice is sort of blank. “Why are you here?”

He slows to a stop right before he’d have to step in the lake. 

He looks her over. Her dress is torn, but somehow spotless. Her hair hands in an effortless, glossy curtain. It doesn’t look greasy or dirty or… Or at all the way he’d expect, after months and months in the woods. 

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3 for ⚡️ (It may be an accident, but I'm gonna do it)

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“Are you still sad today?” Chris asks. “Because it’s been a week?”

[silveraryuu]

Armored Core 6, and its morality

I don't post much on here but I gotta just get this out of my head. I had a discussion with some people about the endings and their thoughts were nagging in my head.

Armored Core 6 Spoilers ahead, primarily the first two endings (not the True ending, basically)

So, in a circle of people I chat with, some of played Armored Core 6. They've beaten it. And when they were getting to the endings, I would say something like 'welcome to the bad ending' regarding the Fires of Raven ending. A few of them told me that I was wrong to call it that, because we're 'going against Coral, which is obviously evil-- it's a substance that takes over peoples' brains and technology!' But that always struck me as very off. Like, yeah. Coral has that property, but it isn't a bad thing by default. It's used as a drug, used to power machinery, and was used to defend the planet with C-weapons.

BUT the VERY big thing that didn't make sense to me was how said people argued that the Fires of Raven ending was the good ending... when you're not only repeatedly hammered in 'wow, that's kinda fucked up 621, you're gonna destroy my people, my family, and cause a massive explosion of Coral just like the Fires that ravaged Rubicon' by Ayre even before you MAKE the decision for the ending. You are called the 'Monster Who Burned the Stars' at the end. You cause Rubicon to be a dead planet by ramming a giant spaceship-city into a reserve of basically-technomagic-fuel that ALSO houses ascended(?) Rubiconians-- Rubiconians, I add, who didn't choose to have corporations fighting over their natural resources and are basically fighting a war of attrition that's ONLY won by Raven siding with them and fighting for their cause. Even during the fight against Ayre, it's not triumphant in any way, it's somber and heavy, with Ayre lamenting what 621 and her could have done together for the planet, and proclaims you as the Spark of War in Phase 2, realizing what you REALLY ARE to the planet.

The only counterpoint I was given during my conversation with these people was 'well you turn your back on Carla!' And yeah, I like Carla, she's pretty cool-- but she's not doing this for any other reason but fixing her and the Institute's mistakes. She didn't save you because you are YOU-- she saved you because you were the Ace and Final Piece that Walter trained and kept safe. Carla is cool, really helpful, and isn't a bad person, but she's still not acting in a way that's gonna turn out well for the planet of people who are harshly swept up in this hell by the PCA, Corporations, and Overseer. Again, we turn a planet into a 'Dead Planet' in the ending we DO side with her. It ends the war for Coral, but it also ends the entire planet that has Coral. It's erasing the sins of the Institute, but in the almost literally nuclear way.

Please, please give me a sanity check here. Fires of Raven ending is so heavy-handed and obvious with how sinister, somber, dire, and despairing it is. I'm not losing my mind here, am I?

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

disabled ppl w carers/PCA/ etc that not family or chosen family member (parents, sibling, significant other, close friends, etc), so basically like hired & don’t really interact w them outside of hired so they wouldn’t naturally already be going on trip if not be carer:

when you do long distance travel like if say train ticket plane ticket hotel. do you all (or like whatever paying for your care) pay for PCA/carer’s share. n do they get separate room for hotel etc. n for care hours do they get billed entire trip or only during hour directly help (if stay overnight n not need overnight care for example)

[futuretechcareercenter]

The Important Function of Healthcare Personnel in Nursing Homes: An Appreciation to Certified Nursing Assistants

In the world of healthcare, nursing homes play a vital role in providing care and support to elderly individuals and those with chronic illnesses. Among the healthcare personnel working in these facilities, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) stand out as essential contributors to the well-being and quality of life of the residents. This blog aims to highlight the significant functions of CNAs and express appreciation for their dedication and hard work.

The Role of Certified Nursing Assistants

Certified Nursing Assistants are frontline workers in nursing homes, offering direct care to residents. Their duties encompass a wide range of tasks, all aimed at ensuring the comfort and health of the individuals they serve. Here are some of the key responsibilities of CNAs:

Personal Care Assistance: CNAs help residents with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting. This assistance is crucial for residents who may have mobility issues or cognitive impairments.

Monitoring Health: CNAs are responsible for regularly checking vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse. They also observe and report any changes in a resident's health status to the nursing staff, ensuring timely medical intervention when needed.

