Staten Islander Provides Living Kidney Transplant To Fiance, Running In Marathon to Raise Awareness
See below for a video presented by Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, in which they…
Category: Aging
NYC’s ArchGare Gala Fundraiser Brings $1.85 Million For Local Long Term Care Facilities Including Eger Run By Catholic Church
ArchCare’s Gala Raises $1.85 Million to Advance Healthcare Programs for New Yorkers Nearly 400…
Staten Island Rep Introduces Legislation To Target Organized Car Theft Rings, Highlighting Tax Cuts, Legislation Benefits
Editor’s note: Back in 2023, an inter-agency task force was announced by DA McMahon regarding…
In NYC: Sidewalk Sheds Down, Community Based Violence Protection, Red Light Cameras, Re-Opening Community Serving Centers, Greenway Expansion: Mayor Mamdani: UPDATED Free FC Gotham Tickets
Sidewalk Sheds Removed, Community Based Violence Prevention, Committee on Judiciary Appointee, Housing Leaders To City…
Legal Questions: Staten Island Families Where Multiple Generations Share Space: When Maintenance, Renovations, Other Shared Expenses Complicate Ownership, Inheritance, Expectations
The below article looks at something especially relevant to Staten Island families: what happens…
No More Nursing Home Inspections: Residents Likely To Suffer, For Those Who Remember Before Public Outcry Changed These Centers From Abusive To Caring
GILLIBRAND, COLLEAGUES SOUND ALARM ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO CUT NURSING HOME INSPECTIONS, PUTTING OVER…
Predatory Corps Can Be Sued, Fall Festivals At Parks, Closing Rikers Island, Faster Payments For Non-Profits, NYC Mental Health Connect, NYPD Reforms, Other Updates: Mayor Mamdani
Predatory Corps Can Be Sued, Fall Festivals At Parks, Closing Rikers Island, Fast Buses In…
On Staten Island: Alzheimer’s Association Walk To End Alzheimer’s Raises $52K To Fight This Disease on Staten Island
THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S RAISES 52,066 TO FIGHT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN STATEN…
NYC’s Harlem Hospital On Cutting Edge Of Regenerative Therapies For Orthopedic Injuries: Discussion With Dr. Murrell, Renowned Surgeon
Below is the video interview with Dr. Murrell about Regenerative Medicine and Biologics in Joint…
Staten Island’s God’s Love We Deliver Discusses Medically Tailored Meals Bill, Results Of Pilot Program
Malliotakis Joins God’s Love We Deliver to Push Medically Tailored Meals Bill Editor’s note: Similarly…
Staten Islanders, NYC Residents Working For The City Invited To Apply for MetroPlusHealth Gold Plan For No Copay, No Premium During Open Enrollment November 1st
METROPLUSHEALTH ANNOUNCES GOLD PLAN OPEN ENROLLMENT RESOURCES FOR NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES Open enrollment…
New York’s Municipal Disabled Retired Paraprofessionals Share Their Stories Of Impending Pension Cuts – Legislation Needed Immediately
Editor’s note: We have covered this particular story before, and it has evolved now into…
Senate Aging Committee Holds First-Ever Hearing On Menopause, Which Affects About 50% Of Americans During Their Lives
Watch the full hearing below: Readers should know that, while this hearing was very…
NYC H+H: On National Centenarian Day, Twelve Long-Term Care Residents Celebrated
Editor’s note: We previously covered the award given to Staten Island’s Sea View…
NYC Aging, Bayonne NJ Host Health Fairs Open To All: Learn Healthy Eating and Exercise Habits, Enjoy Fun Activities
Editor’s note: We covered this event last year where it drew over 1,000 participants…
Staten Islanders Travel To Brooklyn To Access Chinese American Planning Council Services, Along With Island Partners JCC, La Colmena
Readers may remember some of our coverage about the Medicaid cuts and expiring health insurance…
