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Companion services include: friendly visiting, incidental shopping and <br /> ' errands, telephone reassurance and incidental assistance with activities of <br /> daily living. Companion services also include accompanying a participant <br /> to and from medical appointments, shopping, banking and other personal <br /> errands,and various socialization activities. Other duties include providing <br /> supervisory and supportive services to maintain the health and safety of <br /> a participant when the caregiver needs a period of relief or is unable to <br /> provide care. Mileage reimbursement, not to exceed the Federal <br /> government rate for the use of privately owned vehicles, may be included <br /> when used to perform companion services. <br /> If the services cannot be provided by the participant's informal care <br /> network or by volunteers, the demonstration site may contract for <br /> necessary companion services with an agency capable of performing such <br /> services. If the demonstration site utilizes an individual contractor to <br /> provide this service, the demonstrarion site must provide the professional <br /> � � supervision and monitoring necessary to assure appropriate and timely <br /> service provision. <br /> 10. Companion for Education and Trainin¢ <br /> There is a distinction between regular companion services and those <br /> ( companion services performed when the caregiver leaves the home to <br /> receive education and training provided under this demonstration. The <br /> service, companion for education and training, is to be used only in those <br /> instances when the caregiver leaves the home for education and training. <br /> All other companion services will be categorized as described in item 8 <br /> above. <br /> C. Other Covered Services <br /> 1. Home Delivered Meals <br /> Meals include preparation, packaging and delivery of one or more meals <br /> fcr participants who ar� unable to prepare or obtain nourishing meals. <br /> To be eligible for reimbursement, the provider of service must meet all <br /> . applicable State regulatory requirements for the preparation, packaging <br /> and delivery of home-delivered meals as well as the following program i <br /> requirements: <br /> � <br /> III-10 <br />