Assisted living residence facilities should use a standardized process to track residents’ care needs, produce annual safety documents from fire departments, and be subject to penalties for violating state requirements, according to a slate of newly vetted recommendations.
There is an extremely high demand for senior housing in Massachusetts, but good senior housing projects aren’t just rebranded apartment buildings.
New England’s first cohousing development designed for seniors has attracted strong buyer response in Littleton.
A development scheduled to break ground in early 2023 will bring 70 units of 55-and-over rental housing to the college town of Northampton.
Art galleries, Bocce courts and farm-to-table restaurants serving up produce grown on-site: Not the amenity list at a Millennial-focused apartment complex but features at recent developments by Benchmark Senior Living, led by CEO Tom Grape.
While officials in the deep-blue town in the shadow of Cambridge are adept at spouting platitudes about the need for affordable housing, their actions show otherwise as their battle against a Chapter 40B proposal approaches its seventh year.
An unprecedented need for senior housing is coming. The question is whether we can provide enough safe, affordable, comfortable and care-appropriate options before the wave hits the shore.
Callahan Construction Managers has completed a 90-unit assisted living and memory care facility for LCB Senior Living in Hingham.
