Category Archives: News

Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices) Partners with Lizzy Care to Support Families Through Medicare’s Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Program

Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices) is proud to announce its partnership with Lizzy Care through an agreement with GuideWay Health, PLLC, the Medicare Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) practice entity. Working together, CDChoices will serve as the Respite Provider, delivering flexible, person-centered respite care services to families affected by dementia across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, […]

CDChoices Celebrates National Nonprofit Day

Consumer Directed Choices (CDChoices), a nonprofit organization that provides payroll and administrative services to seniors and people with disabilities who manage their own care, honored National Nonprofit Day with a day of service in the community. Staff members from CDChoices volunteered at the City Mission of Schenectady, an organization dedicated to providing meals, shelter, and […]

Chris Graber, CEO, Named One of the Responsible 100 in 2024

CDChoices is excited to share our CEO, Chris Graber, has been recognized as one of The Responsible 100 by City & State! This prestigious honor celebrates New York’s most outstanding corporate citizens who demonstrate exceptional leadership, dedication, and commitment to transformative change and community improvement. Chris’s unwavering focus on social responsibility, including diversity, equity, ethics, […]

Twenty-one home care workers honored statewide

CDChoices recently honored 21 exceptional home care workers across New York State with the 2024 Constance Laymon Personal Assistant Recognition Awards. This recognition, highlighted by WNYT is given to those who have made a remarkable impact in the lives of seniors and people with disabilities, allowing them to live independently in their own homes. Nominated […]

20 things you don’t know about me: Hongwei Zhang, Consumer Directed Choices

Hongwei Zhang, CDChoices’ Senior Vice President, is featured in the Times Union’s “20 Things You Don’t Know About Me” series. Hongwei offers insights into both her professional journey and personal life, revealing interesting and meaningful experiences that have shaped her. Hongwei’s diverse background and strategic leadership have been instrumental in guiding CDChoices toward a successful […]

Consumer Directed Choices Marks Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act with Uplifting Message of Empowerment

On July 26, 2024, CDChoices was featured in The Post Star to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark civil rights act, signed into law on July 26, 1990, prohibits discrimination based on disability and ensures that individuals with disabilities are afforded equal access to all […]

Women of Excellence: Hongwei Zhang utilizes data to better serve clients

On May 3, 2024, CDChoices Senior Vice President of Operations Hongwei Zhang, was featured in the Times Union to discuss being the Capital Region Chamber Women of Excellence, Excellence in Business Innovation honoree. She says, “When I think of innovation, I don’t think we should just do innovation. When I reflect on the innovations I’ve […]

CDChoices Senior VP of Operations Hongwei Zhang named 40 under 40 Class of 2024 winner

For over two decades, the Albany Business Review has recognized movers and shakers—entrepreneurs, innovators, job creators, and dealmakers—who are defining the future of the Capital Region. Among the elite 40 under 40 Class of 2024, we proudly congratulate Hongwei Zhang, our very own CDChoices Senior Vice President of Operations. Chosen from a pool of 250 […]

CDChoices Senior VP of Operations Hongwei Zhang named Capital Region Chamber Women of Excellence in Business Innovation

CDChoices is thrilled to announce our Senior VP of Operations, Hongwei Zhang, has been honored with the Capital Region Chamber Women of Excellence in Business Innovation Award! Hongwei is a brilliant, talented, and respected leader at CDChoices, and she’s also the powerhouse behind our innovative Workforce Recruitment Portal, a resource built to help seniors and […]