Calendar

Events in January–March 2020

  • - Albany County Chapter Forum: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF LIVING IN 5 YEARS?, NYC Chapter Meeting 1-13-2020
    Albany County Chapter Forum: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF LIVING IN 5 YEARS?

    Albany County Chapter Forum: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF LIVING IN 5 YEARS?


    January 13, 2020

    Are you aging in place or contemplating retirement? It's time to think about where you will live to stay active, avoid isolation and thrive in the future. This forum will help us better understand the residential options available.

    A light lunch will be served. No charge to attend. see the flyer

    RSVPs needed by Thursday, January 9, 2020. Call 518-689-1084 or email statewide4@gmail.com

    Capital District YMCA Guilderland Branch
    250 Winding Brook Drive
    Guilderland, NY
    NYC Chapter Meeting 1-13-2020

    NYC Chapter Meeting 1-13-2020


    January 13, 2020

    NYC Chapter Meeting

    NYC Chapter Meeting Notice January 2020

     

     

    1199 Retirees Division Office
    330 West 42nd Street, 9th floor
    NY, NY 10036
  • - Jan 21 Teach in: How to Plan For A Funeral and Know Your Rights
    Jan 21 Teach in: How to Plan For A Funeral and Know Your Rights

    Jan 21 Teach in: How to Plan For A Funeral and Know Your Rights


    January 21, 2020

    Tuesday, January 21st, 2020.  10 AM - 11 AM

    Speaker: Elvira Hoffman, former President of the Funeral Consumer’s Alliance of Long Island and New York City, Inc.
    Call in number: 1-605-562-0400; 425-436-6260; 712-832-8330 Access code: 4715203#

    Patients Advocates Telephone Teach-in for JAN 2020.pub

    Funeral Needs Know Your Rights.pub

    Form: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Bureau of Funeral Directing: Appointment of Agent to Control Disposition of Remains

     

  • - STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL
    STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL

    STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL


    January 30, 2020

    January 30, 2020. 10:00 AM

    Call in numbers: 712-832-8330; 425-436-6260.  Access code 4715203#

    Briefing on Aging Issues in the State Budget
    Please see analysis:
    Budget Chart
    Talking Points

  • - NYC Chapter Meeting
    NYC Chapter Meeting

    NYC Chapter Meeting


    February 10, 2020

    NYC Chapter Meeting

    Date: Monday, February 10, 2020 Time: 1:30pm– 3:30 pm

    NYC Chapter Meeting Notice February 2020

    Place: 1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036
    Presentation: How to Read Your Health Explanation of Benefits Notices (MSN’s & EOB’s)
    Presenter: Leslie Sierra, Outreach Counselor, SMP Program New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Inc.
    Advocacy- Update
    - Lani Sanjek, Member, Public Policy Committee
    - Lowell Green, President, NYC Chapter
    For more information:
    Tel.: (646) 918-6101
    Email: lowellg_10467@yahoo.com
    Next Meeting: March 9, 2020
    NOTE: If NYC School are closed on the days of the meeting due to snow or other emergency situations, please assume that our meeting is cancelled. Safety First!

    1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036
    330 West 42nd Street, 9th floor
    NY, NY 10036
  • - Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State
    Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State

    Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State


    February 18, 2020

    Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Time: 10:00 am—11:00 am

    Speaker: Ray Babowicz, Director of Communications, Government Relations, and Marketing Community Health Center of the North Country

    Call in number: 1-605-562-0400; Access code: 4715203#

    If you have problems dialing into number listed above try 218-339-7800 or 712-832-8330

    Feb 2020 Flyer

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • - STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL, Saratoga Chapter Meeting - Feb 2019
    STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL

    STATE BUDGET BRIEFING CALL


    February 20, 2020

    Briefing on Medicaid and other (non-Aging specific) issues in the State Budget
    Thursday, FEB. 20th, 10 AM
    Call in numbers.  712-832-8330, 425-436-6260
    Access code 4715203#

    Background reading:
    Medicaid Matters NY position paper
    2020 state budget revenue options
    Gotham Gazette article:  Deep analysis of the Medicaid budgeting errors by NYS Division of the Budget led to the crisis.

