Age Justice
Eight Months into Pandemic, Senior Center Doors Remain Shut
Gail Robinson |
The de Blasio administration has no schedule for reopening the centers, and it seems likely the centers will not offer in-person services until 2021.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Adult Day Care Stepped Up for Seniors, Needs NYS Help
Victoria Milo |
‘Even as social adult day cares work round-the-clock, New York State’s Medicaid-sponsored managed long-term care plans have cut out the much-needed service to the vulnerable adults, most of who are seniors and require their care for basic mental-health needs.’
Age Justice
Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut
Roshan Abraham |
The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.
Age Justice
Opinion: Social Distancing Saves Lives, but only if it’s Socially Responsible
Ruth Finkelstein and Christian Gonzalez-Rivera |
‘Social distancing should not just be about protecting yourself and your family from the epidemic or avoid passing contagion to others. It should be an opportunity for those of us who have access to social networks, information, and resources to help those who do not.’
Health and Environment
Senior Centers Scramble to Aid Clients Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
Roshan Abraham |
Senior center directors have been thinking of ways to help seniors cope, to prevent residents from becoming too socially isolated and depressed.
New Club in Queens Offers Connections, Resources for Immigrant Seniors
Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik |
‘It is meant to be a place where people can get together, make new friends, chat and forget about loneliness, illnesses and other problems,’ says the founder of the new club called Golden Age, or Złoty Wiek in Polish.
Age Justice
Leave the Bronx for One’s Golden Years? ‘Hell No!’
Dalvin Brown, Shoshannah Buxbaum, Danielle Cruz, Rachel Green, Buzz Von Ornsteiner, Hafsa Quraishi, Kelsie Sandoval, Jill Shah and Rachel Sherman |
To get a sense of what older Bronx residents were doing and thinking on a typical day, City Limits and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism teamed up this week to collect a few vignettes of aging in the borough.
Age Justice
NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care
Virginia Jeffries and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky |
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 gaps have serious consequences for residents.
Opinion: New York State’s Escalating Need for High-Quality Guardianship
Kimberly George and Susan DeMaio |
‘Currently, guardianship in New York is comprised of a fractured network of providers ranging from Adult Protective Services, non-profits, and court-appointed lawyers that together fail to meet the growing need.’
Age Justice
Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole
Roshan Abraham |
Opposition from police unions and lukewarm support from Democrats doomed efforts to ease the path to parole for aging prisoners this year. But supporters say they intend to keep pushing for a conversation about violence, rehabilitation and safety.
