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Remembering with Dignity

A Dignity Alliance MA digital memorial to honor those who died during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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In March 2025, it was 21-year-old Hector, who has developmental disabilities, left confused and unable to communicate in an immigrant detention facility in Tacoma, WA. Then that August, a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was handcuffed by ICE agents in what they now claim was a “mistake” while the child waited for his sister in a car with his mother outside a school.

The Danger ICE Poses to the Disability Community (NPQ, January 14, 2026)

[The] eight [quality] measures [tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)] include: infections requiring hospitalization, staffing hours per resident day, staff turnover, discharge to community, percentage of residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury, discharge function score, number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long stay resident days, and potentially preventable readmissions.

CMS Clarification Increases Risk of Nursing Homes Falling Below 90% QRP Threshold (Skilled Nursing News, February 20, 2026)

Quick Links

• MA at a Crossroads: DignityMA’s Vision for Long-Term Care
• Resource Websites – curated list of allies and experts
• Dignity Digests – weekly compilation of articles on long-term services, support, and care.
• Legislative Priorities – Current bills advancing our goals
• Priorities – In-depth and updated information on our priorities

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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DignityMA Priorities and Key Topics

MANHR – A Program of DignityMA

Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Homes has essential information on nursing homes in MA, including advice for resolving complaints.

Urgent Action Items

Visit the TAKE ACTION page for our current priorities.

In the News

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