StateWide Forum: Barriers and Solutions to Accessing Healthcare in Central NY 8:30 am
– August 27, 2019
StateWide is hosting a forum in 7 Central NY counties and you can help us get participants to attend. Please share with anyone that is interested, particularly with people who are uninsured or who have faced barriers getting health insurance.
This event will take place simultaneously in the following counties:
Cayuga
Cortland
Herkimer
Madison
Oneida
Onondaga
Oswego
Tompkins
Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Place: Please call us to find out the location in your county Time: 8:30 am – 12 noon (Continental breakfast will be served) For more information, please call : 800-333-4374
Date: Monday, September 16, 2019 Time: 1:30pm– 3:30 pm Place: 1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036
Presentation:
The Ten Warning Signs: Basics of Alzheimer's An informative presentation about the nature of AD, risks factors, treatment, diagnosis, difference between the normal aging process and developing dementia, when is the right time to visit the doctors' office and more.
Presenter:
Licet Valois, LMSW, MPS, CDP
Care & Support Program Manager | Alzheimer's Association, NYC Chapter
Senator Gillibrand Town Hall on November 15th 1:00 pm
– November 15, 2019
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for a Town Hall on Staten Island on Friday, November 15th, at the College of Staten Island. This is your opportunity to speak directly to Senator Gillibrand about the issues you care about. Come raise your voice!
Senator Gillibrand is looking forward to answering your questions about such important issues as health care, jobs, aging, the opioid crisis, and caring for our veterans.
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 10:00 am—11:00 am
Theme: Community Health Information Exchanges and Your Electronic Medical Records: What You Need to Know
Speaker: Samantha Ahlfeld, Account Manager, Health Information Exchange Network of New York (HIXNY)
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
Saratoga Chapter meeting Speaker on Palliative Care 2:00 pm
– November 21, 2019
Guest Speaker: Amy Balog, a Nurse Practitioner who operates Saratoga Family Health NPS Palliative Care Center in Saratoga Springs. The title of her presentation is “What is Palliative Care?”.
Ample free parking --- signs will be posted directing people to the room once you enter the building.
NYS Assembly Aging Committee Budget Hearing Friday, November 22, in Albany. 10:00 am
– November 22, 2019
NYS Assembly Aging Committee Budget Hearing
Friday, November 22, 2019
10:00 AM Hearing Room C Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor Albany, NY
The hearing will focus on the programs and services offered by Area Agencies on Aging and their current needs. The Committee also seeks testimony to evaluate the funding available for these programs, including the $15 million in funding allocated in the 2019-2020 enacted State budget for the Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Program (EISEP) designed to eliminate unmet need.
Register to testify at this link.
Hearing Room C Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor
