Founder Joe Stango with his mother Dora

Each year, thousands of middle class members and their families in need of long-term care face the agony of forced institutionalization because of Medicaid regulations. Dora’s Hope believes the decision to enter a nursing facility should not be made by the government. This is a right that belongs only to the individual and their family. Worse yet, forced institutionalization not only affects our seniors, but also our young adults in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. America can do better! According to the federal government, we can save 50% of Medicaid’s budget by unlocking the potential of families and allow loved ones to receive care at home. There is no need to tear families apart. With a choice-centered Medicaid program, we can replace the hopelessness of despair with the “audacity of hope.”