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Self-described trailblazer helps people with disabilities

As a 19-year-old in the early 1970s, Lucia moved from her hometown of Cheesequake, N.J., to the Ozark Mountains in northwestern Arkansas.

She moved there with her husband to form a community with two other couples, said Lucia, 57. The community was part of a movement that was popular in the early 1970s known as the back to the land generation. The movement rejected the pursuit of wealth in favor of living off the land, she said.

"We went into the woods and started from scratch," Lucia said. "We lived in tents until we had cabins."

Their property, which the group owned, was two miles from the nearest paved road, Lucia said. Lucia and her friends lived off their gardens and their small animals.

"We raised chickens, turkeys and goats," Lucia said. "We grew potatoes and green beans."

Lucia occasionally worked as a waitress, but to do this, she had to drive 45 miles to the nearest city -- Fort Smith, Ark., she said.

The alternative lifestyle in the mountains, which lasted for about 15 years, was not the only trail Lucia has blazed. As a widow in 1998, she ventured into online dating and met Joseph Lucia. They have been happily married for a decade.

"We were trailblazers," Lucia said. "The online thing was new then. People were horrified to hear we met online."

Lucia said she moved to Frederick County to be with her husband, who is a local engineer.

Lucia is an administrator for Community Living Inc., which serves people with disabilities. The nonprofit group has 26 homes in the city of Frederick, Lucia said. The homes are residences for people with disabilities. Lucia manages the houses. Her work is similar to what she did as a nursing home administrator in Bella Vista, Ark., she said.

"It's a pretty close service to the elderly."

Lucia said she moved to Bella Vista in the late 1980s, after she decided to leave the commune.

A baby prompted the move, she said.

"I had a baby. I had to get serious."

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Nurse Aide Registry Arkansas | CNA Registry Arkansas | AK

If you are aiming to work in the Arkansas state based health care facility such as nursing home, long term care facility, hospital and others, you must get registered with the Arkansas Nurse Aide Registry, also known as the Long Term Care Facility Employment Clearance Registry (ECR), after completing the AR Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP), approved by the Office of Long Term Care and passing the AR Competency Evaluation Test.

Arkansas Nurse Aide Registry Overview

It is the responsibility of the AR Department of Health and Human Resources to establish regulate and maintain the Arkansas Nurse Aide Registry, which is incorporated as Long Term Care Facility Employment Clearance Registry (ECR).

The basic function of the Registry is to list all individuals, who have successfully completed requirements of the AR Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program, approved by the Office of Long Term Care. ECR also maintain the criminal records, which disqualifies job applicant or employees working in the long term care facility, including the records of abuse, neglect and theft of resident’s property in a facility where they are working.

The detailed information about the employers or nurse aides are made available to the public and it will be open for 24 x 7days through online services or by telephone.

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