Illinois programs tackle Africa’s nursing shortage

Nurse Theresa Poole spent her days this month offering health screening and medications as a volunteer in the Republic of Zambia. She delivered analgesics to suffering patients and taught HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Poole returned home Wednesday to her job at the Rosewood Care Centers, residential centers serving several communities in Illinois. In Africa, she served [...]

Aptos couple works for change in Tanzanian homeland

Forty-seven years after leaving his Northern Tanzanian village to seek an education, Aptos resident John Shoka and his life partner Mary Braham have launched a bold effort to improve living conditions in his impoverished homeland.
For the couple, both recently retired college professors, Kishapu is a place calling for change. They envision basic amenities for the [...]

Tafford Announces Nursing Scholarship Winners

Tafford Uniforms, a leading supplier of nursing scrubs, shoes, and medical accessories, today announced that two students have been awarded the Tafford Uniforms Nursing Scholarship. Charla Walker and Nathan Brimmer are respectively the fifth and sixth recipients of the Tafford Scholarship, which was first awarded in June 2007.
Charla Walker has been awarded the scholarship to [...]

Tafford Announces Nursing Scholarship Winners

Tafford Uniforms, a leading supplier of nursing scrubs, shoes, and medical accessories, today announced that two students have been awarded the Tafford Uniforms Nursing Scholarship. Charla Walker and Nathan Brimmer are respectively the fifth and sixth recipients of the Tafford Scholarship, which was first awarded in June 2007.
Charla Walker has been awarded the scholarship to [...]

Mrs. Patrick became a registered nurse through the Sacred Heart Nurse in Cumberland.

Retired Navy Capt. Earl Buckwalter, 87, of Austin, Texas, and formerly of Annapolis, died Aug. 6.
Capt. Buckwalter was born Oct. 1, 1920, in West Chester, Pa., to the late Charles and Katherine Buckwalter. He attended West Chester High School and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943.
He served in the Navy for 30 years, with [...]

The first class of associate degree nursing students has graduated from Baker College of Cadillac

West Shore Medical Center recently presented four area high school seniors with scholarships of $500: Joshua Briggs, an Onekama High school graduate, who will be attending Grand Valley State University to study pre-medicine; Julia Kedrowski, a Manistee High School graduate who is attending Grand Valley State University to study nursing and hopes to become a [...]

A licensed nursing facility, 36 assisted living apartments with round-the-clock supervision

The Twin Lakes community, now more than 500 people strong, had humble beginnings 25 years ago.
Wade and Agnes Coble, a couple with a penchant for helping others, wanted to be sure that senior citizens were cared for in Alamance County. They left a generous gift for Macedonia Lutheran Church, where they were members, with a [...]

Senator Diane Black to Receive Executive Leadership Award

The Tennessee Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (TNAHSA) plans to honor Senator Diane Black with the Executive Leadership Award at their annual conference in Nashville on Tuesday, August 5. Black is being recognized for her long history of advocacy for Tennessee’s underprivileged, elderly and disabled, including her work with TNAHSA as sponsor [...]

Senator Diane Black to Receive Executive Leadership Award

The Tennessee Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (TNAHSA) plans to honor Senator Diane Black with the Executive Leadership Award at their annual conference in Nashville on Tuesday, August 5. Black is being recognized for her long history of advocacy for Tennessee’s underprivileged, elderly and disabled, including her work with TNAHSA as sponsor [...]

Senator Diane Black to Receive Executive Leadership Award

The Tennessee Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (TNAHSA) plans to honor Senator Diane Black with the Executive Leadership Award at their annual conference in Nashville on Tuesday, August 5. Black is being recognized for her long history of advocacy for Tennessee’s underprivileged, elderly and disabled, including her work with TNAHSA as sponsor [...]