The Medicare Minute Takes Off in Several Counties in New York Aging-NY (8/18/2014)   
Aging Service Specialists for the Fulton and Greene County Departments for the Aging used to go to senior centers at scheduled times to be available for anyone with questions about Medicare, but people were often hesitant to approach them. The solution: the Medicare Minute. Read more.

New York on Track for Billion-Dollar Baby Boomer Flight Problem
AARP (9/2014)
Sixty percent of Baby Boomers in New York State's workforce say they're likely to take their retirement income and savings to another state and expressed their concern in a report on the 2014 State of the 50+ in New York State report. Click here to read a report on the state of the 50 plus crowd and for more on the subject. Click here to watch more on "Capital Tonight."

WMHT-TV Examines Aging Issues with New Series
WMHT-TV (8/27/2014)                                                                   The Albany Guardian Society and WMHT Educational Telecommunications have produced "Age Wise," a 13-part television series devoted to the topic of aging and how seniors successfully confront common matters of concern for aging New Yorkers. Click here for air times. Click here to watch past episodes in full.

Gov. Dispatches State's Consumer Protection Unit to Help Safeguard Against Fraud
Long Island News and PRs (8/21/2014)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will dispatch the New York Department of State's Division of Consumer Protection to conduct training sessions for older New Yorkers on how to protect themselves against fraud, a move applauded by New York State Office for the Aging Director Corinda Crossdale. Read more.

As Prisoners Age, Problems Grow, Risks Decrease
Times Union (8/7/2014)
It may seem counter-intuitive, coming from someone who spent his career running prisons, but retired state Corrections Commissioner Brian Fischer believes there are too many aging inmates who should be released. Read more.

Don't Delay: Register Today for October Leadership Institute 
Aging-NY (9/2/2014)
The Association on Aging in NY's fall Leadership Institute for Members Only takes place Oct. 21-23, 2014 at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel click here in Watkins Glen, NY. Click here to register today!

Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP)  
Aging-NY (6/27/2014)
In an effort to reform the health care delivery system in New York State, the State is reinvesting $6.4 billion of the $8 billion Medicaid Waiver, approved by the federal government in April 2014, into something called DSRIP -  the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program. Click here

Aging Connections: A Members Only Resource
Aging-NY (8/18/2014)
The member update into a communication we're calling

  

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