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Ryan Zunner/BTPM NewsNovember is National Family Caregivers Month and service providers along with government agencies are highlighting the often unseen work that New Yorkers are doing, while calling for increased funding to support programs. -
A one-of-a-kind sensory trail in Erie County has been installed at Chestnut Ridge Park and is now open to the public.
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Last week, sheriff candidates spoke with the disability community, older adult organizations asked for a resident assistant pilot, and the Governor announced a not-quite-ready budget. -
Advocates want New York to invest $2 million in senior housing resident assistants to help older adults age in place and reduce hospitalizations. -
A new Amherst boxing program helps people with Parkinson’s improve balance, mobility, and mental health through exercise and social support. -
Rural New Yorkers with disabilities and/or mental health conditions face significant housing shortages and limited services, making it harder to find stability. -
CMS admits it overstated New York Medicaid personal care users by 10 times when alleging New York has Medicaid fraud. How has the state responded? -
The admission to the Associated Press comes a week after New York sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services telling them their estimate was inaccurate. -
As the state negotiates an overdue budget, advocates seek funding for Daniel's Law, a fee-for-service payments under long term care plans, and protections for adult homes. -
Seventy-five percent of all lifetime mental health conditions begin by age 24. Still, in New York, many young people with mental health conditions face barriers to accessing care. -
The disability community continues push for change after blind Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam’s death was ruled a homicide. -
A Buffalo-area provider of early intervention services shares what's at stake for New York's youngest in this year's state budget.
