Atria Longmeadow Place

Is Atria Longmeadow Place a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. Atria Longmeadow Place at 42 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803 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 September 14, 1998. 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.

Atria Longmeadow Place is one of the longer-running residences in Middlesex County: its certification dates to 1998, 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 Atria Longmeadow Place, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of Atria Longmeadow Place find?

AGE's most recent posted Compliance Review of Atria Longmeadow Place, conducted August 14, 2024, resulted in a Plan of correction required across 6 lettered finding areas, 4 of them marked as repeat findings from the prior review.

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

This report goes beyond a routine Plan of Correction: the state recorded “Plan of correction required” (previous action: “Modification 1/06/2017”). Ask the residence what has changed since, and whether any restriction is still in place.

For context, the median posted report for a Middlesex County residence lists 6 finding areas; Atria Longmeadow Place's latest lists about the same number of.

Read the full Compliance Review Report on mass.gov →

Does Atria Longmeadow Place offer memory care in Burlington?

Yes. Atria Longmeadow Place has a certified Special Care Residence with 13 units — about 12% of its 110 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 Atria Longmeadow Place's Special Care Residence is smaller than typical, which some families prefer.

Where is Atria Longmeadow Place located in Burlington, MA?

Atria Longmeadow Place is at 42 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803, in Middlesex County. Hospitals families in Burlington commonly use include Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and Winchester Hospital.

Burlington is home to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and the Route 128 / Middlesex Turnpike retail corridor.

There are 2 other certified residences in Burlington: Stonebridge at Burlington, Sunrise of Burlington.

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 Atria Longmeadow Place compare with other assisted living in Middlesex County?

With 110 certified units, Atria Longmeadow Place is one of the largest among the 75 certified residences in Middlesex County (number 7 by unit count); the county median is 79 units.

61 of those 75 residences have Special Care Residence units, 7 report nonprofit ownership on their state profile, and 20 list low-income options.

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

How much does Atria Longmeadow Place cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Atria Longmeadow Place 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.

Atria Longmeadow Place'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 Atria Longmeadow Place?

Start with the areas the state already flagged at Atria Longmeadow Place — on-time reporting of resident incidents to the state, emergency-call (e-call) response times, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program — and ask what changed after the review; then cover staffing, fees and move-out triggers.

• How do you notify families and the state after a fall or other incident, and how fast?
• What is your average pendant/e-call response time overnight, and can I see last month's response log?
• What has your quality-improvement committee changed in the past year?
• How often is a resident's service plan reassessed, and who attends that meeting?
• 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 Atria Longmeadow Place work?

Moving into Atria Longmeadow Place 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 Atria Longmeadow Place's 13-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 Atria Longmeadow Place for the income limits and waitlist for its low-income units.

If Atria Longmeadow Place 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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