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DignityMA endorsed several important bills that did not pass. There is still time – contact your legislator via our Take Action page!
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Disability Law Center will have a hotline open on Election Day, November 5, for voters who are having problems voting anywhere in Massachusetts. 617-723-8455 (2024#) or 800-872-9992 (2024#)
Heard recently (Visit Quotes page for more)
“I hope your sugar goes up to 500 and you have a heart attack and die.”
Said to a nursing facility resident who experienced verbal abuse at one-star facility, Left waiting and suffering: Elder Justice “No Harm” Newsletter (Volume 6, Issue 1), Long Term Care Community Coalition
“Assisted living residences in Massachusetts are kind of the Wild West. There are really very little protections for the consumers. While many facilities are well run some homes have poorly defined fees, exorbitant rents, and unceremonious evictions. It’s just that there are no standards.”
John Ford, director of the elder law project at the Northeast Justice Center in Lynn and Chair, DignityMA’s Assisted Living Workgroup, ‘I don’t deserve it’: Seniors sue Revere assisted living home over ‘ancillary fees’, *Boston Globe, October 30, 2024
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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Upcoming Events
- 8:00 am, November 7, 2024 – National Family Caregivers Month Celebration
- 10:00 am, November 7, 2024 – Center for Health Information and Analysis Public Hearing
- 7:00 pm, November 8, 2024 – Climate Change Is a Disability Issue
- 12:00 pm, November 14, 2024 – Utilizing Decision-Making Capacity Assessments in Criminal Cases
- 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, November 16, 2024 – SCIboston's Saturday Education Series Adaptive Sports, Fitness, and Recreation Programs
- 1:30 pm, November 19, 2024 – Advocacy for MA DDS Self-Directed Services as envisioned by the 2014 Real Lives Law
- 3:00 pm, December 11, 2024 – A Conversation with Natalie Foster
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October 28, 2024
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