Nursing Home Reform & NYS Budget: AARP Live Telephone Town Hall
Interactive Event with AARP Members from Across New York to Feature Personal Stories, Call for Action
WHAT: AARP New York will host a live telephone town hall on the need for nursing home reform as part of the 2021-22 New York State Budget. The interactive event will provide members an opportunity to share nursing home experiences and ask questions.
WHEN: 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 10, 2021
WHERE: Via call-in, listen-only at 877-229-8493, code 18948
WHO: Richard Mollot, Executive Director, Long Term Care Community Coalition
Reggie Nance, AARP New York Associate State Director for Multicultural Outreach
Kristen McManus, AARP New York Associate State Director for Advocacy
AARP members from across New York
WHY: Over 15,000 nursing home residents have died in New York State since the pandemic began a year ago, the most of any state in the nation. The State Attorney General raised serious questions about transparency and infection control in New York nursing homes in a blockbuster January 28 report. With Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers negotiating the State Budget this month, New York needs nursing home reform now; AARP New York has proposed a Five-Point Nursing Home Reform plan.
