James A. Lomastro

James A. Lomastro

James A. Lomastro is a retired healthcare administrator who lives in Conway, Massachusetts. He is a member of Dignity Alliance, a surveyor for CARF International and a member of the Rural Health Transformation Council and a resident.

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Pope Leo XIV greets residents of a home for the elderly run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul during his visit Nov. 28, 2025. (OSV News/Catholic Press/Vatican Media)

In midterm dueling, parties uplift eldercare, but will they uplift the elderly?

"The reckoning I am describing," James Lomastro writes, "will be settled by whether either party, once in office, treats a frail elder's dignity as a governing obligation rather than a seasonal talking point."

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