leadingage
new york
TOGETHER
You Are Not Alone
COVID-19 arrived in New York on March 1st , with Governor Cuomo
announcing the first case. Within a week, the Governor issued
a state of emergency declaration, followed by the first order directing nursing homes and adult
care facilities (ACFs) in the New Rochelle area to immediately suspend visitation. Since that
time, long-term/post-acute care providers have experienced months of chaos as government
mandates changed almost daily and were often inconsistent and unrealistic.
Through it all, LeadingAge New York worked tirelessly with the Department of Health (DOH),
the Governor’s Office and the federal government to advocate for our providers and the
residents for whom they provide care.
LeadingAge New York also worked quickly to pull together education and resources for
providers, beginning on March 9 th with an infection control webinar and continuing with our
weekly member update webinars, which kicked off March 16 th and have continued to this day.
The weekly webinars have been exceedingly popular, consistently drawing over 300 participants
and as many as 700. They have offered members an opportunity to ask questions of our policy
team. Each has generated dozens of questions and as many as 100 on our 20 th webinar.
Over the past six months, LeadingAge New York has offered webinars on paid sick leave,
infection control, survey preparedness and funding opportunities. We worked with our Value
First team to secure access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and with our business
partners, including Lecesse Construction and Unidine, to get the PPE distributed to providers
in need.
(See You Are Not Alone on page 11)
10 Adviser a publication of LeadingAge New York | Summer 2020