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Health-Aide Shortage Stirs Worry as Medicaid Budget Gap Looms
By Roshan Abraham | November 27, 2019 A shortage of home health aides across New York state raised concerns at an Assembly hearing on services provided for aging New Yorkers last week. The hearing arrived as a $15 million budget increase for aging services began...
Demand for home care workers on LI is outstripping supply
By Carol Polskycarol.polsky@newsday.com Updated July 30, 2019 9:53 AM Trina Tonorezos’ 71-year-old sister, bedridden from stage 4 cancer, recently wound up in a nursing home when she could not get approved for round-the-clock home care. She’d wanted to remain in her...
2019 Convention Videos and Slideshow
2019 StateWide Convention Day 1 2019 StateWide Convention Slideshow Day 2 Convention Dinner Slideshow 2019 (1)
Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities Lacking Access to Advocates
Office for Aging Facing Drop in Ombudsman Volunteers Many residents of long-term care facilities in New York state lack regular access to ombudsman services due to a decline in the number of volunteers and a severe shortage of paid staff, according to an audit...
Health care industry awaits NY Medicaid plan
Created: January 13, 2020 10:48 AM ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's health care industry is waiting with some trepidation to see how Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to plug an over $8 billion hole in the state’s Medicaid program. The Democrat is expected to release his annual...
StateWide e-News – Beware of New Social Security Scam!
Protect yourself - DO NOT respond to email requests for information about your Social Security account. Scammers are sending faked documents by email to convince victims to comply with their demands. The letters may use official letterhead and government “jargon” to...