Risk-Based Surveys (RBS): Eligible Nursing Homes Long Term Care Community Coalition On September 8, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began a new Risk-Based Survey (RBS) process for nursing home inspections. Nursing homes that CMS deems “lower risk” now receive an abbreviated inspection: fewer survey activities, a smaller resident sample, and roughly […]
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I have Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what I’d like you to know Lee Pelton retired as president and CEO of The Boston Foundation in the summer. He has served as the president of Emerson College and Willamette University, and as dean at Colgate University and Dartmouth College. He has taught English and American literature at Harvard […]
‘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. […]
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 […]
Defining Home- And Community-Based Services Health Affairs, September 17, 2026 By Alexandra Bonardi, Valerie Bradley, Teresita Camacho-Gonsalves, and Sara Galantowicz Home- and community-based services (HCBS) are essential to helping older adults and individuals with disabilities remain in their homes and communities rather than entering institutional settings, yet the term is interpreted in diverse ways across […]
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. […]
September 18, 2026Submitted to MassHealth via masshealthpublicnotice@mass.gov Dignity Alliance Massachusetts submits this testimony regarding the emergency amendments to 130 CMR 420.000, which establish an annual spending cap of $1,750 for adult dental services under MassHealth. Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is an statewide voluntary, organization dedicated to transforming aging, long-term care, and disability support services across the […]
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 […]