The Caregiver's Journal with Lance A. Slatton & Cindy (PT) & Christina (ST) "Developing Caregivers"
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Enriched Life Home Care Services
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🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
The Caregiver's Journal hosted by Lance A. Slatton with Cindy (PT) & Christina (ST) Hardin-Weiss.
The Caregiver's Journal is the show where we are sharing the caregiving experiences, stories, and wisdom of family caregivers.
Chapter 10 - "Developing Caregivers":
About Vicky Castillo MSN, RN.: Vicky Castillo MSN, RN is an accomplished nurse in Arizona with over 37 years of diverse experience in the healthcare field. For the past 15 years, she has been dedicated to shaping the future of nursing by educating the next generation of nurses and nursing assistants.
Driven by her passion for nursing assistant education, Vicky founded FACETS Healthcare Training in 2018, which provides both national and state-specific test preparation for nursing assistants—an invaluable resource for students and educators across the country. In addition to her professional caregiving career, Vicky has taken on personal caregiver roles, caring for her elderly mother until her passing, and more recently, her special needs elderly sister. Through these experiences, she has witnessed the challenges and rewards of caregiving from both a professional and personal perspective.
Vicky is excited to share her journey, insights, and lessons learned, with the hope that others will benefit from her unique blend of expertise and compassionate care.
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| 0:00.0 | The |
| 0:07.0 | The The |
| 0:23.6 | The Welcome back to the caregiver journal podcast. I'm your co-host, Lance A. Slatin. I have the esteemed privilege of welcoming our other co-host, Cindy and Christina Hardin-Wise, founders of Adaptive Equipment Caregiver Corner. Welcome, ladies. |
| 0:59.2 | Hi, Lance. Hi, Lance. How you doing? Good to see you again. |
| 1:01.9 | Always good to see you guys and start off the new year, seeing you. What more can I ask for? |
| 1:07.8 | And today we're joined by Vicki Castillo. |
| 1:11.3 | She is a family caregiver, a registered nurse, and the owner of FACTS's healthcare training. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome, Vicki. |
| 1:17.7 | How are you? |
| 1:18.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:19.4 | Thank you. |
| 1:20.1 | I'm doing great this morning. |
| 1:21.7 | Greetings from Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 1:24.5 | Okay. |
| 1:25.0 | All right. |
| 1:25.3 | I'm going to hold that against you because welcome from cold, frigid Michigan. Okay. All right. I'm going to hold that against you because welcome from cold, frigid, Michigan. |
| 1:31.4 | Right. We pay for it though in the summertime. Yes. You know. 24 degrees. So this is our |
| 1:37.9 | compensation for what we have to go through in the summer. Yes. I totally relate. I have family that live in Lake Havasu, |
| 1:45.4 | so I can understand that. You know, Vicki, first, you know, again, welcome to the |
| 1:50.4 | caregivers journal. We're sharing stories with real caregivers. And I introduced you as a registered |
| 1:56.0 | nurse, the owner of FACTS, health care training. But the first thing is, you're a family caregiver. |
| 2:02.4 | Why don't you share with us and our viewers and listeners how and when you became a family |
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