NY Post: Elderly New Yorkers languish on wait lists for critical services amid COVID-19
“New data from LiveOn NY, a senior advocacy group, shows that the number of older Big Apple residents waiting to receive everything from personal-care help to a lift to the supermarket has soared 265 percent, to 2,936 people, since February.”
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“Support provided through case management can make the difference between staying at home or in a nursing home for an elderly New Yorker, providers of senior services say.
The data, provided by the senior advocacy group LiveOn NY, may also be driven by budget cuts to nonprofits”