     

    Saratoga Chapter Meeting - Feb 2019

    Saratoga Chapter Meeting - Feb 2019


    February 20, 2020

    Date: Thursday, February 20
    Time: 2:00 to 3:30 pm
    Location: Summit at Saratoga; 1 Perry Road, Saratoga Springs
    Topic: 2019 Community Health Assessment for Saratoga County: Findings, Activities and Future Efforts"
    Presenter: Meg O'Leary, J.D., MPH
    Public Health Planner, Saratoga County Public Health Services

    Saratoga Chapter Meeting Flyer

  • - NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020
    NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020

    NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020


    March 9, 2020

    NYC Chapter Meeting Date: Monday, March 9, 2020

    Time: 1:30pm– 3:30 pm

    Place: 1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036

    Presentation: Update: MTA Subways Lawsuit: How To Get Involved
    Presenter:Emily Seelenfreund, Esq. Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates

    Advocacy- Update
    o Lani Sanjek, Member, Public Policy Committee
    o Lowell Green, President, NYC Chapter

    Health Care Corner
    o Leslie Sierra, SMP Outreach Counselor
    NY StateWide Senior Action Council

    For more information:
    Tel.: (646) 918-6101
    Email: lowellg_10467@yahoo.com
    Next Meeting: March 9, 2020
    NOTE: If NYC School are closed on the days of the meeting due to snow or other emergency situations, please assume that our meeting is cancelled. Safety First!

  • - Census 2020 Discuss & Dine
    Census 2020 Discuss & Dine

    Census 2020 Discuss & Dine


    March 12, 2020

    Please join us for an informative program followed by an optional dinner.
    This program is cosponsored by the Area Agencies on Aging from Schenectady, Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga.
    For more information see the event flyer

    Cohoes Senior Center
    10 Cayuga Plaza
    Cohoes, NY
  • - Patients Rights Work Group March 19, 2020
    Patients Rights Work Group March 19, 2020

    Patients Rights Work Group March 19, 2020


    March 19, 2020

    The New York StateWide Senior Action Council invites you to participate in a phone conference meeting for our Patients Rights work group on March 19 from 10-11 am.

    This is a follow up to the December 10 Telephone Teach In we held on patients rights.   We appreciated the great participation from local chapters on that call.

    HERE IS THE INFORMATION TO DIAL IN:

    Call in number: 605-562-0400

    Access code:  4715203#

    Other numbers you can use to dial in if the line is busy: 425-436-6260 or 

    712-832-8330

    We would like each Chapter to have at least one representative participate in the call.  If you cannot participate please try to ask another member to represent your chapter if possible.

    The agenda and links to materials are provided below..

    Agenda

    1.  Patient Information Form--A tool to to help physicians assure access and communication when a patient is referred to a hospital.

    2.  Model sympathy card--For practices can use to communicate with families of deceased patients.

    3.  Proposals to improve patients rights policies..

    4.  Possible Actions for local Chapters to Improve Local Hospital Care:- Patient information forms and sympathy cards

    - Hospital caregiver access assessments

    - Resources on StateWide's website

    Update on statewide and national campaigns that StateWide can partner with to improve patient safety:

    -"Better Together Campaign" of the Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care which offers a self assessment tool to help hospitals improve Change their policies to create a patient- and family-centered culture where families are recognized as essential to patients' health and well-being, and where they are respected as allies for quality and safety.

    https://www.ipfcc.org/bestpractices/better-together-partnering.html

    https://www.ipfcc.org/bestpractices/Better-Together-Self-Assessment.pdf  -”Take Charge Campaign” National Initiative  www.takecharge.care that will kick off in March and run through September to educate patients and caregivers to improve patient safety and empower patients.   Here is a link to a short video about the campaign.

    https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=aLxu8LKYgp8&t=1s

    -Age Friendly Health Systems is a National and State Initiative started by the Hartford Foundation  to improve care for the elderly using the 4Ms approach.

    https://www.johnahartford.org/age-friendly-health-systems-initiative

     

    - Community Voices for Health System Accountability (CVHSA)   An alliance of NY consumer advocacy organizations working to raise the voices of communities impacted by major changes such as mergers, down sizing, and closings of hospital systems.

    Next Steps:

    • Tool kit
    • Regional forums to discuss problems related to patient rights
  • - Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group
    Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group

    Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group


    March 24, 2020

    • March 24, Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Grp.

     

  • - Virtual Townhall Webinar, Tuesday March 31st, 4 PM
    Virtual Townhall Webinar, Tuesday March 31st, 4 PM

    Virtual Townhall Webinar, Tuesday March 31st, 4 PM


    March 31, 2020

    Meals on Wheels America and the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) are teaming up to host a second virtual townhall webinar on Tuesday, March 31 at 4:00 p.m. EDT to provide timely updates on the senior nutrition network’s COVID-19 response. Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), and Martha Roherty, Executive Director of ADvancing States will share insights on how their respective organizations are responding. Perhaps more than any other time in our history, it’s crucial that we operate as one, unified Aging Network. Spots will be limited so we encourage you to register now. A recording will be shared following the webinar for those who are unable to attend. You will be asked to share your questions upon registering

    To register for free: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1283443836247610123

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