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“It’s depressing and scandalous.”

Senator Patricia Jehlen (Somerville-D), ‘Depressing and scandalous’: Lawmakers want Healey administration to explain lax nursing home oversight (Boston Globe, October 1, 2026)

Basically, there was nobody minding the store.

Actually, and this may be shocking for people to hear, there is not exactly a law prohibiting it. State regulators don’t like to hear that and certainly when we spoke with the state health commissioner, he was shocked to learn that 16% of the nursing home’s budget in another nursing home [of RegalCare’s] was siphoned off.

But there is no single law that prohibits that. And they can siphon and siphon away if they want, or redirect it to other companies they own, and we found that was happening with RegalCare.

Globe Spotlight: Out-of-state operators drained Mass. nursing homes while care quality dropped (New England Public Media, October 2, 2026)

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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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