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I often ask myself – who could have predicted that when I was on life support and not expected to survive, I would one day thrive and live a full life thanks to my mind, my consciousness, my cognitive strengths and abilities that I benefit from every day?

Penny Shaw, state and national nursing home advocate, How My Mind Helps Me Thrive, Disability Issues, Vol. 45, No. 2, Spring  2025

Federal prosecutors have said Skyline’s IRS debt led to the collapse of the firm, which included 95 facilities in 11 states, spread from Massachusetts to Arkansas and South Dakota. Overall, some 15,000 employees and 7,000 patients were involved. State officials took over dozens of facilities through the receivership process when concerns about getting food and medicine to residents became evident.

Skyline’s Schwartz gets 3 years in prison for scheme that collapsed dozens of nursing homes, McKnights Long Term Care News, April 10, 2025

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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