How I got started in home health care is I only had to go to school for half a day through my junior and senior year in high school I would go over to the elementary school and the town I'm from which is Kermit Texas and help the handicapped disabled children with their lunch during their lunch hour I enjoyed doing that I like to help others I worked in my first nursing home in Midland Texas called Manor Park I worked there for about two years then moved back to my hometown Kermit Texas and worked in the nursing home there got my certification for CNA worked there for about five years and then I got married and moved to Alabama and my certification went out because I was not in Texas and it doesn't transfer So I lost my certification because I wasn't in the state of Texas but I have done caregiving same thing is CNA all my life and I enjoy doing it I've done living in a non-nursing homes I've done their own home 12 hour shifts are eight hour shifts I've dealt with just about pretty much anything that there is to be dealt with with the elderly people I prefer the 12 hour shifts or I could do a live in or whatever is available I can do it I started working as a caregiver/CNA when I was 19 years old and I am now 48 that's how long I've been doing this kind of work
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