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I worked 2 jobs while going to school. One of them was being my grandpa's paid caregiver.
Tammy Shanklin, a licensed certified nursing assistant in Illinois, balances caregiving for her grandfather while working at an assisted living facility and attending cosmetology school. She transitioned to being her grandfather's paid caregiver through a home health agency and graduated from cosmetology school in March 2025.
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