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Legacy Doc ID# 14408402

NEWS RELEASE

For Release:  IMMEDIATE  July 2004

Daniel Curran 518-449-2707, ext. 124 518-346-2615 (home)

Consumer Guide Helps with Long-Term Care Decisions
NYAHSA’s “Consumer Guide 2004” Now Available

(ALBANY, NY) – A free guide that helps consumers learn more about continuing care options, such as nursing homes, assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, is now available from the New York Association of Homes & Services for the Aging.

The NYAHSA “Consumer Guide 2004,” designed to assist those needing information or wishing to learn more about long-term care, is available from NYAHSA by calling 1-877-LTC-BOOK or by visiting www.NYAHSA.org. Copies are also available by writing to NYAHSA, 150 State Street, Suite 301, Albany, NY  12207-1698.

“In times like these it is important to be an educated consumer when making decisions about health care options, especially those involving long-term care,” said Carl S. Young, NYAHSA president. “The new NYAHSA ‘Consumer Guide 2004’ helps consumers make smart decisions.”

“Decisions about continuing care often have to be made quickly and without the luxury of time to do research,” said Young. “The newly revised NYAHSA ‘Consumer Guide 2004’ helps consumers by explaining the various levels of continuing care, providing information about oversight agencies and supplying readers with questions to ask when visiting continuing care providers.”

The guide is printed in larger type with a user-friendly overview of the continuum of care and detailed explanations of the often-confusing abbreviations used in long term care.  The guide’s introductory section provides the latest information on care levels.  Data has been arranged in color-coded sections with an alphabetical listing of members by geographic region.

In addition to providing definitions of the various levels of care available throughout New York state and the state oversight agencies, the NYAHSA “Consumer Guide 2004” offers a listing of all NYAHSA members, which include not-for-profit and public nursing homes, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, senior housing facilities, home care agencies, adult day care providers and community services.

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Founded in 1961, the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is the only statewide organization representing the entire continuum of not-for-profit and public continuing care, including nursing homes, senior housing, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living providers, and community service providers.  NYAHSA’s more than 650 mission-driven members serve an estimated 500,000 New Yorkers of all ages annually.