Youville Place

Is Youville Place a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. Youville Place at 10 Pelham Road, Lexington, MA 02421 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 June 24, 1997. 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.

Youville Place is one of the longer-running residences in Middlesex County: its certification dates to 1997, 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 Youville Place, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of Youville Place find?

No Compliance Review Report is currently posted on Youville Place's mass.gov record page, so there is no public finding or enforcement action on file there as of October 2026.

AGE reviews each residence as part of its recertification cycle and posts reports to the record page over time. About 42 of the 75 certified residences in Middlesex County currently have a posted report. Ask Youville Place for the date and outcome of its most recent compliance review and for a copy of any Plan of Correction — residences receive the report directly and can share it.

Does Youville Place offer memory care in Lexington?

Yes. Youville Place has a certified Special Care Residence with 24 units — about 25% of its 95 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 Youville Place's Special Care Residence is close to the statewide norm.

Where is Youville Place located in Lexington, MA?

Youville Place is at 10 Pelham Road, Lexington, MA 02421, in Middlesex County. Hospitals families in Lexington commonly use include Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and Emerson Hospital (Concord).

Lexington is a historic Middlesex County town about 11 miles northwest of Boston, between Route 128 and Route 2.

There are 3 other certified residences in Lexington: Artis Senior Living of Lexington, Bridges by EPOCH at Lexington, Waterstone at Lexington.

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 Youville Place compare with other assisted living in Middlesex County?

With 95 certified units, Youville Place is larger than most among the 75 certified residences in Middlesex County (number 15 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.

Youville Place is one of the nonprofit-owned residences — a minority in Massachusetts, where about four in five ALRs are for-profit.

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

How much does Youville Place cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Youville 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.

Youville 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 Youville Place?

Ask Youville Place for its latest compliance review outcome first, then cover overnight staffing, the full fee schedule, and which care needs would force a move.

• 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?
• How long have the executive director and resident care director been in their roles?
• Is a nurse on site every day, and who covers nights and weekends?
• What happens if a resident runs out of private funds?
• 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?

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 Youville Place work?

Before anyone moves into Youville Place, Massachusetts rules require the residence to screen and assess the prospective resident and agree a written service plan with the family.

• 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 Youville Place's 24-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 Youville Place for the income limits and waitlist for its low-income units.

If Youville 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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