Providence House Senior Living Community

Is Providence House Senior Living Community a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. Providence House Senior Living Community at 180 Corey Road, Boston, MA 02135 is listed as Certified on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) list of certified Assisted Living Residences dated June 25, 2026, and has held certification since January 7, 2004. Massachusetts certifies assisted living residences rather than licensing them, so there is no license number to look up — the state identifies each residence by name and address.

Providence House Senior Living Community is one of the longer-running residences in Suffolk County: its certification dates to 2004, the first years of the Massachusetts ALR program after the 1994 law that created it.

Check the record yourself on the mass.gov page for Providence House Senior Living Community, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of Providence House Senior Living Community find?

AGE's most recent posted Compliance Review of Providence House Senior Living Community, conducted August 15, 2024, resulted in a Plan of Correction required across 9 lettered finding areas, 8 of them marked as repeat findings from the prior review.

The report's findings covered emergency-call (e-call) response times, Special Care Residence requirements, resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program, on-time reporting of resident incidents to the state, resident record keeping, the correspondence log used for continuity of care and staff training and supervision records.

A Plan of Correction is the standard outcome of a Massachusetts compliance review: the residence answers each finding in writing and AGE grants recertification once the fixes are accepted. It is not a suspension or fine. Nearly every residence with a posted report in Greater Boston received one, so the useful comparison is which areas were cited and whether they repeat.

For context, the median posted report for a Suffolk County residence lists 6 finding areas; Providence House Senior Living Community's latest lists more than that.

Read the full Compliance Review Report on mass.gov →

Does Providence House Senior Living Community offer memory care in Brighton, Boston?

Yes. Providence House Senior Living Community has a certified Special Care Residence with 12 units — about 12% of its 102 certified units. In Massachusetts, memory care is delivered in a Special Care Residence (SCR) inside a certified ALR; it is not a separate license.

Statewide, the median ALR with an SCR has about 20 SCR units, so Providence House Senior Living Community's Special Care Residence is smaller than typical, which some families prefer.

Its latest compliance review included a finding under the Special Care requirements — ask the staff what was cited and how it was corrected.

Where is Providence House Senior Living Community located in Brighton, Boston, MA?

Providence House Senior Living Community is at 180 Corey Road, Boston, MA 02135, in Suffolk County. Hospitals families in Brighton, Boston commonly use include St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Brighton borders Brookline and Newton; Cleveland Circle and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir are served by the MBTA Green Line.

There are 8 other certified residences in Boston: Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle, Compass on the Bay, Edelweiss Village, Rogerson House, Ruggles Assisted Living, Springhouse, and more on the directory.

Veterans and surviving spouses can be served by the VA Boston Healthcare System (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and Brockton campuses) and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward assisted living costs.

How does Providence House Senior Living Community compare with other assisted living in Suffolk County?

With 102 certified units, Providence House Senior Living Community is one of the largest among the 13 certified residences in Suffolk County (number 2 by unit count); the county median is 69 units.

10 of those 13 residences have Special Care Residence units, 8 report nonprofit ownership on their state profile, and 4 list low-income options.

Providence House Senior Living Community is one of the nonprofit-owned residences — a minority in Massachusetts, where about four in five ALRs are for-profit.

Closest in size among Suffolk County residences, from the same state records:

How much does Providence House Senior Living Community cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Providence House Senior Living Community for its written fee schedule. Statewide, AGE's 2025 census report puts the median monthly fee range at $4,228–$9,225 for traditional units and $7,218–$10,886 for Special Care units.

Greater Boston generally runs above those statewide medians: this site's cost research puts typical assisted living at $5,800–$8,200/mo in 2026, with Brookline, Newton, Cambridge and the Back Bay at the high end.

Providence House Senior Living Community's state profile lists low-income options — usually affordable units created under housing programs such as Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Ask how many such units exist and how long the waitlist is.

MassHealth does not pay assisted living rent. Some residences accept MassHealth Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) or a Senior Care Options (SCO) plan for personal-care services; ask the residence directly, and see our Frail Elder Waiver guide for at-home alternatives.

What should you ask when touring Providence House Senior Living Community?

Start with the areas the state already flagged at Providence House Senior Living Community — emergency-call (e-call) response times, Special Care Residence requirements, resident assessments and service plans — and ask what changed after the review; then cover staffing, fees and move-out triggers.

• What is your average pendant/e-call response time overnight, and can I see last month's response log?
• How is the Special Care Residence secured, and what dementia training do its staff complete?
• How often is a resident's service plan reassessed, and who attends that meeting?
• What has your quality-improvement committee changed in the past year?
• Can we visit at mealtime and in the evening without an appointment?
• Do you accept MassHealth Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) or Senior Care Options (SCO) for care services?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the residence?
• What is the full monthly fee for my parent's care level, and what triggers an increase?

Visit twice — once at a meal — and read the residency agreement before paying a deposit. Massachusetts gives ALR residents specific resident rights, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program can help if problems come up later.

How does moving into Providence House Senior Living Community work?

Moving into Providence House Senior Living Community starts with a pre-admission screening and a written assessment of your parent's needs, which the residence uses to build an individual service plan before move-in day.

• Residency agreement and disclosures. The residence must give you its residency agreement and a disclosure of fees, services and discharge terms; take them home and compare them before paying a deposit.
• Special Care Residence admission. Admission to Providence House Senior Living Community's 12-unit Special Care Residence is based on a dementia diagnosis and an assessment that the secured setting is appropriate; ask what criteria would move a resident between its traditional and Special Care units.
• Medication plan. Decide whether your parent will self-administer, receive Self-Administered Medication Management (SAMM) help from aides, or need Limited Medication Administration (LMA) by a nurse — it affects both care and fees.
• Payment. Rent and care are almost always private pay in an ALR; long-term care insurance and VA Aid & Attendance can offset them.
• Affordable units. Ask Providence House Senior Living Community for the income limits and waitlist for its low-income units.

If Providence House Senior Living Community has no opening, ask to join its waitlist and keep touring — availability at large Greater Boston residences changes month to month.

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