PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Angela Burns, Member of the Public, on CDPAP Program
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Angela Burns, a licensed clinical social worker and designated representative for her mother with dementia, testified in support of Resolution 642 regarding the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). She expressed concerns about the transition to a single fiscal intermediary for the CDPAP program and its potential impact on care quality and accessibility.
- Burns highlighted the challenges of providing care in rural areas, particularly on Long Island
- She reported long wait times (over two hours) when trying to contact Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the new fiscal intermediary
- Burns emphasized the difficulty of balancing work, being a designated representative, and ensuring proper care for her mother
Angela Burns
2:22:23
Hi.
2:22:23
Good morning.
2:22:24
I'd like to thank, the city council, the health committee in any support of resolution six forty two in relation to CDPAP.
2:22:36
I am a licensed clinical social worker, on but on this in this moment, I am testifying as a family, on behalf of a family member, in relation to CDPAP.
2:22:51
I am a designated representative in the care for my mom, and she has dementia.
2:22:58
I mean, we're trying desperately to make sure that she can remain at home after the death of my father, who was her primary caregiver.
2:23:07
And given, prior testimony, I won't repeat what other people have stated, hopefully, but also looking to having everything go into one FI makes absolutely no sense at all.
2:23:26
I live on the Eastern End Of Long Island, and services here are already hard to come by because it isn't considered rural, but it is kind of rural out here when it comes to services for the aging.
2:23:43
Also thinking about New York State as a whole, there are a lot of rural communities.
2:23:49
And to expect everyone to try to go through one PPL, it already is very difficult to have to work, be the designated representative, and try to make sure that my mom has the appropriate care that she needs and deserves.
2:24:07
We've already had long wait times.
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Everyone's trying to contact PPL.
2:24:14
Wait times on the phone are above two hours at this point.
2:24:19
How are we supposed to provide any continuous care for people if we can't even get somebody on the phone?
Sasha Guillaume
2:24:27
Thank you.
Leroy Comrie
2:24:27
Your time's expired.
Lynn Schulman
2:24:28
No.
2:24:28
She you you can finish.
2:24:29
Just just summarize the
Angela Burns
2:24:31
Yes.
2:24:32
Thank you.
2:24:33
So again, I do hope that all of our testimonies are taken into consideration and I do appreciate your time.
Lynn Schulman
2:24:41
We're no.