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Apr 28

Some Good News in the World of Long-Term Care

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Dec 27, 2022

Why the Feds’ COVID-19 Testing Program is Not Enough

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Dec 1, 2022

Reasons to Commemorate and Celebrate

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Nov 23, 2022

Colorado Springs: Honoring Our LGBTQ Extended Family

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Oct 20, 2022

Gray Panthers NYC on Nursing Home Staffing in New York

Mary Jane Wolper

Oct 10, 2022

Citizen Advocates for Nursing Home Residents

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Sep 7, 2022

Grieving Families in New York State Deserve Better

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Aug 9, 2022

How Masking Sends a Message to Older Persons

Honoring Longtime Board Member Frances Zainoeddin

In the coming weeks, Frances Zainoeddin, one of our longtime board members, will be departing from the Board, albeit staying with us as...

GPNYC will produce a series of four virtual sessions with the aim of uniting advocates to improve quality of life in the nursing home...

Some Good News in the World of Long-Term Care

Often, this blog is used to report bad news or a need for action on ageism, long-term care, and social justice issues, just to name a...

ENCORE PRESENTATION - Assuring Human Rights for Older Persons in Long Term Care Facilities

Apr 25, 2023 02:00 PM Side Event of 13th Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Ageing Everywhere, COVID exposed inequities and unleashed a...

Why Ageism Isn’t the Only -Ism that Matters to Us

Gray Panthers was founded on and is perhaps best known for its stance on issues that combat ageism and advocates for the rights and...

Quality Of Life For The Aging LGBTQ+ Population, GPNYC's Jack Kupferman Interviewed in Queerful

As the population gets older, organizations are moving to fit their needs. In New York, a group called Gray Panthers NYC is dedicated to...

Why Many American Nursing Homes Are Like McDonald’s

As far as we know, there aren’t tons of nursing homes out there serving Big Macs or Chicken McNuggets to their residents. So why, then,...

Kick the Crap Out of Ageism: Introductory Self-Protection Seminar for Seniors, April 15

CONFRONTING AGEISM THROUGH EMPOWERMENT To address the recent rise in violence toward seniors in New York, and to empower older New...

Assuring Human Rights for Older Persons in Long Term Care Facilities: Lessons Learned, April 5

Official Side Event at the UN Open Ended Working Group on Ageing 2023 Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 13:00 New York Time Everywhere, Covid...

More Funding Needed for Nursing Home Oversight

Gray Panthers NYC recently learned that some lawmakers are making noise to push for increased funding for nursing home oversight. Gray...

GP NYC is Thrilled to Welcome Intern Sophia Casale

Hi, my name is Sophia Casale. I am a native New Yorker, but I currently reside in Central New Jersey. Growing up in a close-knit...

Leave Social Security and Medicare Alone

As the 118th Congress begins its deliberations, one issue must command the attention of all Americans, whether Republican, Democrat, or...

Gray Panthers NYC Transformation Tuesday Highlights Nursing Home Wishes for 2023

“Ultimately, we must ensure that our nursing homes are truly homes for those living in them.” -- New York City Council Member Crystal...

Replay of Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023

Thank you to those who attended Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023 last week. It was a powerful capstone to our second...

Gray Panthers NYC Releases 2022 Annual Highlights

During Year 3 of COVID, Gray Panthers NYC (GPNYC) has been busy with housekeeping. Being in social isolation helped us to concentrate...

Why the Feds’ COVID-19 Testing Program is Not Enough

In a response to another surge in COVID-19 cases, the United States Federal Government has reinstated a program though which all American...

You're invited to join us for our special year end Transformation Tuesday - Nursing Home Resident Voices: A Wishlist for 2023, Dec 27,...

Gray Panther Partner Profile: The Granny Peace Brigade

On October 17, 2022, the Granny Peace Brigade NYC (GPB) observed its 17th anniversary. Most of our heads are gray, like the Gray Panthers...

Reasons to Commemorate and Celebrate

While there was, is, and likely will be no shortage of bad news to cover and listen to, there are at the same time reasons to commemorate...

Colorado Springs: Honoring Our LGBTQ Extended Family

Gray Panthers NYC is horrified and outraged with the shooting that resulted in the loss of five people and the injuring of many others at...

A Different Ask for Giving Tuesday 2022 from Gray Panthers NYC

This Giving Tuesday, Gray Panthers NYC is asking you to donate your time to support our work on Nursing Home transformation! Pick one (or...

Some Words About Former Gray Panthers Board Member Rolly Woodyatt

This week, many of us are thinking of the things that we are thankful for. For some of us at Gray Panthers, one of the things we are...

A Perspective on What it Looks Like to Be Intergenerational

The Vision Statement of Gray Panthers NYC is: “The Gray Panthers envisions a world where the old and the young have much to contribute to...

Taking Action: Recap of Gray Panthers NYC Town Hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim

At our most recent Transformation Tuesday on October 25, 2022, Gray Panthers hosted a town hall with Assembly Member Ron Kim, the Chair...

