Amidst the historic Carriage House at Gore Place in Waltham, the Mass Senior Care Foundation celebrated its 33rd Anniversary of supporting the long term care workforce with a wine tasting event hosted by Bob Griffin, Managing Partner, Krokidas & Bluestein, LLP. The southern Italian wines sampled at the tasting were generously donated by Bob, who along with his colleague Dave Gansler, shared their passion and expertise for the wines of this region. Mass Senior Care Foundation President Bill Bogdanovich acknowledged

First Lady Lauren Baker visited Alliance Health at Abbott in Lynn to present a proclamation from Governor Charlie Baker for outstanding quality. Pictured in photo (L-R): Christopher Robbins, Alliance Board of Directors, Linda Corridan, Alliance Board Chair, First Lady Lauren Baker, Tom Lavallee, COO at Alliance, Frank Grady, CEO at Alliance, Jackie Censullo, Director of Nursing Alliance Health at Abbott, Bethany Beauregard, Executive Director Alliance Health at Abbott, Paul Kemp, CFO at Alliance.

THE MASSACHUSETTS NURSING HOME INDUSTRY says inadequate state funding caused 20 facilities to close last year and is putting another 39 at risk of going out of business this year. Tara Gregorio, the president of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, and Naomi Prendergast, president and CEO of D’Youville Life and Wellness Community in Lowell, sounded the alarm on the Codcast, saying rates provided by MassHealth are way too low because they are based on cost benchmarks from 2007. There are

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