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 #248 – September 2, 2025
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Spotlight: Pivot or Posturing? What the Senior Care Industry’s “Next-Stage Living” Narrative Means for Advocates
Issue #247 – August 26, 2025
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Spotlight: A Commonwealth for All Ages: A Call to the Massachusetts Democratic Party
Issue #246 – August 19, 2025
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Special Edition #245 – August 4, 2025
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Spotlight: Chapter 107 Final Reports
Issue #244 – July 22, 2025
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Spotlight: In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke
Special Edition #243 – July 17, 2025
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Special Edition #242 – July 10, 2025
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Special Edition #241 – June 27, 2025
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Issue #240 – June 10, 2025
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Issue #239 – June 3, 2025
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Spotlight: Nursing Home Owners Profit with Under-resourcing and Under-staffing
Issue #238 – May 27, 2025
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Spotlight: Medicaid: An American Medical Care Disgrace
Issue #237 – May 20, 2025
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Spotlight: Does Private Equity Harm Residents in Nursing Homes?
Issue #236 – May 13, 2025
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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
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Spotlight: State Health Planning to Improve Access to Care in Massachusetts: Needs and Current Tools
Issue #234 – May 2, 2025
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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
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Spotlight: Sara Kallock
Issue #232 – April 15, 2025
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Spotlight: What DignityMA Means to Me
Issue #231 – April 8, 2025
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Spotlight: 2024 Double G Citations: Significant Increase in Nursing Home Noncompliance and Penalties
Issue #230 – April 1, 2025
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Spotlight: HHS’s Transformation to Make America Healthy Again
Issue #229 – March 25, 2025
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Spotlight: Private Equity in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services
Issue #228 – March 18, 2025
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Spotlight: Nursing home funds used on designer suits, lingerie, spa service, complaint alleges
Issue #227 – March 11, 2025
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Issue #226 – March 4, 2025
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Issue #225 – February 25, 2025
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Issue #224 – February 18, 2025
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Spotlight: What Lies Ahead For Medicaid In Budget Reconciliation?
Issue #223 – February 11, 2025
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Spotlight: Your Parents Deserve More From Their Nursing Home
Issue #222 – February 4, 2025
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Spotlight: Redefining Neutrality: Dignity Alliance: The Evolution of Honest Brokers in Healthcare Advocacy
Issue #221 – January 28, 2025
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Spotlight: Massachusetts Nursing Facilities
Issue #220 – January 24, 2025
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Spotlight: Nursing Home Staffing Campaign
Issue #219 – January 14, 2025
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Spotlight: Dignity in Action: From Institutional Failure to Decentralized Empowerment
Spotlight: Medicaid Personal Needs Allowances – Overdue for Adjustment
Issue #218 – January 7, 2025
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Spotlight: Nursing Home Fines Skyrocket After Private Equity Buyouts, Studies Find
Issue #217 – January 3, 2025
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