Training Personal Care Aides to deliver quality care
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Sharon K. Brothers, MSW
We’re excited around the aQuire Training offices. We just received our private school license from the Oregon Department of Education to offer the Personal Care Aide Certification course (and some other pre-hire courses) though our newest website identity, the Institute for Professional Care Education ( www.IPCed.com ). ...
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Personal Care Products are Toxic to Your Health
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Kathleen
Most of us don’t give enough thought to toxin exposure in our daily lives. Consumers are lead to believe that carcinogens and other toxins in personal care products are harmless because they’re present in such small quantities. The ugly truth is that we use multiple personal care products, exposing us to hundreds of ...
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WHAT PERSONAL CARE SERVICES ARE NEEDED BY OLDER ADULTS?
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Bob T.
... be available in every community. Are they available in yours? Not every person will need every service, but every service will be needed by someone. This blog post lists the Personal Care Services that were identified: 1. personal supervision and protection 2. supervision and assistance with personal care including care of skin, mouth, hair, etc ...
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Certified Personal Care Aides offer advantages to consumer and providers
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Sharon K. Brothers, MSW
... settings (home care, assisted living or residential care, typically), few pre-employment requirements exist. The federal government has just recently agreed on a job title – Personal Care Aide – for caregivers in these settings. Training? Certification? Not so much. But for employers hiring caregivers in these settings, pre-employment certific ...
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Are The Ingredients In Personal Care Products Safe?
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Kevin ..
The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragerance Association has recently changed its name to the Personal CareProducts Council which is a trade organization that represents skin care manufacturers. The PCPC works closely with the FDA to help make products safe here in th ...
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Avoid Toxic Personal Care Products
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Meatless Mama
I avoid most commercial personal and beauty products because they are loaded with potentially dangerous chemicals. The skin is the body's largest organ, and it absorbs toxins from the chemicals you p ...
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More Personal Care Products
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Linda Anderson
In October I wrote about shampoo or no-poo and four chemicals commonly found in personal care products that are health concerns. Those are fragrances, phthalates, parabens, and Triclosan. Since then I have been looking for products that are natural in or ...
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Nanoparticles in Personal Care Products Harm the Environment
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DiseaseProof
... National Meeting of the American Chemical Society scientists expressed concern over the environmental and human health risks of nanotechnology, microscopic particles used in personal care products like sunscreen and cosmetics that are highly effective at penetrating the skin. Researchers suggest the chemicals many nanoparticles contain, like nano- ...
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Are You Green with Your Personal Care?
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Kiki P.1 Comment
You may not think too much about your bath soap, or even your face cream or hair gel, but the realm of personal care products is an important area to think green—for your health as much as for the planet. Did you know that under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, ...
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The Search for a New Personal Care Physician is Now in Progress
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Bob DeMarco
... to each and everyone of you that took the time to comment on this website, on my Facebook Wall, and who sent me personal emails regarding the untimely death of our wonderful personal care physicians--Doctor Carlos Chiriboga. Your kind words give me comfort, and importantly help empower me to move forward. I already started the search for a new p ...
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