GRAND JUNCTION — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own....
GRAND JUNCTION — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own....
GRAND JUNCTION — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own. Only a few can remember her name, but that doesn’t matter to her. “They’re somebody’s mom, somebody’s grandma,
A program in rural Colorado is training and retaining nurse and personal care aides in areas where the aging population is creating a need for them. But challenges remain for these workers.
During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can't get out of bed on their own. Only a few can remember her name, but that doesn't matter to her.
Apprentices take training classes at Western Colorado Area Health Education Center in Grand Junction and receive on-the-job training with local employers.
There is a push to get people the COVID booster shot by the holidays. Dr. Brandon Henry at the Texas-based Southwest Research Institute says their studies show that everybody loses about 50-percent of their antibodies six months after getting the COVID shots. That puts them at risk. So last week, th