NYC: Eastern Parkway Library Renovation, Queens Flood Infrastructure, Childcare Payment Delays, Year-Round Outdoor Dining – Mayor Mamdani
Eastern Parkway Library, Queens Flood Infrastructure, David Dinkins Panoramic Access, Probation Graduation, Childcare Payment Delays,…
NYC Aging To Host ‘Style is Ageless’ Fashion Show At FIT – Designs By Older Adults To Be Worn By Various Generations of Models
NYC Aging to Host ‘Style is Ageless’ Fashion Show Editor’s note: The Talent is Timeless…
NYC Municipal Retirees’ Fight For Traditional Medicare With Guaranteed Co-Pays Continues At City Hall
Editor’s note: Regarding why there is such a push-pull over Medicare Advantage, both at the…
Staten Islanders, New Yorkers With Hospital Debt With Moderate Income Must Have Debt Forgiven Or Be Offered Payment Plans: This Is Law: AG James Offers Guidance
Attorney General James Releases Guidance to Help New Yorkers Access Hospital Financial Aid As Federal Cuts Strip…
New York Senator: Scams Using AI Deceive Aging Americans, Seniors To Pay 40% More For Medicare Prescription Benefits, Supporting Housing For Seniors, Disabled – Legislation: UPDATED AG ALERT
See below for the full senate committee hearing followed by the senator’s virtual press conference…
OPINION: New York’s Seniors Pay Price For Medicare Part D Subsidy Cuts Set To Raise Already Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices: Governor Hochul
Governor Hochul Slams Trump’s New Medicare Cuts That Will Raise Prescription Drug Costs for 1.3…
Staten Island’s Councilmember Helps Host Anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s 100th Birthday
CITY OF NEW YORK CELEBRATES MARILYN MONROE’S 100TH BIRTHDAY Some of Monroe’s Biggest Fans…
NYC Retirees Win Settlement To Refund Copays To Retired Workers From EmblemHealth, NYC: UPDATED Rally Today
Editor’s note: Some good news for retirees in NYC! This new mayor may be…
Staten Island, New York, Nationwide: All Older Adults Can Prevent Falls With Funding From Older Americans Act: Senator Gillibrand Applauds Senate Passage
See below for the Senate hearing on fall prevention, along with virtual press conference hosted…
Staten Island Congresswoman Rallies With Real Estate Community To Support Capital Gains Tax Relief For Seniors Looking To Sell Their Homes
Editor’s note: We have reported on this legislation in the past when it was…
City Of Linden, NJ Mourns Passing Of America’s Oldest Man, Resident Luis Cano, At 111: Services This Weekend
City of Linden Mourns the Passing of Luis Cano, America’s Oldest Man Editor’s note:…
Staten Island Residents Concerned About Health Insurance Changes Can Get Help From MetroPlus Health
METROPLUSHEALTH GUIDES ESSENTIAL PLAN MEMBERS THROUGH UPCOMING COVERAGE CHANGES Timely, compassionate support is available…
As Staten Island’s Summer Heats Up, NYC Health Dept Releases New Report on Heat-Related Deaths, New Cooling Centers Opening
AS SUMMER HEATS UP, THE NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELEASES NEW REPORT ON HEAT-RELATED DEATHS AND OPENS NEW COOLING CENTERS Annual Report Finds Approximately…
At Staten Island’s Richmond University Medical Center, Rep. Malliotakis Welcomes Dr. Oz
Malliotakis Welcomes Dr. Oz to Staten Island’s Richmond University Medical Center See the video of…
Staten Island, NYC Catholics: First White Mass For Caregivers, Healthcare Workers Presided Over By New Archbishop Hicks
Below is a slideshow of photos provided by our photographer, Sean Fitzpatrick, as well as…
Staten Island Rep Introduces Legislation To Cut Capital Gains Taxes For Seniors Selling Their Homes
Malliotakis Introduces Legislation to Cut Capital Gains Taxes for Seniors Selling Their Homes Editor’s note:…
NYC Aging Releases Report: Abused Older New Yorkers More Likely To Be Unable To Age-In-Place As They Wish
