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Advocating for Legislative Change to Improve Long-Term Care in New York State
The growing crisis of substandard care in nursing homes and adult care facilities is not new and has existed prior to the pandemic. New York has ignored the challenges older adults and people with disabilities have faced living in nursing homes and adult care facilities, such as abuse and neglect from insufficient staffing and lax infection control practices.
Write Letters to Your Representatives!
Have you ever written a letter to your government representative? If not, you should consider it! Elected officials are interested in what their constituents have to say. If there is a topic important to you, consider sending a brief letter to your local representative.