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Remembering with Dignity has launched as a digital memorial to honor those who died during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Calls for more transparency around ownership and financing have become a common response to private equity presence in the nursing home industry, but transparency alone is not enough. The private equity tactics that undermined Genesis were legal and disclosed – announced in press releases, reported in industry and major media, and met without serious concern. What’s needed is not just greater visibility but clear limits on private equity practices that prioritize investor return over keeping nursing homes running safely and sustainably.

Genesis Healthcare files for bankruptcy (Private Equity Stakeholders’ Project, August 11, 2025). Emphasis added.

Families like mine are struggling to make sense of this rapidly shifting landscape. Lack of clear and accessible information, fear of impending federal cuts and proactive state reductions in Medicaid have left me and others confused and angry. . . How we care for our most vulnerable reveals what we believe about ourselves.

Rachel Roth Aldhizer a North Carolina mother, who is a paid caregiver of her profoundly disabled 4-year old son, a Medicaid recipient, I’m a Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live. (New York Times (free access), August 21, 2025)

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Mission

Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.  We are committed to advancing new ways of providing long-term services, support, living options, and care, while respecting choice and self-determination.  Through education, legislation, regulatory reform, and legal strategies, this mission will become reality throughout the Commonwealth.

As a grass-roots coalition of aging and disability service and advocacy organizations and supporters, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts works to secure fundamental changes.

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