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 #216 – December 17, 2024

  • Download the Word digest: Dignity Digest 216.docx
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Spotlight:

Issue #215 – December 10, 2024

Spotlight: After Action Review of the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward

Spotlight: CMS Issues Major Updates to Nursing Home Care Guidelines

Issue #214 – December 3, 2024

Spotlight: MA Could Better Ensure That Nursing Homes Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

Issue #213 – November 26, 2024

Spotlight: As Americans Gather for Thanksgiving, New Federal Data Show Many Nursing Home Residents Endure Understaffed Facilities

Issue #212 – November 19, 2024

Issue #211 – November 12, 2024

Spotlight: Quality nursing home care requires quality staff

Spotlight: How to Become a Billionare in the Skilled Nursing Industry by Systematically Scamming Taxpayers

Issue #210 – November 5, 2024

Spotlight: Senior Care Policy Brief: Overbilling and Killing?

Issue #209 – October 29, 2024

Spotlight: For the behemoth UnitedHealth, a new threat to Medicare profits

Issue #208 – October 22, 2024

Spotlight: Consumer Voice’s Statement Regarding Lawsuit Filed by Twenty States to Block Critical Staffing Protections for Nursing Home Residents

Issue #207 – October 15, 2024

Spotlight: A Discussion of Morals and Values in Institutional Care for the Elderly:  How we Justify the Unjustifiable: Part I

Issue #206 – October 8, 2024

Spotlight: Letter to Nursing Home Executives from Senator Warren and others

Issue #205 – September 17, 2024

Spotlight: AI and Longevity

Issue #204 – September 10, 2024

Issue #203 – September 3, 2024

Spotlight: Senator Patricia Jehlen on H5033, the long-term care reform bill

Issue #202 – August 27, 2024

Spotlight: MassHealth Drops Bid To Consolidate Assessments

Issue #201 – August 20, 2024

Spotlight: Seashore Point Residents Sue Owner, Claiming Fraud and Abuse

Spotlight: A Profit-Driven Health-Care System Is the Problem

Issue #200 – August 13, 2024

Spotlight: Nursing Home Reform Languishes on Beacon Hill

Spotlight: The meaning of dignity – Reader Submissions Requested

Issue #199 – August 6, 2024

Spotlight: The meaning of dignity – Reader Submissions Requested

Issue #198 – July 30, 2024

Spotlight: Globe Editorial on Dismal Conditions at Nursing Homes

Issue #197 – July 23, 2024

Spotlight: Athena nursing home workers say medical bills still going unpaid

Issue #196 – July 16, 2024

Spotlight: ‘A dog pound would be better.’ Inside one of the most-fined nursing homes in Mass.

Issue #193 – June 25, 2024

Spotlight: Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision

Issue #192 – June 18, 2024

Spotlight: The Beauty of Embracing Aging

Issue #191 Supplement for Marsters Hearing – June 13, 2024

Issue #191 – June 11, 2024

Spotlight: AG Campbell Announces $4 Million Settlement With Nursing Home Chain For Significant Staffing And Care Failures Resulting In Resident Neglect

Spotlight: Is long-term care evolving or devolving?

Issue #190 – June 4, 2024

Spotlight: Caring for your loved ones is their business, not their concern

Issue #189 – May 28, 2024

Issue #188 – May 21, 2024

Spotlight: Nursing Home Closures in NE: Impact on Long-term Care, Labor Markets

Issue #187 – May 14, 2024

Spotlight: A Massachusetts disability rights warrior’s posthumous last battle against estate recovery

Issue #186 – May 7, 2024

Issue #185 – April 30, 2024

Spotlight: America’s graying. We need to change the way we think about age.

Issue #184 – April 23, 2024

Spotlight: Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes

Issue #183 – April 16, 2024

Spotlight: Need, Access, Impact, and Opportunities: Findings From a Multi-Site Evaluation of Elder Justice Shelters in the U.S.

Issue #182 – April 9, 2024

Spotlight: Care At Risk: Upheaval in the Nursing Home Industry

Issue #181 – April 2, 2024

Spotlight: Governor Healey’s budget proposal threatens 50 years of disability rights

Spotlight: The Wisdom of Humpty Dumpty

Issue #180 – March 26, 2024

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Issue #179 – March 19, 2024

Spotlight: For-profit nursing homes are cutting corners on safety and draining resources with financial shenanigans − especially at midsize chains that dodge public scrutiny

Spotlight: How for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care

Issue #178 – March 12, 2024

Spotlight: The “hidden profits” in the nursing home industry

Issue #177 – March 5, 2024

Spotlight: Shedding Light on Nursing Home Industry Spending and Profits

Issue #176 – February 27, 2024

Spotlight: Aging in the United States

Issue #175 – February 20, 2024

Spotlight: Owner Incentives and Performance in Healthcare: Private Equity Investment in Nursing Homes

Issue #174 – February 13, 2024

Issue #173 – February 6, 2024

Spotlight: Harmful Findings at Bear Mountain Nursing Facility

Issue #172 – January 30, 2024

Spotlight: Fernald School: Waltham is letting a historic property fall apart

Issue #171 – January 25, 2024

Spotlight: Congressman Richard Neal honored by Dignity Alliance of Massachusetts

Issue #170 – January 18, 2024

Spotlight: Scrutinize private equity’s involvement in health care

Issue #169 – January 9, 2024

Spotlight: In a British Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People Is Bringing Hope

Issue #168 – January 2, 2024

Spotlight: U.S. Nursing Home Finances: Spending, Profitability and Capital Structure

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