Digest

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 #250 – September 16, 2025

Issue #249 – September 9, 2025

Spotlight: Nursing home care turmoil: quick profits and quality concerns

Spotlight: Paternalism: A Wake-Up Call

Issue #248 – September 2, 2025

Spotlight: Pivot or Posturing? What the Senior Care Industry’s “Next-Stage Living” Narrative Means for Advocates

Issue #247 – August 26, 2025

Spotlight: A Commonwealth for All Ages: A Call to the Massachusetts Democratic Party

Issue #246 – August 19, 2025

Special Edition #245 – August 4, 2025

Spotlight: Chapter 107 Final Reports

Issue #244 – July 22, 2025

Spotlight: In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke

Special Edition #243 – July 17, 2025

Special Edition #242 – July 10, 2025

Special Edition #241 – June 27, 2025

Issue #240 – June 10, 2025

Issue #239 – June 3, 2025

Spotlight: Nursing Home Owners Profit with Under-resourcing and Under-staffing

Issue #238 – May 27, 2025

Spotlight: Medicaid: An American Medical Care Disgrace

Issue #237 – May 20, 2025

Spotlight: Does Private Equity Harm Residents in Nursing Homes?

Issue #236 – May 13, 2025

Spotlight: “ReiMAgine Aging 2030: The Massachusetts Plan”

Spotlight: Governor Signs Executive Order, Releases Updated State Plan for Supporting Older Adults in MA

Issue #235 – May 6, 2025

Spotlight: State Health Planning to Improve Access to Care in Massachusetts: Needs and Current Tools

Issue #234 – May 2, 2025

Spotlight: Trump Cuts Threaten Agency Running Meals on Wheels

Spotlight: PESP report reveals private equity continues to acquire and bankrupt nursing homes

Issue #233 – April 22, 2025

Spotlight: Sara Kallock

Issue #232 – April 15, 2025

Spotlight: What DignityMA Means to Me

Issue #231 – April 8, 2025

Spotlight: 2024 Double G Citations: Significant Increase in Nursing Home Noncompliance and Penalties

Issue #230 – April 1, 2025

Spotlight: HHS’s Transformation to Make America Healthy Again

Issue #229 – March 25, 2025

Spotlight: Private Equity in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services

Issue #228 – March 18, 2025

Spotlight: Nursing home funds used on designer suits, lingerie, spa service, complaint alleges

Issue #227 – March 11, 2025

Issue #226 – March 4, 2025

Issue #225 – February 25, 2025

Issue #224 – February 18, 2025

Spotlight: What Lies Ahead For Medicaid In Budget Reconciliation?

Issue #223 – February 11, 2025

Spotlight: Your Parents Deserve More From Their Nursing Home

Issue #222 – February 4, 2025

Spotlight: Redefining Neutrality: Dignity Alliance: The Evolution of Honest Brokers in Healthcare Advocacy

Issue #221 – January 28, 2025

Spotlight: Massachusetts Nursing Facilities

Issue #220 – January 24, 2025

Spotlight: Beyond Market Concentration: Using Social Network Analysis to Explore Complex Ownership Structures of Nursing Homes

Spotlight: Nursing Home Staffing Campaign

Issue #219 – January 14, 2025

Spotlight: Dignity in Action: From Institutional Failure to Decentralized Empowerment

Spotlight: Medicaid Personal Needs Allowances – Overdue for Adjustment

Issue #218 – January 7, 2025

Spotlight: Nursing Home Fines Skyrocket After Private Equity Buyouts, Studies Find

Issue #217 – January 3, 2025

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