DOC ID:  n00000228

Title: Becoming a Member

Posted on: 07/26/2006

The Adult Day Health Care Council
(ADHCC)

Formed in 1995, the ADHCC is committed to:

  • Supporting, assisting, and advocating for adult day health care as a community- based service that provides quality health care in a congregate day setting.
  • Ensuring the appropriate response of our elected officials to the needs of the frail elderly, chronically ill and disabled adults.

The ADHCC is proud to represent 164 adult day health care programs. The ADHCC is the only organization in New York state that speaks exclusively for adult day health providers. We currently represent more than 93 percent of the adult day health programs operating in the state.

The ADHCC has been an affiliate of NYAHSA since 1995. Our affiliation with NYAHSA affords ADHCC members the following benefits:

  • Five hundred plus Membership Strength - representing the entire long term care continuum;
  • nine full-time policy staff members, including three devoted exclusively to community services, and a director of government affairs;
  • nine Registered NYAHSA lobbyists, as well as the ADHCC’s executive director and our contract lobbyist, Bolton-St. Johns;
  • assistance with grant writing, research, and conferences from the Foundation for Long Term Care;
  • computer services and analysis;
  • group purchasing power;
  • information...newsletters, public policy analyses, legislative alerts, federal updates;
  • ADHCC executive director who maintains presence in Albany; and
  • secretarial/clerical support.

There are four types of ADHCC membership

  1. Primary memberships are open to voluntary, not-for-profit, public and proprietary organizations providing adult day health care services. Each primary member is automatically a member of the ADHCC region in which the organization operates.
  2. Corporate memberships may be granted to businesses, agencies and organizations from related fields that are interested in furthering the objectives of the ADHCC.  Corporate members do not have voting privileges.
  3. Honorary memberships may be granted by the Board of Directors.  Honorary members do not have voting privileges.
  4. Associate membership may be granted to businesses, agencies, organizations and individuals interested in adult day health care issues. Associate members do not have voting privileges.

For information on membership in the ADHCC contact:

Christine M. Fitzpatrick, Council Director

ADHCC

150 State St., Suite 301

Albany, N. Y.

Email Christine Fitzpatrick

Telephone (518) 449-2707, Extension 130