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NYS home care transition sparks concerns Medicaid billing, and administrative tasks for pro g ram enrollees. Under the new sysWith a deadline looming, tem, all enrollees must register State Sen. Steve Rhoads and with Public Partnerships LLC advocates for those with dis- by April 1 to avoid service abilities are urging action to interruptions. Advocates argue that the prevent disruptions in New shift has created York’s Consumer confusion among Directed Personal people with disabilAssistance Proities and their caregram, warning that givers, who rely on thousands of vulthe assistance pronerable residents gram for essential could lose critical daily support. care. Rhoads, whose The assistance 5th Senate District program is a Medicencompasses Wantaid initiative that SuSAN agh, Seaford, Levitallows individuals McCoRMACk t ow n , B e l l m o r e, with disabilities, Executive director, chronic illnesses, Long Island Center for Merrick and East M e a d o w, s p o k e or long-term health Independent Living about the change at conditions to receive a news conference care at home from personal assistants of their at his district office in Levittown on March 6. choice. According to Rhoads, Senate The transition to a single fiscal intermediary, part of the Bill S.1189, introduced in Janustate’s effort to reform the pro- ary, would repeal the single-fisg ram, has raised concer ns cal-inter mediary mandate, among advocates who said the allowing multiple intermediarprocess has been rushed and ies to continue serving enrollpoorly communicated. In the ees, preventing service disruppast, these intermediaries — tions. The legislation would nonprofits, independent living also implement new oversight centers and health care agen- measures, including a personal cies — have handled payroll, Continued on page 8
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Master gardener eileen Rodgers uses a pole pruner in a live demonstration for how to take care of trees at the east Meadow Farm on March 1.
Here’s how to care for your property like a master gardener By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
Master Gardeners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County taught local homeowners about how to conduct yard work safely for both person and plant at the East Meadow Farm on March 1. The master gardeners are agricultural specialists that focus on educating homeowners about taking care of their property. The history of the program goes back to the founding of the country. “It started with Thomas Jefferson, and he was very much into agriculture,” Master
Gardener Patricia Oliver said. “He thought the farmers should know about all new techniques of growing. They would take a couple of farmers, teach them, and then they would go back and teach their friends and neighbors, and that’s what the Master Gardener plan is about.” The Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold more presentations at the Uniondale Public library on Wednesday, March 19 on “Waking up your Garden” and another presentation at Uniondale Public Library Monday, May 12, on Perennial Gardening. At the East Meadow Farm, homeowners Continued on page 4