Download the 2022 Dignity Alliance Massachusetts Annual Report (pdf). See full work group reports (pdf format) below.
Heard this week:
Inadequate nursing home staffing is not just an issue for today’s residents. Each of us may be one accident away from a nursing home. Whether we are 80 years old with a broken hip or 30 years old with a head injury, we shouldn’t have to worry that we’ll end up neglected in a nursing home too understaffed to keep us safe.
Biden’s nursing home staffing proposal is dangerously inadequate, The Hill, September 22, 2023
“We just want our happily ever after.”
Julia Simko, 33, who hopes to marry Ray Vercruysse, 35, who both live with developmental disabilities, For Disabled Couples, a Plea for Marriage Equality, New York Times (free access), September 15, 2023
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.
MANHR – a Program of DignityMA
Massachusetts Advocates for Nursing Homes has essential information on nursing homes in MA.
Upcoming Events
- 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, September 28, 2023 – Let's Talk, Massachusetts: Embracing Conversations to Build Community
- 7:30 am, October 11, 2023 – October 13, 2023 – MA Councils on Aging Conference (in person)
- 9:00 am – 1:30 pm, October 14, 2023 – Senate President Spilka's 55+ Health and Wellness Fair (in person)
- 10:00 am, October 18, 2023 – DignityMA Study Session - PACE Program 101 and More
- 10:00 am – 11:00 am, October 18, 2023 – DignityMA Study Session - ReFraming Aging
- 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, October 23, 2023 – Shaping the Future of Social Work in Public Health
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Urgent Action Items
Visit the TAKE ACTION page for our current priorities.
In the News
DignityMA Study Session: Using Class Actions to Promote System Change
2023-09-25 Spotlight: For Disabled Couples, a Plea for Marriage
By Tammy LaGorce, September 15, 2023 On Wednesday afternoon, 20 couples gathered in front of a ...
DignityMA Study Session – The Future of Nursing Homes: Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard – A case Study
DignityMA Study Session with Secy. Edward Augustus
DignityMA Study Session – ReFraming Aging
DignityMA Study Session – PACE Program 101 and More
MassPACE Association Wednesday, ...
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- The MA Senate released a report in response to COVID-19. Read more, including the DignityMA response, on the Policies page.
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