A bipartisan group of lawmakers and leaders from Daughters of Sarah Community for Seniors, Fort Hudson Health System, St. Peter's Health Partners, and The Wesley Community rallied in the state Capitol on Jan. 24^th to urge Governor Hochul to increase the state's Medicaid reimbursement rate for long term care by 20 percent in her Executive Budget.

The Manor at Seneca Hill recently graduated three new certified nursing assistants – Emily Young, Esmeralda Arreazola and Kyraih Maliszewski – from its on-the-job training and paid certification program.

Sandra Mundy, senior administrator at The New Jewish Home, Manhattan, discusses the facility's non-pharmacological approach to care that has resulted in a low percentage of residents on psychotropic medications in a new interview with Skilled Nursing News.

The Alliance for Senior Care, a consortium of Rochester-area nursing homes that includes Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Extended Care, DeMay Living Center, Edna Tina Wilson Living Center, Episcopal SeniorLife Communities, Friendly Senior Living, Jewish Senior Life, The Living Center at the Highlands, Park Ridge Living Center, St. Ann’s Community, St. John’s, and Unity Living Center, calls on Governor Hochul and state lawmakers to prioritize long term care in the next state budget by providing a 20 percent increase in the nursing home Medicaid rate in a new opinion piece in the Rochester Beacon.

Stacey Cannizzo, COO of United Helpers Rehabilitation & Senior Care in Canton, calls on Governor Hochul to provide a 20 percent increase in the Medicaid reimbursement rate for long term care in this year's state budget in a new interview with North Country Public Radio.

Friendly Senior Living is pleased to announce that Michael Perrotta has been promoted to senior vice president of housing and executive director of Cloverwood Senior Living and Linden Knoll; Amanda D. Brown has joined the organization as vice president and administrator of the Friendly Home; and Debra Lester, BSN, RN, RNMH, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, has been hired as the director of assisted living at Glenmere at Cloverwood.

In a new opinion piece in The Buffalo News, Susan Howell, president of the resident council of the Jewish Home of Rochester, calls on Governor Hochul and state legislators to prioritize seniors in the next state budget by providing a 20 percent increase in the nursing home Medicaid rate.

The Board of Directors of People Inc. has named Anne McCaffrey as its new CEO. McCaffrey, currently the president and CEO of Eastern Niagara Hospital, will replace Rhonda Frederick, who is retiring in April after a 43-year career at the agency.