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Remembering with Dignity has launched as a digital memorial to honor those who died during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Recent Quotes (for more, visit the Quotes Page)

And my mom is still going strong at 92. She still has her sense of humor and her political engagement but no “diseases that will kill her,” as she puts it.

Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the Co-Director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute and the Diane S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, My Parents’ Secret for Living Well Into Their 90s: Embracing Strangers (*Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2025)

Health care policy is often discussed in abstractions—budgets, subsidies, market dynamics. But at its core, it is about who gets care, when they get it, and at what cost. When Congress chooses delay over action, inequality fills the gap. A system this large, this expensive, and this unequal does not fail quietly. It fails in bodies, budgets, and lives. And every time lawmakers walk away, Americans are left to pay more—for less.

Congress Went Home. Health Care Didn’t Get Fixed. Americans Pay the Price. (Milwaukee Courier, January 3, 2026)

Death and dying aren’t the same—the process of dying is still something to be lived.

Former U. S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), Sasse Raises the Bar—Again (*Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2025

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

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

Urgent Action Items

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In the News

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