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UPCOMING EVENTS AND RECORDINGS

Join Us at the 2024 StateWide Convention – Mastering the Power of Aging

Register Now for Insight, Advocacy, and Action!

  • NEW LOCATION: Embassy Suites in Saratoga Springs, NY
  • INTERACTIVE FORUMS – hear directly from elected officials on key issues impacting seniors – and visit our convention Exhibit Hall (October 22).
  • EXHIBIT HALL: Showcase your products and services as an exhibitor. Click here for more information.
  • SPONSOR PACKAGES AVAILABLE: View convention sponsorship opportunities here.
  • For additional details, call 518-436-1006.

Patient Advocate Teach in - October 29, 2024

Topic: Helping Informal Caregivers Succeed in their Important Role

Speaker: Ronald E. Roel is a is the nationally known journalist and the author of Caregiving Navigator, a comprehensive resource for informal caregivers. Ron is president of Roel Resources, a firm that provides editorial services, specializing in aging and retirement planning issues.

Patient Advocate Teach in - SEP 17, 2024

Topic: Problem Gambling for Seniors: How to Detect and Prevent Problems or Get Help When it is Needed; Speaker: Jonathan Crandall, BSW, CRPA, VSR | Special Population Coordinator, NY Council on Problem Gambling

StateWide Joins Senator Schumer to Celebrate Medicare Prescription Price Controls

Sen. Schumer toured the state last week to make sure Medicare enrollees know about changes to improve their drug coverage that were adopted in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  At each stop, StateWide members joined him to celebrate.

Photo: StateWide’s Maria Alvarez joined US Senator Charles Schumer and other Albany officies to promote the Medicare out of pocket drug savings

Executive Director Maria Alvarez interviewed on WWCP - Project Independence and You

  • Friday, June 28, 2024
  • WCWP/88.1 Radio and WCWP.org

Thank you to Project Independence with the Town of North Hempstead Department of Services for the Aging for inviting StateWide Executive Director, Maria Alvarez, on their show.

To watch the segment, click on the button (below).

 

Patient Advocate Program Teach ins - Recordings

MAY 2024 – A Conversation with Rhonda Schwartz, Regional Administrator, Administration for Community Living, Region II: NY, NJ, PR, VI

APRIL 2024 – How to Appeal a Hospital or Nursing Home Discharge or Complaint About the Quality of Care from a Health Care Provider

MARCH 2024 – Complaining About Hospital Care to the NYS Department of Health

FEBRUARY 2024 – The Mental Hygiene Legal Service (MHLS) Program

JANUARY 2024 – New Health Insurance Option for Undocumented Immigrants aged 65 and older

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