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“As all of you know, I’m a drug addict and an alcoholic. Alcohol and drug addiction strike women and men without regard for their sex, and yet our society still attaches a special stigma to the female alcoholic or drug addict.”

Kitty Dukakis,  at a 1990 women’s Democratic club meeting, Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Mass. and mental health advocate, dies at 88, WBUR, March 22, 2025

“You’re seeing the really atrocious impact of private equity, combined with the fact that this is a pretty hidden and tucked away industry. It is very disturbing, especially because people with disabilities already have much worse access to health care.”

Eileen O’Grady, author of the report, Private Equity in Intellectual and Developmental Services, Private equity ‘gobbling’ up care facilities for people with disabilities, STAT News, March 18, 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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