‘Depressing and scandalous’: Lawmakers want Healey administration to explain lax nursing home oversight Boston Globe, October 1, 2026By Kay Lazar and Neena Hagen Summary:Following a Boston Globe investigation revealing that out-of-state operators with spotty or poor records have acquired nearly one in five Massachusetts nursing homes, state lawmakers have fiercely demanded answers from the Healey administration. […]
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October 1, 2026. Recently, Paul Lanzikos worked with Beverly Beat reporter Paul Leighton who wrote an article describing the very bad conditions at Blueberry Hill in Beverly. The article (also reprinted below) is What’s the lowest-rated nursing home in Massachusetts? Hint: It’s located in our city. To further inform us, Paul Lanzikos ran some statewide […]
September 16, 2026 Presenters: Grace Ferguson, Investigating Reporter at The New Beford Light in conversation with DignityMA Co-Founder, former State Senator Richard Moore Grace Ferguson reports on nursing home care, housing, and transportation for The New Bedford Light. She graduated from Boston University and recently completed a fellowship reporting on police accountability for WBUR. She […]
Nursing Homes Have Become Last-Resort Housing TimeBy Michele Cohen MarillSeptember 27, 2026 This TIME article examines how a growing number of older adults and unhoused individuals with low-care needs are ending up institutionalized in nursing homes simply because they lack safe, affordable alternatives in the community. As the Baby Boomer generation ages and emergency shelters […]
He’s buying Mass. nursing homes, cutting budgets, and driving down care. The state keeps signing off. Boston GlobeBy Kay Lazar, Neena Hagen, and Tricia L. NadolnySeptember 28, 2026 This Boston Globe Spotlight investigation examines RegalCare Management Group, its owner Eliyahu Mirlis, and associated executives, detailing how outside-owned nursing home operators have leveraged complex corporate structures. […]
On his podcast, he speaks to nursing home residents living on $72.80 a month By Aprell May MunfordMassLive.com, September 13, 2026 NORTHAMPTON — For nearly two decades, Massachusetts nursing home residents on MassHealth have had less than $75 a month to spend on personal needs, from toiletries to an occasional treat with their families. Hoping to […]
The “$72.80 Project” is an advocacy campaign conceived and produced by Noah Daube-Valois, a 20 year old Vassar College student who lives in Northampton, MA. He has spent this summer working with residents at Rockridge Retirement Home, many of whom he says, “now feel like family”. Only a month ago did he realize that most […]
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 […]
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 […]