Maine-ly Elder Care Blog

Maine-ly Elder Care congratulates the following employees who have recently completed and passed their PSS course, Heaher Nava, Kellie Bourgoin and Kayla Hawes. Congratulations Girls- keep up the good work and remember to never stop learning!

Congrats to Judith Scott PSS, she is the lucky winner of our monthly drawing and has won a $25 gas card. Judith had no call outs for the month of January, she is an excellent caregiver and is always willing pick up extra hours when needed. Thank You Judith for your hard work and dedication, we appreciate it! Keep up the good work!

The inservice on Time Sheet Tasks will be rescheduled to next Thursday February 25th from 3-4 pm. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will be able to join us next Thursday.

Maine-ly Elder Care will be having an inservice on time sheet tasks- particularly the health maintenance tasks, we have had alot of questions about this task.  The inservice will be held at Maine-ly Elder Care on Wednesday February 17th from 2-3 pm.  We will be serving refreshments, we hope to see you there!!

As we have all heard, Governor Baldacci has proposed cutting all MaineCare programs by 10%.  These cuts will  greatly affect home and community based services that are provided to the elderly, mentally ill and physically disabled citizens of Maine.  The Times Record, a newspaper in mid coast Maine has published an article that calls these cuts Penny Wise and Pound Foolish.  The article can be viewed at http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2010/02/06/opinion/editorials/doc4b6c695964b72510411808.txt

The message of this article is really that home and community based services save the state of Maine money.  If home and community based services get cut, this will ultimately push people into more expensive settings, which will cost more money in the long run.  We encourage people to contact their local legislatures to let them know that we need to preserve home and community based services.  You can find your local representatives at www.maine.gov  click on legislature and then click on contact us and click find your representative.

Priscilla Heald is the winner of our monthly drawing for a $25 gas certificate. Priscilla had no call outs for the month of December. Priscilla is an excellent caregiver and has been with Maine-ly Elder Care for five years. Her clients always comment on how she is such a caring person who goes above and beyond. Thank You Priscilla, we appreciate your caring and kindness! Keep up the great work!!

Maine-ly Elder Care will be offering an inservice on how to prevent slips and falls  in the workplace.  The inservice will be held at Maine-ly Elder Care on Thursday January 21st from 3pm- 4pm.  Refreshments will be served.  Hope to see you there!

Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan will be holding another H1n1 vaccine clinic on the following dates  Wednesday January 6, 2010 and Monday January 11, 2010 from 4pm – 7pm, these clinics will be open to everyone.  If you or a family member need to be vaccinated for the h1n1 (swine) flu this is a great opportunity to get it done.  Maine-ly Elder Care strongly encourages all employees to get vaccinated.  For more information you can call 858-2452.

The flu season is here and Maine-ly Elder Care strongly encourages all employees to obtain the H1N1 (swine flu) vaccination.  As healthcare workers we are people most at risk from the H1N1 flu.  There is a clinic for FREE  H1N1 vaccinations on the following dates;  December 16th and December 21st, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Redington -Fairview General Hospital  in  Conference Room #1.  If you would like more information you can call 858-2452 or you can call the office at 465-3249.

Maine-ly Elder Care wishes all employees and consumers a happy holiday season! Best wishes to all for a safe and happy New Year. The holidays are about family and traditions, and one of my favorite holiday traditions is holiday cooking! I love cooking and enjoying the comforts of home and family at the same time. I have included a couple of my new favorite holiday recipes. If you have a sweet tooth like I do, then these recipes are for you!! Enjoy~

EASY OREO TRUFFLES
1 pkg of Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies, finely crushed
1 pkg (8oz) Cream Cheese,softened
2 pkg (8 squares each) Bakers Semi Sweet chocolate, melted
Mix 3 cups of the cookie crumbs and the cream cheese until well blended. Shape into 42 balls. Dip balls in melted chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

OREO CANDY CANE BARK
3 pkg (6oz. each) Baker’s Premium White Baking Chocolate
15 Oreo chocolate Sandwich Cookies, coarsely chopped (about 2 cups)
3 candy canes, crushed (about 1/4 cup)
Cover large baking sheet with foil; set aside. Microwave chocolate in large microwavable bowl on HIGH for 2 min. or until almost melted, stirring every 30 sec. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in chopped cookies. Spread immediately onto prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes; press candy lightly into chocolate with back of spoon. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Break into pieces.