EVERY DAY, thousands of Massachusetts residents with disabilities are admitted to segregated nursing facilities, be it to recover from medical procedures, to receive respite and care because they’re homeless, or because of a lack supportive services that are needed to remain at home and in their communities. While many eventually leave, thousands do not, even […]
Alex Green
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Bills offer a chance to stop running from history
EVERY WEEK, I receive e-mails from people from across the country with questions about the former state institutions for people with disabilities in Massachusetts. They are descendants of people who died in asylums and were buried in unmarked graves and former employees looking for information about people who they fought to protect. All of them […]
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Nursing home residents need more help voting
NEARLY 40,000 citizens in nursing homes across Massachusetts have endured months of harrowing conditions under COVID-19, watching as friends and caregivers succumb, victims of the largest concentration of deaths in the state. Given their experiences, they rightly need to express their views by voting in November. Yet it appears that most will face undue hurdles […]