Forbes, July 31, 2026 By Peter Ubel, a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University Community hospitals and nursing homes face an insidious threat: “related-party earnings,” where owners deliberately bankrupt facilities for profit. This involves private equity firms buying a hospital, then selling its land to a related company at a discount, only to rent […]
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JAMA Health Forum, July 31, 2026 By Joohyun Chung, PhD, MStat, RN; Michael Lepore, PhD; Tingzhong Xue, PhD; Rachel Broudy, MD; Hyeyoung Park, PhD, RN; Raeanne LeBlanc, PhD, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CHPN; David L. Chin, PhD Editor’s note: Joohyun Chung and Michael Lepore are currently collaborating with Dignity Alliance Massachusetts and the Center for Health Information […]
The New Bedford Lightby Grace FergusonJuly 28, 2026 Five years after the state introduced staffing standards to improve care in nursing homes, 51% of facilities are out of compliance, a New Bedford Light investigation found. Resident advocates say state penalties are too low.Summary:The Light’s monthslong investigation uncovered: A monthslong investigation by The New Bedford Light […]
Below are some key sections from the report. Download the complete Study and Report on the Need and Feasibility of Qualified Professional Guardians (pdf). Executive Summary The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality contracted with Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) to conduct a study to evaluate the need […]
The Social Model of Disability National Library of MedicineThe medical model views disability as a problem that exists within an individual and focuses on diagnosis, treatment, or cure. The social model offers a different perspective. It suggests that people are often disabled not by their bodies or minds, but by the inaccessible environments around them, […]
The Landscape of Elder Care in the United States: Part 1—Where Older Americans Live and Why It Matters By Kelli Marquardt, Aryan Safi, and Anthony Lo Sasso In the first installment of a three-part research series, economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago analyze the macroeconomic impacts of the United States’ shifting demographic landscape, […]
By James A. Lomastro, PhD James A. Lomastro, PhD, is a freelance, international surveyor, and advocate with Dignity Alliance Massachusetts. He holds a doctorate in Social Welfare Administration from Brandeis University’s Heller School and has spent more than four decades working in healthcare administration. Most non-disabled think of a wheelchair as a piece of medical […]
June 2025: Dignity Alliance Massachusetts welcomes ongoing discussions led by the Executive Office of Aging and Independence (AGE) regarding the future of Prescription Advantage and the best use of available resources to support older adults and people with disabilities. The Current State of Prescription Advantage in Massachusetts Federal reforms to Medicare prescription drug coverage have […]
Family caregivers are now slackers and crooksMcKnights Home CareBy Liza Berger, Editor (liza.berger@mcknights.com)May 1, 2026 Among the more unconventional and perplexing statements of the second Trump administration was one that surfaced in recent weeks when the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services pointed a finger at paid family caregivers in the Medicaid […]
Editor’s Note: While the focus of this opinion piece is about nursing homes in Connecticut, the scope of the issue and the recommended policy and practice solutions are fully relevant to Massachusetts. When ‘care’ becomes controlCT Mirror By Michael A. D’Amico, May 11, 2026 Nursing homes, dementia, and chemical restraints we can’t ignore Families place […]