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Member News Jewish Senior Life Shares Message that Older Adults Deserve Better from Governor Hochul: In a new video, Michael S. King, president and CEO of Jewish Senior Life (JSL), calls on the JSL community to urge state lawmakers to reject Governor Hochul's proposed cuts to nursing homes and include a 16 percent nursing home Medicaid rate increase in this year's budget.
February 5, 2024

Member News Wartburg Receives Transformative Arts Initiative Grant: Wartburg is proud to announce its receipt of the 2023-24 Mount Vernon Arts Initiative grant presented by ArtsWestchester.
February 2, 2024

Member News CNY nursing home leaders: Medicaid cuts would devastate our facilities, patients (Guest Opinion): Kimberly Townsend, Ed.D., president and CEO of Loretto; Michael Schafer, president and CEO of St. Camillus Nursing & Rehabilitation; and Russell D'Amico, CEO of Menorah Park of CNY, call on state lawmakers to reject Governor Hochul's proposed nursing home cuts and support a 16 percent Medicaid rate increase as a bridge to rebasing Medicaid rates to better meet 2024 costs in a new opinion piece in The Post-Standard.
February 1, 2024

Member News Another Voice: Governor Hochul's budget does not face the reality of the nursing home crisis: Bob Mayer, president and CEO of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus, calls on the Legislature to reject Governor Hochul's proposed cuts to nursing home reimbursement and fulfill the State's promise to care for its most vulnerable residents in a new opinion piece in The Buffalo News.
February 1, 2024

Member News East Upper School students complete aging services Career Exploration Internship: On Wed., Jan. 31^st, 11 East Upper School students displayed their final presentations to mark the culmination of the aging services Career Exploration Internship Program at Jewish Senior Life.
February 1, 2024

Member News St. Mary’s Healthcare Names Director of Patient Access: Diana Matei has been named director of patient access at St. Mary’s Healthcare, responsible for key front-end functions—including scheduling, registration and insurance authorization—that play a vital role in ensuring a positive patient experience.
January 30, 2024

Member News Masking No Longer Required at MVHS: The MVHS Infection Prevention team has been tracking community transmission levels of COVID-19 in Oneida County and surrounding areas, as well as with MVHS patients and staff.
January 30, 2024

Member News Second Class of East Upper School Students Complete Career Exploration Internships at Jewish Senior Life: On Wed., Jan. 31^st from 4-5 p.m., 11 students from East Upper School will display their final presentations as part of the aging services Career Exploration Internship Program at Jewish Senior Life.
January 26, 2024

Member News Volunteering provides meaning and purpose to residents in senior communities: Al Adaskin, resident at Beatrice Place; Lisa Marcello, president and CEO of Episcopal SeniorLife Communities; Kathy Main, volunteer manager at Friendly Senior Living; Pat Corcoran, independent living resident at St. John’s; Tony Zaccaglino, vice president of senior housing at St. John’s; and Eleanor Lewin, president of the Resident Council at The Summit at Brighton, discuss the benefits of volunteering for residents of senior living communities in a new interview with the Rochester Business Journal.
January 24, 2024

Member News Rochester’s senior living spaces meet challenges with future tech, innovation: Michael Perrotta, senior vice president of housing at Friendly Senior Living; Travis Masonis, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Jewish Senior Life; Jennifer Lesinski, vice president of marketing at St. John’s; and Christine Curtis, senior clinical informatics analyst at St. John’s, discuss how their organizations are currently innovating to provide the best holistic mental and physical care to their residents aging in place in a new interview with the Rochester Business Journal.
January 24, 2024