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Senior advocates recognized by grassroots organization for work in Aging Network

As with many people who grew up in rural settings Brenda Bourgeois expected to leave but returned after graduating from the University at Albany, SUNY and never left, which has been a plus for her mother and the Lewis County Office for the Aging.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has approved New York State’s Managed Long Term Care Waiver Amendment, but the verdict is still out on the MRT reinvestment waiver itself.

Sustainability of the current Aging Network will depend on those core competencies: prevention, options counseling (with regard to accessing long term services and supports (LTSS) and elder rights.

Murray is the Director of the Tioga Opportunities Department on Aging, the main resource for seniors and their caregivers in her area. She joined the Department of Aging in Tioga County in February 2012.

NY Connects is part of New York State's formal request for an amendment that allow the state to reinvest up to $10 billion of $17.1 billion in federal savings generated by reforms made by Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team.

One year later, the community gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 2011 flood at an event called Country Strong on August 26 at The Schoharie County Fairgrounds in Cobleskill.

These programs have not kept pace with the growing need in all counties and caused waiting lists with thousands of names of New York State residents who would be better served by a model that blends social with medical programs.

Haskin is part of a new wave of directors/commissioners named since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011. Many were the result of retirements; some new appointments.

New Nassau County Office for Aging Director is a veteran of the mental health field.