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Visit our Priorities Page to see a list of current topics, with deeper dives into some of them.

Heard this week (Visit Quotes page for more)

“It’s shameful that the nursing home industry would rather line its own pockets than follow these standards, provide better care, and save lives.”

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Nursing home staffing mandate would save thousands of lives, researchers say (*USA Today, July 20, 2024)

“We need to hold accountable those [nursing home] investors who control the funding. They buy these up and then sell them quickly. We need to make sure they are held accountable for their finances and ensuring the financial stability of the long-term health care institutions.

State Senator Jacob Oliveira, State providing nursing care at troubled South Hadley facility, MassLive.com, July 19, 2024

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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Urgent Action Items

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In the News

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