Mass-ALA Honors Rep. Stanley, Highlight the Latest Trends and Resident Care Innovations in Assisted Living

Massachusetts Assisted Living Association (Mass-ALA) hosted its statewide 2024 Annual Conference and Tradeshow: Envisioning & Advancing Together on October 24 at the Boston Marriott Newton. The conference honored Rep. Thomas M. Stanley (9th Middlesex), Chair of the House Committee on Elder Affairs, with Mass-ALA’s Policymaker of the Year Award. It will also feature keynote speakers Dr. Michal A. Cadore, Sr., a retired NFL player with over 30 years of community service, and Matt Thornhill, a futurist and expert on aging.

“I’m honored to receive Mass-ALA’s Policymaker of the Year Award,” said Rep. Stanley, co-chair of the Elder Affairs Committee. “It has been a privilege working with Mass-ALA on policies benefiting our older adults, including the provision in our new long-term care reform law giving ALRs the ability to permanently offer their residents basic health services. The Elder Affairs Committee heard loud and clear from Mass-ALA, its members, residents and their families on the critical need for basic health services in assisted living. I’m grateful for Mass-ALA’s steadfast advocacy – without it we would not have basic health services in the long-term care reform law.”

Mass-ALA is the voice of assisted living in Massachusetts, representing certified assisted living communities of all sizes and service models across the Commonwealth, providing information and education, and advocating on behalf of members and the older adults they serve. A not-for-profit association dedicated to professionally operated assisted living residences that provide housing and services for individuals with varied needs and income levels, Mass-ALA promotes a model of care which treats all residents with dignity, provides privacy, and encourages independence and freedom of choice.