The Dignity Digest is information compiled weekly by Dignity Alliance Massachusetts concerning long-term services, support, and care. We provide direct links to featured articles, upcoming webinars and study sessions, notable quotes and a guide to the digest.
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Issue #196 – July 16, 2024
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Spotlight: ‘A dog pound would be better.’ Inside one of the most-fined nursing homes in Mass.
Issue #193 – June 25, 2024
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Spotlight: Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision
Issue #192 – June 18, 2024
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Spotlight: The Beauty of Embracing Aging
Issue #191 Supplement for Marsters Hearing – June 13, 2024
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Issue #191 – June 11, 2024
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Spotlight: Is long-term care evolving or devolving?
Issue #190 – June 4, 2024
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Spotlight: Caring for your loved ones is their business, not their concern
Issue #189 – May 28, 2024
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Issue #188 – May 21, 2024
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Spotlight: Nursing Home Closures in NE: Impact on Long-term Care, Labor Markets
Issue #187 – May 14, 2024
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Spotlight: A Massachusetts disability rights warrior’s posthumous last battle against estate recovery
Issue #186 – May 7, 2024
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Issue #185 – April 30, 2024
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Spotlight: America’s graying. We need to change the way we think about age.
Issue #184 – April 23, 2024
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Spotlight: Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes
Issue #183 – April 16, 2024
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Issue #182 – April 9, 2024
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Spotlight: Care At Risk: Upheaval in the Nursing Home Industry
Issue #181 – April 2, 2024
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Spotlight: Governor Healey’s budget proposal threatens 50 years of disability rights
Spotlight: The Wisdom of Humpty Dumpty
Issue #180 – March 26, 2024
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Issue #179 – March 19, 2024
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Issue #178 – March 12, 2024
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Spotlight: The “hidden profits” in the nursing home industry
Issue #177 – March 5, 2024
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Spotlight: Shedding Light on Nursing Home Industry Spending and Profits
Issue #176 – February 27, 2024
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Spotlight: Aging in the United States
Issue #175 – February 20, 2024
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Spotlight: Owner Incentives and Performance in Healthcare: Private Equity Investment in Nursing Homes
Issue #174 – February 13, 2024
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Issue #173 – February 6, 2024
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Spotlight: Harmful Findings at Bear Mountain Nursing Facility
Issue #172 – January 30, 2024
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Spotlight: Fernald School: Waltham is letting a historic property fall apart
Issue #171 – January 25, 2024
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Spotlight: Congressman Richard Neal honored by Dignity Alliance of Massachusetts
Issue #170 – January 18, 2024
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Spotlight: Scrutinize private equity’s involvement in health care
Issue #169 – January 9, 2024
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Spotlight: In a British Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People Is Bringing Hope
Issue #168 – January 2, 2024
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Spotlight: U.S. Nursing Home Finances: Spending, Profitability and Capital Structure