Maine-ly Elder Care Blog

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!!