This segment focuses on caring for our senior population during COVID-19. In part one, we are joined by Greg Olsen who is the acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging. The second segment features UAlbany School of Social Welfare alumna, Eden Hunter, who is employed at Shaker Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
Greg Olsen is the acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging, where he oversees the agency’s day-to-day operations and the administration of federal and state-funded programs designed to assist the more than 3.7 million older adult residents in the state, as well as programs that assist family members and others involved with helping older adults needing greater levels of assistance. The NYS Office for the Aging assists older New Yorkers to be as independent as possible, for as long as possible, through advocacy and the development and delivery of programs and services that support and empower older New Yorkers and their families, in partnership with the network of public and private organizations that serve them. Greg has served in a variety of executive management positions within the agency.
Eden Hunter is employed at Shaker Place Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. She is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and came to Albany a few years short years go for graduate school. While at the UAlbany School of Social Welfare, Eden was also part of the Internships in Aging Project which is a program that is for MSW students who want to have a career working with the aging population.
