Thank you for posting the list of DE 20 Year Club members and your kind words about the program. The Twenty Year Club is a nationwide honorary member organization for experienced nursing assistants who provide direct care in nursing homes, homes, hospices, or other long-term care services. The 20 Yr Club members are the “wisdom keepers of what works.” They play an important role as models for new NAs and also send a message to the community about “Stayers” in health care.

Many states (like Delaware), cities, organizations, facilities, agencies, groups and others do conduct conventions or conferences in conjunction with the annual observance of National Nursing Assistants and Direct Care Workers Week, now in its 32nd year. Projects begun during NAWeek are designed to continue throughout the year to address specific issues of care and caring.

The focus for 2009 is teamwork and the slogan is “Yes WE Can.” The teamwork guide for ’09 includes inservices, discussion guides, program plans and forms for planning events for NAs and other hands-on workers in long term care and provides a guide for initiation and continuation of projects of importance to NAs and Direct Care Workers

Hope this helps. Feel free to contact us if you have questions or if we can be of help. You also can find more info on our web site at http://www.cna-network

Jeni
Genevieve Gipson RN MEd RNC, Director
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
cnajeni@aol.com

Tracy Dudzinski
Direct Care Worker
DCA Board Member