Sunrise Community Living

To contact us:
Call 425-212-4210
1-800-808-9940

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Sunrise Home Care Agency's Caregiver Training Program has been providing accredited quality instruction in state-required basic caregiver training and continuing education for caregivers since 1997. We welcome caregivers from adult family homes, boarding homes, and fellow agencies, and individual providers and family caregivers. In fact, our classes are open to our entire community. We recognize that we are all caregivers, if not to a loved one, then to ourselves. Classes are available in English and Russian, and we welcome students of all languages. We teach over 2500 caregivers each year the necessary skills to provide excellent care.

Class series are rotated on a morning, afternoon, and evening schedule. We know how difficult it can be for caregivers to rearrange schedules on short notice, so classes are almost never cancelled. Each successful student receives a certificate of completion, and we guarantee replacement of lost certificates at any time for a small fee to cover costs. We also offer a new Home Study option for our Continuing Education classes, allowing greater flexibility for busy caregivers.

For ease of registration, please choose one of the options below:

Students who work for Adult Family Homes, Boarding Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Home Care Agencies, DD Programs, and unpaid Family Caregivers

July-December 2008

Students contracted as Individual Providers

July-December 2008 IP

NEW! Continuing Education Home Study

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When you are required to take a class, what could be better than to learn in a beautiful, comfortable education center dedicated to the training needs of care professionals?

We are proud to invite you to our Education Center for Care Professionals, located at 7016 Evergreen Way in Everett, WA. It features an ample continuing education classroom, a Fundamentals of Caregiving classroom complete with a skills lab, a full kitchen and a comfortable lobby for your relaxation between sessions.

Just imagine learning how to provide care for your client in the classroom, then practicing your new skills in "Mr. Himmer's" apartment (the skills lab)!

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A special message for unpaid family caregivers:

We recognize that family caregivers have an especially challenging task, often giving long hours with little or no training or support. Our hearts go out to you. To help you receive the training and support you need to enhance the loving care you give to your family member, we are pleased to offer free enrollment to all of our training classes. Please follow the links below to see our full schedule of classes. To enroll, please call the Training Coordinator at 425-212-4210 for assistance.


We want your experience in registering for any of our classes to be as simple and hassle-free as possible. To register, please see the schedule for class dates, times, and fees, print the registration form below, and send in the completed form with payment. Students who are individual providers through COPES or DDD need only complete and mail to us the training form provided by Snohomish County or DDD. Checks should be made out to Sunrise Services, Inc., and registrations mailed to: Sunrise Home Care Agency Attn: Training Coordinator PO Box 2569 Everett, WA 98213-0569 You may also fax your enrollment form (425-353-3552): please remember that payment must be received at the time of enrollment to guarantee your seat in class. We recommend paying for faxed enrollments using debit/credit card; for security you may wish to make payment over the phone to the Training Coordinator at 425-212-4210. When no payment is made with the enrollment request, an invoice will be sent. This is intended for information purposes only, and is not to be considered as confirmation. If you have registered for a class, and failed to make payment prior to the class start date, it is possible you may be denied attendance if the class is full. A letter confirming the class name, date and time will be sent once payment is received, with a map and driving directions to our training facility . Cancellation Policy: As caregivers ourselves, we know how difficult it can be to rearrange schedules on short notice, so classes are almost never cancelled. Unless you hear from us otherwise, please assume that your class will be held as scheduled. To assure ongoing access to classes for all our students, refunds can be given only when notice of enrollment cancellation is received at least 5 business days before class start date. FAQ
For an enrollment form:
Printable Enrollment Form This application is in Adobe Acrobat format. For a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader:	Or contact us at: Sunrise Home Care Agency 7003 Evergreen Way PO Box 2569 Everett, WA 98213-0569 425-212-4210 1-800-808-9940 OR webadmin @sunrisecommunityliving.com
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A message to all our students and colleagues

January 25, 2008

Dear Friends:

I want to take a moment to let you know that when you read this I will have moved to the Olympia area. My husband has a job there. I don�t want to leave without saying goodbye to all of you and to let you know that these last 9 � years have been wonderful. It has been my great pleasure and privilege to work with all of you and to see you stretch and reach to improve your caregiving skills. I will miss each one of you because you are more than students to me, you are friends, some of which I have known since my first days at Sunrise.

To all my dear friends at Sunrise: It has been a great ride! I have never worked for a more wonderful group of people. Thank you for every way you supported me and helped me over the years. To Sharon Bowers: YOU ARE THE BEST! I am going to miss all of you more than you will know. Keep up the good work and perhaps we shall meet again in a different venue.

With my best wishes for your continued success,

Sandie Williams LPN
Lead Instructor
Sunrise Services, Inc.

Our instructors are licensed medical professionals who present their classroom instruction with clarity, simplicity, and respect for students. Our goal is to make your learning experience informative and fun.

Sandie Williams has been an LPN for nearly 20 years, and has been teaching at Sunrise since 1998. Most of her practice has been in long term care, specializing in caring for clients with dementia. For many years she has been responsible for teaching various health care topics at in-services, in classroom settings, and with individual clients and their families. As the lead instructor at Sunrise, she supervises the classes and the Education Center. She is a knowledgeable, friendly, outgoing instructor who provides a relaxed atmosphere to enhance learning.

In 2005, Sandie received national recognition from Empire Who's Who as a Gold Member for her accomplishments as a healthcare professional. Nominated by her colleagues and accepted after careful review, Sandie joins professionals from many fields who consider it an honor to be chosen. Our congratulations to Sandie for her outstanding leadership and well-deserved recognition.

Sharon Bowers is an RN with over 25 years experience in Long Term Care, Home Care, and developmental disabilities. Sharon is also an experienced multi-facility Adult Family Home provider, and has been teaching Nurse Delegation at Sunrise Services since 1998. Sharon's experience, knowledge, and ability to present complex information with simplicity, clarity and respect for her students make her classes enjoyable and helpful.

Audrey Autrieth has been an RN for 25 years, working at all levels in a variety of nursing fields, and has been teaching at Sunrise since 2005. In addition, she also does Nurse Delegation for Sunrise. Her practice has taken her into a variety of nursing specialties, beginning with years of hospital nursing in general surgery, orthopedics, neuro-surgery, and pediatrics. Most of the 1980s Audrey spent in overseas duty in Saudi Arabia working in a military hospital operated by an American company, and then on to West Germany working for the US Army in military hospitals there. Upon returning to the US, she spent 4 years doing clinic nursing, including walk-in care and day surgery. At that point, Audrey went into long term care nursing. Serving in positions from Coordinator to Director of Nursing, she was responsible for various health care inservices, counseling clients and families, and teaching a variety of health related classes, including certified nursing assistant classes. She has also served as a RN tester for the Washington State testing of CNA applicants. With her deep background across the spectrum of nursing fields, Audrey is a knowledgeable and outgoing instructor and, according to her students, her classes are both interesting and very informative.

Raisa Lepkova was an RN for many years in Russia, practicing in both hospital and clinic settings. For 16 years she worked as an instructor at the medical college, teaching nursing skills and psychology. Here at Sunrise Services, Inc., she teaches all the Russian language classes. She is a knowledgeable instructor and well liked by her students, who frequently tell others about her ability to make classes interesting and meaningful.

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