Emotional Support: Beyond physical care, CNAs provide emotional support and companionship to residents. Their interactions can significantly impact the mental and emotional well-being of the residents, reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation.

Mobility Assistance: Many residents require help with moving around the facility. CNAs assist with transferring residents from beds to wheelchairs, walking, and ensuring they remain active to the extent possible.

Feeding Assistance: CNAs help with meal preparation and feeding, especially for residents who have difficulty eating on their own. Ensuring proper nutrition is vital for maintaining the health of nursing home residents.

The Importance of CNA Training

Given the critical role CNAs play in nursing homes, proper training is essential. CNA training in Long Island and CNA training in New York City provide aspiring nursing assistants with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in their roles. These training programs cover a wide range of topics, including:

Basic nursing skills

Infection control

Communication techniques

Resident rights

Safety procedures

By completing CNA training in Long Island or CNA training in New York City, individuals are better prepared to handle the demands of the job and provide high-quality care to residents.

Appreciating the Dedication of CNAs

Certified Nursing Assistants often work long hours and face challenging situations. Despite these difficulties, they remain dedicated to their work, driven by a genuine desire to help others. The impact of their efforts is profound, making a significant difference in the lives of nursing home residents.

Quality of Life Improvement: CNAs enhance the quality of life for residents by ensuring they receive the care and attention they need. Their support helps residents maintain their dignity and independence.

Relieving Family Stress: Families of nursing home residents can experience significant stress and worry about their loved ones. CNAs provide peace of mind to these families, knowing that their relatives are in capable and compassionate hands.

Building Relationships: CNAs often develop strong bonds with the residents they care for. These relationships are built on trust and mutual respect, contributing to a positive and nurturing environment within the nursing home.

Challenges Faced by CNAs

Despite their crucial role, CNAs face numerous challenges in their line of work. It is important to acknowledge these challenges and advocate for better support and recognition for CNAs.

Physical Demands: The job of a CNA is physically demanding, involving tasks such as lifting, bending, and long periods of standing. Proper training and workplace ergonomics are essential to prevent injuries.

Emotional Strain: Providing care for residents with serious health conditions can be emotionally taxing. CNAs often form close connections with residents, and witnessing their decline or passing can be difficult to cope with.

Workload: Nursing homes are often understaffed, leading to increased workloads for CNAs. This can result in burnout and decreased job satisfaction. Ensuring adequate staffing levels is crucial for maintaining the well-being of CNAs and the quality of care they provide.

Conclusion

Certified Nursing Assistants are the backbone of nursing homes, providing essential care and support to residents. Their dedication and hard work deserve recognition and appreciation. By understanding the important functions of CNAs and the challenges they face, we can advocate for better training, support, and working conditions for these invaluable healthcare workers. Whether through CNA training in Long Island or CNA training in New York City, preparing the next generation of CNAs is vital for ensuring the continued well-being of nursing home residents. To all the CNAs out there, thank you for your unwavering commitment to making a difference in the lives of those you care for.

[s3znl-gr3znl]

INCOMING COMMS

From: Lt Farelight, PCA

To: [ redacted ] AC // DRAGNET

Message: The PCA has been subject to a heist carried out by a splinter faction of Dosers. Theyre calling themselves the Guff. Three ACs penetrated one of our storage facilities and absconded with valuable cargo.

Your mission is to recover or destroy the stolen items before the Dosers can make use of it. An added reward will be given for each AC you take out in the process. Luckily they arent very smart and we managed to get a full readout of their ACs; I've gone ahead and forwarded the data.

Time is of the essence.

// END TRANSMISSION

"Justice. Answers. Revenge. Doesn't matter what you're looking for, nothing escapes the Dragnet."

Utilizing mid-range tactics, AC // DRAGNET casts a wide net to outnumber and entrap their targets. Having failed out of AC training for the PCA, the pilot of Dragnet has taken a less conventional approach to peacekeeping activities, though they must keep their identity a secret if they wish to remain employed. Easy enough since neither the PCA nor the Corps seem to care as long as they deliver.

Fuck man this was so much work and i havent even posted everything yet! Its crazy how much this game has to offer in setting, style, good ol fashioned fun, theories, and memes. Can honestly say it feels like this game changed the trajectory of my life in some ways.

[whileyoureinschoolidothisallday]

alrighty this is the last platform I haven't utilized yet so I might as well give it a go.

If you are a PCA (or willing to get trained in as one) in the Twin Cities Metro area, please hit me up in an ask or reply!!! Pay starts at $20 with shift differential and benefits package for full-timers!!!! I have Day shift (10a-5p Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturday, and/or Sunday) and Overnights (11a-7p Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and/or Sundays) available right now.

