Helen Hanson is a direct care worker who was one of the principal organizers of Local 771, which is a part of mseaseiu.org and represents direct care and home health care workers in Maine. She has started a new career as an advocate for the Direct Care Alliance and has a blog where you can follow her work:
http://blog.directcarealliance.org/author/hhanson/
Helen is also running for the State House of Representatives from House District 55. There is a great new profile of her on Emerge Maine!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Former Local 771 President Helen Hanson's new direct care blog...
Helen Hanson is a direct care worker who was one of the principal organizers of Local 771, which is a part of mseaseiu.org and represents direct care and home health care workers in Maine. She has started a new career as an advocate for the Direct Care Alliance and has a blog where you can follow her work:
http://blog.directcarealliance.org/author/hhanson/
Helen is also running for the State House of Representatives from House District 55. There is a great new profile of her on Emerge Maine!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Health Voucher Program Helps Mainers Afford Insurance
Maine PASA and its members have been working very hard to get the message out to the home health workforce that there are options in getting and maintaining affordable health insurance for themselves and their families.
More info at http://www.dirigohealth.maine.gov/
Friday, October 8, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
New grant for Home Health Care training for Maine
A total of $4.2 million was awarded to California, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and North Carolina for the project. The six states that are participating in the three-year PHCAST Program are expected to train over 5,100 personal home care aides by 2013.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/09b/state_charts.html
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