People deemed unable to make their own health or financial decisions because of dementia, serious medical problems or other reasons are especially vulnerable.
In New York City’s worst-staffed homes, nursing home residents get fewer than three hours on average of direct nursing care each day—below the recommended amount. City Limits found that those…
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…
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.
A team of students from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY spent a day talking to senior citizens in the Bronx, where—as in the rest of the city—a…
The city is taking several steps to shore up housing options for aging New Yorkers. The question is whether those moves will offset the displacement pressures many feel.
Because so little of the subway system is accessible to the mobility impaired, buses play a vital role for people living with disabilities or aging New Yorkers who have trouble…