My only requirements are that you have a valid driver's license, are capable of lifting a max of 75lbs, you like cats, are up to date with your flu and COVID vaccines and are willing to stay up to date, and are willing to wear a surgical mask or better during your shifts.

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this has been sitting in my drafts for long enough im just gonna throw it out here

little bit of set up but its RLF headcanons

So Walter probably isn't the only person buying/using old gen augmented humans but it's been fifty years, he's running low on potential hounds. But, I think he started with the handful of gen 1s he could get- Sulla was successful at both buying his freedom and then staying alive- and worked his way through the available people. Walter doesn't try to get his hounds killed- they're expensive to replace- but it still happens to most of them. The handful that have survived have mostly stuck around on Rubicon for a least a few years before finding a way off planet.

Related- Walter has only been worried about his hounds having a (stolen) callsign within the last few years- for most of the time hes been operating on rubicon it hasn't been that necessary for dealing with just the rlf, dosers, and sometimes the pca when he needed to

so into the rubicon liberation front headcanons/rambling

Between him using the Mind Beta core and Allmind's list of potential release candidates I put Rokumonsen as a gen 3 augmented human- he's a previous hound of Walter's who managed to buy himself free, but didn't manage to make it off planet/wasn't successful enough as a lone mercenary to keep himself going. He has fought against the RLF before as a hound, but Little Ziyi found a starving guy in a beat up AC and dragged him back to the base and no one's gonna poke into his history too far (they do know. RLF knows about Walter and his hounds and that they're active. Not any of his specific goals, just that he's a mercenary handler interested in Coral). Ziyi is the RLF's 'little sister' and she's not, like, Spoiled spoiled. But she is a little bit- anyone else dragging a random, beat up and starving mercenary home was gonna have some problems trying to do that but Ziyi mostly avoided that.

Rokumonsen kinda went from 'dude that doesnt talk to anyone and flinches if you yell near him' to. Haiku reciting, Japanese obsessed guy he is. He fills the 'any mercenary can do this' jobs the RLF have- if it's not something they need Raven or one of the coral warriors for Rokumonsen usually gets to do it. (Personal headcanon is he's ethnically Indian and speaks Urdu and taught himself Japanese).

If one of the coral warriors dies, the RLF usually has other folk trained to use ACs that will fill the slot, but it takes a bit to make everything official. Little Ziyi was not planned to be a coral warrior, at least not as young as she is, but The RLF is taking a beating right now and they didn't have a choice. Ring Freddie was also just a backup pilot for a long time, but. Needs must, and he'd been volunteering for a while to help Dolmayan. He has been a coral warrior longer than Ziyi or Durham, part of why he has a much nicer/upgraded AC.

Which. Ring Freddie is a lot more attached to Dolmayan than Dolmayan is to him. Dolmayan does care for him! Just. Freddie's got an unhealthy attachment and Dolmayan isn't turning it away. Freddie is the first paramour/partner/whatever Dolmayan's had in a long time, and just having him does help Dolmayan to some degree, just. Guy is fully aware a lot of people have died directly because of him, and no 'if we weren't doing this they would have died anyway from the PCA/corporations taking over the planet' is gonna help him.

Durham is more suited to a construction setting than an AC but one of his jobs is motivation- guy's a huge ham, he's good at it for the folk who aren't sold on the RLF. He's a very recent Coral Warrior and isn't even as used to it as ZIyi.

Flatwell and Dolmayan are the longest standing coral warriors at this point- Dolmayan has seen. Many, many many people die, mostly to the PCA, some to doser factions, recently more and more to corporations moving in. He's pretty numb to it at this point. Flatwell... cares, but. I like to think he's ruthless- he sees the way from where they are to where he wants them to be and his goal is to get there. Corporations moving in and causing problems have forced him to change plans and tactics.

Back to Ziyi, actually- she's been raised piloting ACs, but she is the most recent Coral Warrior and she has a less than great AC because she's mostly kept away from combat, at least as much as Flatwell can. She isn't his daughter, but she's not not his daughter, and she does get some preferential treatment. She and Arshile are good friends- they have a promise to both stay alive until the planet is liberated. In the liberator ending she's given a quickly fixed up Steel Haze while Rusty's out with Steel Haze Ortus.

Rusty... isn't officially part of the RLF. Despite everything else he's also working to free Rubicon from the corporations and the PCA but he and Flatwell don't necessarily see eye-to-eye on methods. Flatwell did get him 'noticed' by Schneider but Rusty figured out getting augmentations himself before hand (...and gender confirming surgery/hormone implant because listen I'm making Many People Trans and I Cannot Be Stopped). He says he's eighth generation but he's either ninth or Not Augmented and just looks like he is (not sure on which one i like more rn).