The Residence at Boylston Place

Is The Residence at Boylston Place a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. The Residence at Boylston Place at 615 Heath Street, Brookline, MA 02467 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 November 13, 2000. 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.

The Residence at Boylston Place is one of the longer-running residences in Norfolk County: its certification dates to 2000, 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 The Residence at Boylston Place, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of The Residence at Boylston Place find?

AGE's most recent posted Compliance Review of The Residence at Boylston Place, conducted October 2, 2024, resulted in a Plan of Correction required across 11 lettered finding areas, 3 of them marked as repeat findings from the prior review.

The report's findings covered medication management (SAMM/LMA), resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program, on-time reporting of resident incidents to the state, controlled-substance counts, the correspondence log used for continuity of care, staffing levels, staff health-screening records, staff training and supervision records and resident disclosures and rights.

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 Norfolk County residence lists 6 finding areas; The Residence at Boylston Place's latest lists more than that.

Read the full Compliance Review Report on mass.gov →

Does The Residence at Boylston Place offer memory care in Brookline?

Yes. The Residence at Boylston Place has a certified Special Care Residence with 18 units — about 18% of its 99 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 The Residence at Boylston Place's Special Care Residence is close to the statewide norm.

Where is The Residence at Boylston Place located in Brookline, MA?

The Residence at Boylston Place is at 615 Heath Street, Brookline, MA 02467, in Norfolk County. Hospitals families in Brookline commonly use include Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Brookline borders the Longwood Medical Area, which puts several of Boston's teaching hospitals a short ride away.

There are 2 other certified residences in Brookline: Goddard House Assisted Living Residence, The Newbury of Brookline.

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 The Residence at Boylston Place compare with other assisted living in Norfolk County?

With 99 certified units, The Residence at Boylston Place is larger than most among the 37 certified residences in Norfolk County (number 7 by unit count); the county median is 77 units.

30 of those 37 residences have Special Care Residence units, 4 report nonprofit ownership on their state profile, and 5 list low-income options.

It is co-located with a nursing home, which can make a later move to skilled care less disruptive.

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

How much does The Residence at Boylston Place cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask The Residence at Boylston 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.

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 The Residence at Boylston Place?

Start with the areas the state already flagged at The Residence at Boylston Place — medication management (SAMM/LMA), resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program — and ask what changed after the review; then cover staffing, fees and move-out triggers.

• Who helps with medications — a nurse (LMA) or trained aides (SAMM) — and how are errors tracked?
• 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?
• How do you notify families and the state after a fall or other incident, and how fast?
• 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?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?

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 The Residence at Boylston Place work?

Moving into The Residence at Boylston 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 The Residence at Boylston Place's 18-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.

Most moves take two to four weeks once a unit is available; a hospital discharge can compress that to days, which is when a second set of eyes on the agreement helps most.

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