Gray Panthers NYC on Nursing Home Staffing in New York

Recently Gray Panthers NYC was part of a coalition of organizations submitting joint comments on the New York State Department of...

The Honorable Ron Kim and Gray Panthers NYC Town Hall, October 25, 2022, 2-3 pm

We are honored to host Assemblyman Ron Kim (Queens), Chair, NYS Assembly Committee on Aging, for this 60-minute Town Hall event. Register...

Citizen Advocates for Nursing Home Residents

Guest Blogger: Mary Jane Wolper, Volunteer Coordinator for The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program for NYC On September 27, 2022, I served...

Save the Date for Town Hall with The Honorable Ron Kim and "Grassroots Voices" Webinar Replay

For those who attended, we hope you found last month's webinar, Grassroots Voices: Nursing Home Transformation, as informative and...

Congratulations to Our Colleagues Recognized by United Nations 2022 Healthy Aging 50

These allies have been selected from the approximately 500 nominees working to transform the world into a better place to grow older....

Remarks by Gray Panthers NYC on Improving Older New Yorkers’ Access to City Services, Sept 7, 2022

Thank you so much for the invitation to present the views of Gray Panthers on the suite of bills under consideration. I am Jack...

Grassroot Voices: Nursing Home Transformation Webinar, September 27, 2022 2-3PM EDT

PANELISTS Rachel Bennett, Founder, Nursing Home Card Project Mary Jane Wolper, LTC Ombudsman Program Volunteer Coordinator, Center for...

Grieving Families in New York State Deserve Better

For over a century and a half, wrongful death lawsuit settlements in New York State were never allowed to consider the emotional impact...

How the Inflation Reduction Act Benefits Older Americans

Depending on what you read or watch, much of the publicity surrounding the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act is about whether or...

Recap of Brooklyn Borough Hall Scamming and Fraud Event

On July 29, 2022, Gray Panthers NYC summer intern Sarah Gold attended an event held by the Brooklyn Wide Interagency Council on Aging....

Meet Sarah Gold, GP NYC 2022 Summer Intern

I am a rising senior at Skidmore College, majoring in Anthropology and double minoring in Biology and Mandarin. My interest in the Gray...

How Masking Sends a Message to Older Persons

We thought we were done with it, that we could relax and get back to our normal lives. Unfortunately, many parts of the United States,...

LiveOn NY Legislative Recap, July 2022

Many thanks to LiveOn NY for this recap of some of the legislation that passed both NYS Assembly houses that is pertinent to our work...

PANTHER SPOTLIGHT: Brendan Birth, Gray Panthers NYC Board Member

Brendan Birth (he/him) is the Secretary of the Gray Panthers NYC Board. He first came to Gray Panthers as an intern in Summer 2015. He...

SAVE THE DATE! More info to follow soon! You can watch all of our past Transformation Tuesday webinars on our website.

Gray Panthers NYC's Jack Kupferman Attended the Joint Forum and the Ministerial Conference on Ageing

Gray Panthers NYC's Jack Kupferman attended the Joint Forum and the Ministerial Conference on Ageing in June in Rome. Official delegates...

Gray Panthers NYC Attends UN Programme “Older Women in Crises: Invisible Among the Most Vulnerable”

On July 14, 2022, Gray Panthers NYC intern Sarah Gold (rising senior at Skidmore College) attended a High-Level Political Forum Zoom...

Why Long-Term Care Matters to Gray Panthers NYC

Over the past year, Gray Panthers NYC has held monthly Transformation Tuesdays, an educational webinar series focused on nursing home...

Gray Panthers Statement on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

Gray Panthers does not support the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. It will lead to forced childbirths -- something...

GRAY MATTERS: Introducing the Gray Panthers NYC Article Series

“Well aimed slingshots can topple giants” ~Maggie Kuhn, Founder, Gray Panthers Gray Panthers NYC is proud of our year-long series on...

Reimagining Nursing Homes: The New Paradigm, June 28, 2022 Transformation Tuesday

Next week (6/28), we are partnering with our friends at EmergingAging NYC for a thought-provoking discussion centering on how grassroots...

Join us May 24, 2022, Honoring Nursing Home Lives Lost: Where Will We Be in 2023?

This month's Transformation Tuesday will be a recap of what Gray Panthers NYC (GPNYC) has accomplished over the past year of the pandemic...

April 19, 2022, Transformation Tuesday - Nursing Home Policy Updates: What is the Strategy?

Save the Date! Register now for our next Transformation Tuesday! You can watch all of our past Transformation Tuesday webinars on our...

Jack Kupferman on BronxNet - Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums

Host Daren Jaime sits down with the President of Gray Panthers NYC, Jack Kupferman to talk about the organization combating ageism and...

Honoring the First Year of the TPNW

A photo from last week's rally and march honoring the first full year of the TPNW - Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Gray...

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