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June 19th Conference Call – Federal Actions and Proposals
Special Guest Speaker: Amy Gotwals, lobbyist for the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) Date: Friday, June 19th, 10AM Call: 712-832-8330 OR 425-436-6260 Access code: 4715203# Documents for the Call: n4a Federal Policy Update Powerpoint Presentation...
Budget Briefing – Important Documents 4/17/20 Conference Call
Please click on the documents below for the Budget Briefing Call: 1. 2020 Powerpoint Executive Budget 2. StateWide's Aging Budget Analysis
Federal Issues Highlighted
StateWide will hold a conference call to review federal actions and proposals. Special Guest Speaker Amy Gotwals, lobbyist for the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Friday, June 19, 10AM
Call: 712-832-8330 OR 425-436-6260
Access code: 4715203#
Social Security Announces 1.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2020
Time to Speak Up About Nursing Home Quality Concerns
The NYS Legislature will be holding hearings to review New York State’s rate of infection and mortality due to COVID-19 in residential health care facilities on August 10. There will also be a hearing on hospital care during the pandemic on August 12. More...
Healthy Neighborhoods Program
The Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP) is a FREE program committed to creating healthier neighborhoods one home at a time by reducing environmental health and safety issues in the home. HNP provides in-home safety visits with FREE safety supplies for qualifying...
Nursing Home Visitors Are Returning After 5 Months
By Nick Reisman City of Albany PUBLISHED 4:54 PM ET Jul. 14, 2020 For 15 years, Mary Pritchard was a nursing home ombudsman in Schenectady in the early days of the program meant to protect residents in communal care. "We were not advocating for the family, we...