Reopen New York's adult day health care programs
SHARE: As Gov. Andrew Cuomo weighs new business closures in order to curb a resurgent pandemic, the venues of one vital health care service were never given a chance to reopen in New York: nurse-staffed adult day health care programs. These programs, known in the industry as “medical model ADHCs,” served roughly 8,000 chronically ill patients across New York, the vast majority of whom are elders and receive Medicaid, according to Anne Hill, executive director of the Adult Daycare Health Care Council. Normally, these patients, with serious conditions such as heart disease, COPD and dementi...
Source: cityandstateny.com