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AARP: Lawmakers’ Proposals to Fund More In-Home Services for Elderly Good Start to Help Middle Class
ALBANY, N.Y. – AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel issued the following statement in response to the addition of about $7 million for non-Medicaid in-home services for the elderly in the New York State Senate and Assembly one-house 2017-18 state budget proposals:
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Strong Proposals to Fight ID Theft, Elder financial Exploitation, but Little Help for Middle Class to Save for Retirement, Care for Older Loved Ones
ALBANY, New York – AARP New York today praised State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie for appointing Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo of Binghamton as the new Chair of the Assembly Committee on Aging. Following is a statement by Beth Finkel, State Director of AARP in New York, home to 2.6 million AARP members:
AARP New York is urging legislators to boost the 2017-18 state budget for non-Medicaid services that help older New Yorkers age safely at home. The goal is to provide transportation, home-delivered meals, adult day care and other services for people who are eligible for, but are not yet receiving, home- and community-based services.
By Donna Liquori
In cooperation with WABC-TV and Univision, AARP New York is reaching out to help family caregivers understand their rights under a new state law.
In 2016, New York became the most populous state in the nation to support family caregivers with the CARE Act. The law, which became effective in April 2016, supports the 2.58 million family caregivers in New York as their loved ones go into the hospital and as they transition home.
Statement on Senator Schumer’s Support of the Credit for Caring Act by Beth Finkel, State Director of AARP New York:
ALBANY, New York – Following the state Legislature’s passage of a bill negotiated with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to create a new class of advanced home health aides who would be allowed to perform previously prohibited health tasks, AARP New York State Director Beth Finkelissued the following statement:
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