Home Health Care in Crisis – Is Help On the Way? Where You Can Find Help Today and New York’s Plans for a Better Tomorrow

If you are searching for home care- whether for yourself or a loved one – you soon find out the cupboard is bare!

Where have all the home health aides gone?

Home care jobs make up some 60% of open health care jobs in New York, according to the Senate Committees on Aging, Health and Labor –and the shortage is due in part to low wages. Meanwhile, demand for home care has exploded as a growing population of seniors wants to age in place at home.

What’s being done about it? Hear two of the leading experts in New York explain why there are such gaps in home health care coverage, and what the State is doing to fix it.

Greg Olsen, Director, New York State Office for the Aging and Al Cardillo, President, Home Care Association of New York State join Host Lou Pierro, elder law attorney and founder of Pierro, Connor & Strauss.

• Governor Hochul’s proposals to support New York’s senior population – recently announced in her State of the State address, to include $10 billion to support health care infrastructure, including home care
• Workforce recruitment of home care aides with better paying jobs
• “Home Care First” legislation designed to prioritize independence and community care, sponsored by the Home Care Association of NYS
• Innovative programs that address the growing need for community-based services and housing for long term care
• New resources to support caregivers struggling with the burdens of caring for aging parents