Q&A
Comparison between NORC programs and adult day care centers
1:11:38
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90 sec
Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez explains the differences between NORC programs and adult day care centers in terms of their target populations and funding sources.
- Adult day care centers are meant to serve a more informed population still living in the community, different from the typical NORC population.
- Funding for NORC programs comes from the Department for the Aging, while adult day care centers are funded by the state.
- The Commissioner emphasizes that these programs are not meant to be competitive and serve different purposes.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:11:38
Right.
1:11:39
So so so I go from the notion that they're not competitive.
1:11:45
Adult date care centers if they're doing what they're supposed to be doing are really taking care of a very informed population.
1:11:55
Alright?
1:11:56
That's still living in the community.
1:11:58
That is not the natural population that go to always sees.
1:12:03
That being said, adult fake care centers, which are regulated by the state, sometimes do not abide, maybe by those rules.
1:12:14
I can attest to that.
1:12:15
What I can attest is that this city council Years ago created an ombudsman program under the department for the aging so that we could, 1, make sure that they're all enrolled, all adult day care centers are enrolled, and then we could monitor the complaints and report those to the state at a higher level.
1:12:37
But I do not think that they're competitive by nature because they're supposed to be serving different populations.
1:12:43
Are they not doing what they're supposed to be doing?
1:12:45
That's possible.
1:12:47
The funding is very different.
1:12:49
The funding of 1 does not take away from the funding of another.
1:12:52
Norx are funded under the department for the aging, the New York City Aging, senior adult day care centers are funded under the state.
1:13:01
There have been no cuts to the norks, and and there have been no budget cuts to any of the programs.