NYC Aging Releases New Report on Safety, Crime, and Abuse Among Older New Yorkers Findings show…
New York Senator: Gas Prices Are Rising, School Meals For All Program Would Help Struggling Families
Pass School Meals For All, $10 Billion IRS Payday, Surging Gas Prices, Collective Bargaining Rights DOD,…
New York Senator: Fighting Senior Hunger, LIHEAP Funding, Social Security For Caregivers, Voting Rights Act SCOTUS, Religious Institution Protections, Investigating & Questioning Sec. Hegseth, Iran War, Insider Information Profit Rules
Fighting Senior Hunger, Successfully Releasing LIHEAP Funding, Social Security For Unpaid Caregivers, Voting Rights Act…
Staten Island’s Congresswoman Votes To Save Local Healthcare Workers From Deportation
Malliotakis Votes To Save Local Healthcare Workers From Deportation Editor’s note: We have covered some…
New York’s Senator: Slashing Programs Helping Families For Iran War, Withholding Military Promotions, Iran Girls School Investigation, EPA Guts State / Tribal Clean Water Rights, Protecting Voting Rights, Aging Americans In Workforce Hearing
New York’s Senator: Slashing Programs Helping Families For Iran War, Withholding Military Promotions, Iran Girls…
NY Senator: No Kings Protests Inspire Legislation, Consequences Of OBBBA On Healthcare In NY, Report On Harms To Seniors From , NY Medicaid Funding Cuts, HHS Should Return To Data-Based Health, DOD AI Use
No Kings Protests Inspire Legislation, Consequences Of OBBBA On Insurance Coverage For New Yorkers, Report…
NYC Aging Hosts 2nd Annual Plant-Forward Cookoff Featuring Chefs From Older Adult Centers
NYC Aging Hosts 2nd Annual Plant-Forward Cookoff Featuring Chefs From Older Adult Centers Editor’s…
Staten Islanders Caring For Family Members With Alzheimer’s Plus Agitation: Investigational Pharmaceutical Intervention Phase II Clinical Trial Available
We asked the following questions of the researchers in charge of this clinical trial, and…
Staten Island Caregivers: Residents With Aging Relatives Can Provide For Their Care At Home Themselves – Supported By NYC Dept For The Aging: UPDATE
Staten Island Caregivers: Residents With Aging Relatives Can Provide For Their Care At Home Themselves…
NYC Older Adult Hiring Hall: Employers Looking For Experienced Workers Will Connect With Older New Yorkers Across City In Brooklyn
Editor’s note: A recent survey based study released by Department for the Aging showed that…
Eger Nursing Home On Staten Island Hosts Senior Prom With Hair Styling, Makeup Provided By Local Styling School Paul Mitchell
Editor’s note: We also covered the Spring Fling event by ArchCare a couple of years…
New York’s Senator: Trump’s Tariffs Must End, Funding For 5 Boroughs, Prayer Breakfast, New Legislation For Seniors, Prescription Drugs, Senate Aging Hearing, Other Updates
Demanding End To Trump Tariffs, Federal Funding For Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan; Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes, 74th…
NYC’s Most Distressed Apartments, Rental Ripoff Hearings, Dept Of Investigations Cmr, Restarting Bus & Bike Lane Projects, Budget Help From Albany, Other Updates: Mayor Mamdani – UPDATED
NYC’s Most Distressed Apartments, Warming Center Visit, Rental Ripoff Hearings, New Appointments, Budget Hearing, Media…
Preventing Israel Boycott In Contracts, Funding For Staten Island Parks, Housing Progress, Commucating With Non-English Speakers, New Older Adult Center: Mayor
Preventing Israel Boycott In Contracts, Funding For Staten Island Parks, Housing Progress, Commucating With Non-English…
Skyrocketing Costs This Thanksgiving, Ensuring Pregnant Women’s Healthcare Access, Increasing Social Security Benefit Levels, Supporting Victims Of Human Trafficking, Honduran President Pardon, Connecting Seniors To Community This Holiday Season, New Yorkers Getting Scroog’d: Senator Gillibrand
