ATTENTION Home Care for Maine DCWs

After much discussion it has been decided that Home Care for Maine will be continuing with our 6 hours of required education for calendar year 2008. This means you MUST have 6 HOURS of education for calendar year 2008. If you were hired in 2008, or completed a PSS or Homemaker course in 2008, you do not need to attend. The following is a list of upcoming Area Meetings. As many of you are aware, several of the past meetings have been cancelled due to the lack of attendance. We will be requiring you to choose and attend one of the following meetings. You will be paid for your time and mileage over 20 miles. Your scheduler will work with you to re-schedule your consumers so that you can meet the educational requirements. All Meetings will cover the same material: 9-12 Infection Control/Body Mechanics; Filling shifts, reporting, OES self direct 12-12:30 Lunch (please bring a bag lunch with you) 12:30 -3:30 Understanding Intake and Funding Sources You must attend all 6 hours. Schedule for remaining Area Meetings for 2008 10/21 South Gardiner Baptist Church, Rt 24/River Road, South Gardiner 10/23 Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, 50 Union Street, Ellsworth 11/4 Bangor Career Center, 45 Oak Street, Bangor 11/12 Mid Coast Community Action, 34 Wing Farm Parkway, Bath 11/19 Portland DHHS Building, 161 Marginal Way, Portland 12/2 Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast 12/9 Alfred Town Office, 16 Saco Road, Alfred Please note that the Alfred date has been changed from the previously issued calendar. Also, the meeting in South Gardiner has been added. We have also removed the meeting that was scheduled in Houlton, as there are just four workers in that area who will need the 6 hours training. We will work with these four people individually to get their hours completed.