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“If you had people with a broken leg spending a week in the ER because there was no orthopedic bed, how long do you think everybody would put up with that?”
Joe Parks, medical director for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Mental health crisis centers and EmPATH units: offering care that busy ERs can’t, STAT News, April 26, 2024
“I think if we start to engage people in thinking about how they talk about aging outwardly — and also how they think about aging internally — we can really start to shift the societal narrative.”
America’s graying. We need to change the way we think about age. The Harvard Gazette, April 25, 2024
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Dignity Alliance Massachusetts is dedicated to transformative change to ensure the dignity of older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers. We are committed to advancing new ways of providing long-term services, support, living options, and care, while respecting choice and self-determination. Through education, legislation, regulatory reform, and legal strategies, this mission will become reality throughout the Commonwealth.
As a grass-roots coalition of aging and disability service and advocacy organizations and supporters, Dignity Alliance Massachusetts works to secure fundamental changes.
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In the News
Study Session – Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
1:00 p.m. Presenter: Julia Garvey, Community Organizer and Legislative Advocate Julia will cover priority public policy issues ...
Marsters Lawsuit
2024-04-30 Spotlight: America’s graying. We need to change the way we think about age.
2024-04-22 Spotlight: Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes
April 22, 2024
By Tami Luhby
Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Finalized: Balancing ...
Letter to the General Services Administration
2024-04-16 Spotlight: Need, Access, Impact, and Opportunities: Findings From a Multi-Site Evaluation of Elder Justice Shelters in the U.S.
By Elisa Fisher, MPH, MSW; Sheaba Daniel, MPH; Mayssa Gregoire, BS
March 2024 Need, Access, Impact, ...
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