Skyrocketing Costs This Thanksgiving, Ensuring Pregnant Women’s Healthcare Access, Increasing Social Security Benefit Levels, Supporting…
Restoring Heart Health, Helping With Chronic Diseases: PCRM Answers Questions About Specific Conditions, Research-Based Changes
Noah Praamsma, dietitian with the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine, discusses the benefits of a…
Aging Committee Hearing On Need To Support Seniors With Age-Related Diseases Including Parkinsons, Demanding Release Of Medicare-Negotiated Prescription Prices
Gillibrand, Scott to Lead Aging Committee Hearing on The Need To Reauthorize The Older Americans Act,…
Ageism Stops With You Campaign, New Caregiver Supports Available: NYC Aging
Ageism Stops With You Campaign, New Caregiver Supports Available: NYC Aging Editor’s…
America’s Healthcare System Is In Crisis – Those Who Need It Cannot Afford It: Time For Reform Is Now: Senator Sanders
America’s Healthcare System Is In Crisis – Those Who Need It Cannot Afford It: Time…
Calling On Residents To Help Neighbors Struggling With Food Insecurity, Delivering $104M For NY State Projects, Supporting Veterans, Medicare Open Enrollment Options, Flood Resiliency Legislation, Starbucks Union Busting, Tariffs Raising Consumer Costs, Boosting Benefits For Seniors: Senator Gillibrand
Calling On Residents To Help Neighbors Struggling With Food Insecurity, Delivering $104M For NY State…
Quick, Easy 10-15 Minute (For Real) Plant-Based Meals – So You Can Get Benefits Of Healthiest Diet Without Too Much Trouble
Many of our readers have seen the research and the science that is clear at…
NYC Aging Hosts Third Annual Talent Is Timeless Grand Finale
NYC AGING HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL TALENT IS TIMELESS GRAND FINALE 2025 Citywide Competition Spotlights Older…
Ensuring New Yorkers With Language Access Programs To Support Residents In Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Programs
Ensuring New Yorkers With Language Access Programs To Support Residents In Consumer Directed Personal Assistance…
Healthy Aging Fair 2025 In Manhattan Drew Nearly 1,000: Strength, Yoga, Dance Classes, Playing Games, Essential Screenings: UPDATED
NYC Aging Hosts Healthy Aging Fair 2025 An estimated 700+ older New Yorkers to…
NYC Aging Releases State of Older New Yorkers: Most Struggle Affording Bills, Food, Housing Instability
NYC Aging Releases The State of Older New Yorkers Survey results show what services…
NYC Department for the Aging Launches Annual Farmers Market Nutrition Program
NYC Department for the Aging Launches Annual Farmers Market Nutrition Program This year, 70,000 coupon…
Advancing Healthy Aging Through Sports Medicine: Getting Sufficient Exercise, High Protein Diet, Balance Training, Other Lessons Can Help Older Americans – Aging Committee Hearing
Ranking Member Gillibrand, Chairman Scott To Hold Aging Committee Hearing on Advancing Healthy Aging Through…
“Aging Out Loud!” Podcast Redefines What It Means To Grow Older In NYC, Beyond: NYC Dept For The Aging
Editor’s note: Learn more about how to age in a healthy way. According to…
New York’s US Senator: Hearing On Most Current Research On Aging, Preventing Chronic Diseases, Optimizing Health With Plant-Based Nutrition
Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Gillibrand to Hold Aging Committee Hearing on Optimizing Longevity: From Research…
Vitamin Nutrition Therapy (Orthomolecular Medicine) For Heart Disease, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Other Chronic Conditions, Diseases Of Aging
Vitamin Nutrition Therapy (Orthomolecular Medicine) For Heart Disease, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Other Chronic Conditions, Diseases…