The group is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This story was produced with support from the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations and universities dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about successful responses to social problems. Read related stories at . The collaborative also has compiled a detailed Caregiving Resource Guide with links to online information about various issues of interest to caregivers. The collaborative is a partnership of news organizations and universities dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about successful responses to social problems. This story was produced through the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative's ongoing occasional series, Invisible Army: Caregivers on the Front Lines. What you need is to be able to coordinate what you're doing in such a way that it produces better results and outcomes.” “State agencies in New York are doing activities that would fit into a master plan,” Blancato said, “so it isn't like you'd have to start from scratch. Roughly two-thirds also own homes and have no mortgage, the Hochul administration said in making the Friday announcement.
In 2017, New York became the first state to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, and works with the nonprofit organization to make the state more attractive for housing, transportation, jobs and other needs important to those 50 and older who make up 36% of the state population and plow more than $700 billion a year into the state economy.Īdults older than 60 provide nearly $500 million hours of community service each year at an economic value of $13.8 billion. Long COVID and caregiving: Long COVID survivors seek support, treatment from NY and federal programs NY has been building toward plan for older adults for years Sending nursing assistants back to school could help Nursing homes' staffing struggles: Nursing homes can't find caregivers. The state plan will focus on how services are coordinated, delivered and financed to better meet the needs of older adults and their families. "This Master Plan for Aging will provide us with tools to ensure our aging New Yorkers have access to quality long-term care in healthy, livable communities where they can thrive." “We continue to take important steps to empower and support older New Yorkers," Hochul said, announcing she signed an executive order directing the state Department of Health and Office of Aging to lead the effort. Kathy Hochul on Friday laid the groundwork for a New York Master Plan for Aging that will foster more collaboration and innovation to support the health and well-being of older state residents and their loved ones. Under a plan announced Friday, it aims to not only be ready to handle the challenges that will bring, but to help seniors thrive. New York is already home to one of the oldest populations in the nation – a trend that is about to speed up and put a strain on the state's resources. The NY plan would create a strategy to keep them healthier for longer. Only 5% of older Americans live in nursing homes, meaning most of them live in and contribute to their local communities.In NY, one-quarter of residents are expected to be 60 and older by the end of the decade.
Kathy Hochul recently signed an executive order to create a Master Plan for the Aging, to support the long-term health of NY's older population.
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