Sitrin offers scholarship to train future nursing aides

NEW HARTFORD — The Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center is providing eight academic scholarships for individuals interested in enrolling in the Madison-Oneida BOCES nursing-aide training program. Upon graduation, scholarship students are guaranteed employment at Sitrin and must sign a two-year employment contract with Sitrin, the health-care organization announced in a release. The 125-hour course includes 95 classroom and skills-lab hours plus 30 clinical hours. The scholarship covers tuition and associated costs including books, uniforms, shoes, watch, and state-exam fees. “If you want to help people, weren’t sure how to begin a career in nursing, or though school might be too expensive, then this is the program for you,” Brenda Cobane, Sitrin VP of long-term care, contends. The scholarships are funded through contributions from GPO Federal Credit Union and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Sitrin is a not-for-profit provider of advanced health care and wellness services, including nine houses for long-term residential living, an outpatient rehabilitation facility and diagnostic and treatment center, an inpatient rehab unit, assisted living, housing for medically complex individuals with intellectual disabilities, and a specialized unit for patients with Huntington’s Disease and ALS. It also offers a child-care center for infants through preschool-aged children, comprehensive care for veterans, an adaptive-sports program, adult day care, a dental clinic, aquatic therapy, and a wellness and aquatic center.