Age Justice
NYC’s Seniors Get Solid Wins in City’s Budget
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Overall, the budget for the Department for The Aging will grow 13 percent in 2020 from the previous year, reaching $411 million.
Age Justice
What’s it Like Growing Older in the NYC Homeless Shelter System?
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For senior citizens and the disabled, life in the shelters—and the effort to exit to a permanent home—bring unique challenges.
Age Justice
Cuts to Clubs, Money for Meals Highlight Debate Over Budget for the Aging
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‘We will fight this tooth and nail,’ said one Councilmember of a proposal to shut down several social clubs now operated by NYCHA.
GOVERNMENT
When Homecare Doesn’t Make House Calls: Concerns About Oversight of Services for Seniors
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A hearing revealed that Councilmembers struggle with how to oversee a convoluted system where the state has taken on a dominant role.
Age Justice
Report Sees Economic Hit from Cuts to Medicaid Program for Aides
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The more than 600 fiscal intermediaries statewide allows elderly and disabled people to hire and manage personal assistants. Critics say the governor’s executive budget would cut that number by at least 90 percent by changing eligibility requirements.
Age Justice
Advocates See ‘Broken’ Budget Process for City’s Seniors
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Provider after provider, several with tears in their eyes, expressed dismay at the city’s inadequate reimbursement rate for meals.
Age Justice
Alarm Over Proposed Cuts to State Program Overseeing Home-Health Aides
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Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
Age Justice
A Snapshot of Poverty Among Older NYers Shows Pockets of Deep Need
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While the poverty rate among older New Yorkers declined slightly, a massive surge in the over-65 population meant more people were living in poverty. In some areas, the poverty problem grew more serious.
Age Justice
Long-Term Help for Family Caregivers Exists. It’s Just Really, Really Complicated to Get it.
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The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program or CDPAP pays for home-health aides and family caregivers. The state recently has subjected the program to major changes and more might be coming.
Age Justice
NY Program is Uneven in Supporting Those Caring for Aging Parents
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The state’s paid-leave law is helpful, experts say, but cannot fully close the gap between what family caregivers can provide and what older New Yorkers need. But, unlike most states, at least New York is trying.