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Black older Americans are more likely to have chronic health conditions and die prematurely than white older Americans, while at the same time likely to have large retirement savings and own their own home. In Buffalo, where 37% of U.S.-born older adults are Black, the largest share of any city in New York state, those inequalities are also present.
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WBFO asked nursing home stakeholders to grade Gov. Kathy Hochul’s handling of the industry as she marks six months in office Thursday. They gave her mostly positive reviews while acknowledging that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a low bar.
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Since mid-February, Catholic Health’s long-term care facility operations have been backed up by some unique temporary staff – members of the New York National Guard. They are now present at the Mercy Nursing Facility at Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, Father Baker Manor in Orchard Park, and McAuley Residence in Tonawanda. They are serving in a wide variety of roles, except for providing direct medical care.
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A recent lawsuit shows New York nursing homes would have to pay back over a half-billion dollars in excess profits under the state’s new profit cap law, but industry critics say the disclosure just proves nursing homes aren’t spending enough on resident care.
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Although New York's safe staffing law is currently on pause due to a labor shortage, nursing home workers and resident advocates are concerned with how the state plans to enforce it once it does go into effect.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to spend $10 billion to increase the state’s health care workforce by 20% over the next five years. It’s not yet clear how much of that money would be earmarked for health care workers in nursing homes, but any funding to attract workers there could be crucial, considering New York nursing homes have lost 13% of their workforce since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul may not have uttered the word aging or master plan in Wednesday's State of the State Address, but she did commit to crafting a Master Plan for Aging in writing, responding to the wants of a coalition of agencies and stakeholders.
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More than 80 agencies statewide signed a letter last month asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to create a Master Plan for Aging, something of a state road map for addressing issues faced by the state’s rapidly aging population.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has suspended the state’s new nursing homes laws regarding staffing levels and profits, citing a shortage of health care workers.
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Nursing homes are suing to stop New York from limiting their profits, one of the state’s cornerstone measures to crack down on the long-term care industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.