Between 1997 and 2007, the number of nursing homes providing training and certification programs for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) fell by more than a third, according to a recent report.

A new high school training program aims to credential certified nurse assistants even before graduation and roll them directly into paid apprenticeships with ready-and-willing nursing home employers.

The 93-year-old dementia patient was getting anxious in her wheelchair. The woman, a resident of the Californian-Pasadena nursing home, wanted to see her husband but had forgotten he was at a nearby ...