Calendar
Events in February–April 2020
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- NYC Chapter Meeting
NYC Chapter Meeting NYC Chapter Meeting
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February 10, 2020NYC Chapter Meeting
Date: Monday, February 10, 2020 Time: 1:30pm– 3:30 pm
NYC Chapter Meeting Notice February 2020
Place: 1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036
Presentation: How to Read Your Health Explanation of Benefits Notices (MSN’s & EOB’s)
Presenter: Leslie Sierra, Outreach Counselor, SMP Program New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Inc.
Advocacy- Update
- Lani Sanjek, Member, Public Policy Committee
- Lowell Green, President, NYC Chapter
For more information:
Tel.: (646) 918-6101
Email: lowellg_10467@yahoo.com
Next Meeting: March 9, 2020
NOTE: If NYC School are closed on the days of the meeting due to snow or other emergency situations, please assume that our meeting is cancelled. Safety First! -
- Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State
Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State Telephone Teach in - Community Health Centers Helping Medically Underserved Areas of New York State
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February 18, 2020Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 Time: 10:00 am—11:00 am
Speaker: Ray Babowicz, Director of Communications, Government Relations, and Marketing Community Health Center of the North Country
Call in number: 1-605-562-0400; Access code: 4715203#
If you have problems dialing into number listed above try 218-339-7800 or 712-832-8330
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- NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020
NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020 NYC Chapter Meeting: March 9, 2020
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March 9, 2020NYC Chapter Meeting Date: Monday, March 9, 2020
Time: 1:30pm– 3:30 pm
Place: 1199 Retirees Division Office 330 West 42nd Street 9th Floor New York, NY 10036
Presentation: Update: MTA Subways Lawsuit: How To Get Involved
Presenter:Emily Seelenfreund, Esq. Staff Attorney, Disability Rights AdvocatesAdvocacy- Update
o Lani Sanjek, Member, Public Policy Committee
o Lowell Green, President, NYC ChapterHealth Care Corner
o Leslie Sierra, SMP Outreach Counselor
NY StateWide Senior Action CouncilFor more information:
Tel.: (646) 918-6101
Email: lowellg_10467@yahoo.com
Next Meeting: March 9, 2020
NOTE: If NYC School are closed on the days of the meeting due to snow or other emergency situations, please assume that our meeting is cancelled. Safety First! -
- Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group
Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group Telephone Teach in - Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Group
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March 24, 2020- March 24, Code Blue Report: NY Hospitals Poor Performance by the New York Public Interest Research Grp.
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- Dealing with a Serious Illness - What You Need to Know
Dealing with a Serious Illness - What You Need to Know Dealing with a Serious Illness - What You Need to Know
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April 6, 2020The League of Women Voters of Schenectady will present a panel discussion of information you would wish to have, should you or a loved one face a serious illness.
When: April 6 at 6-7:30pm
Where: McChesney Room of the Karen B. Johnson Public Library, 99 Clinton Street, Schenectady
Speakers: Dr George Giokas, Palliative Care Partners; Gwen Bondi, President and CEO of Advance Care Planning Consulting Services; Cathryn Bern-Smith, Manager of Schenectady County Senior and Long Term Care Services; Del B. Salmon, Attorney
The panel discussion will cover:
- How to speak with your doctor to best understand treatment options and prognosis
- How to communicate what is important to you, how to make sure your wishes are understood and followed by medical caregivers and family
- Differences between traditional illness care, Palliative, and Hospice Care
- Resources available in the community, what gaps exist, what insurance typically covers
- Legal steps you can take when healthy, to assure that your wishes are known and how to name a designated person can act for you, if you are not able.
Join us for this important discussion.
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- How we can ensure sufficient long term care services for when we may need it in our home
How we can ensure sufficient long term care services for when we may need it in our home How we can ensure sufficient long term care services for when we may need it in our home
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April 22, 2020StateWide Albany County Chapter is hosting a showing of the film “CARE" together
with a panel presentation and discussion on the crisis in long-term care and what
needs to be done. Panelists include:
• Deborah Riitano, Commissioner of the Albany County Department for Aging;
• Bryan O'Malley, Executive Director, The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance
Association of New York State;
• Kelly McMullen, Member NY StateWide Senior Action Council's Public Policy
Committee and the Caring Majority Steering Committee.
The film runs one half hour. This event is cosponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors
and the Caring Majority. Call 518-689-1084 with questions.For more information, See the Flyer.