Assisted Living and Memory Care
Artis Senior Living of Reading
1100 Main St., Reading, MA 01867 · Map
Licensed for 64 residents
Artis Senior Living of Reading is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Reading, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 64 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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License
Active, 64 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence with Special Care Residence.
Nearest emergency room
5.4 miles
Winchester Hospital, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artis Senior Living of Reading this community | 64 | Not published | Active | 6 findings in latest review | |
| The Residence at Pearl Street | 0.9 mi | 83 | Not published | Active | 8 findings in latest review |
| Windsor Place of Wilmington | 1.8 mi | 87 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Brightview Wakefield | 3.1 mi | 70 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Benchmark Senior Living at Woburn | 3.6 mi | 87 | $8,975/mo | Active | 6 findings in latest review |
State inspection record6 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- January 7, 2025
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Certified since 2017
Compliance review, January 7, 2025 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- January 7, 2025
- Report dated
- February 28, 2025
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- None
- Certification (as printed)
- 1/16/2023 through 1/16/2025
- Review before this one
- December 13, 2022
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- March 28, 2025
- Findings cited
- 6 3 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 6 findings in this report, 3 of them marked as repeat findings from an earlier review. Plan of Correction required (AGE’s action).
Summary of actions, as written: “AGE conducted an on-site Compliance Review on January 7, 2025. Manor on the Hill (Residence) will continue to be certified until the Executive Office of Aging & Independence issues a notice regarding final approval or denial of the application for recertification. Final Artis Senior Living of Reading February 28, 2025 approval will be granted when the issues discussed below have been clarified or corrected in writing.”
- Finding A: General Requirements for an ALR: Special Care marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Training issues identified in the Special Care Residence (SCR) operational review.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(4)(a)(2)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(4)(a): Special Care (rule text: “All Special Care Residences shall be administered in accordance with the following safeguards: 1. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding B: General Requirements for an ALR: Screening and Assessment Service Plan Development and Requirements
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent with documenting all requirements of Assessments and Service Plans. Missing Bed Rail Assessments.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(1)(a) 651 CMR 12.06(5)(a) 651 CMR 12.04(8)(a)(2)(a),(c) 651 CMR 12.08(1)(s)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(1)(a): Physical Requirements (rule text: “An Assisted Living Residence shall provide only single or double Units with lockable doors on the entry door of each Unit. [...]”); 651 CMR 12.06(5)(a): Special Care Residence Staffing (rule text: “A Special Care Residence shall have sufficient staff qualified by training and experience awake and on duty at all times to meet the 24-hour per day scheduled and reasonably foreseeable unscheduled needs of all Residents of a Special Care [...]”); 651 CMR 12.04(8)(a): Service Plan Requirements (rule text: “Each service plan shall be based on a current assessment of the Resident, and indicate the following: 1. The services needed, including the minimum service package provided for a monthly fee and any additional services the Resident needs; [...]”); 651 CMR 12.08(1)(s): Resident Rights (rule text: “Be free from Restraints;”)
Corrective action: See IV A & B (sections of the report)
- Finding C: General Requirements for an ALR- Service and Service Coordination: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing or incomplete components of the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement requirements. Unsafe SAMM & LMA.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(10)(a)(b)(c)(2),(d)(e)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(10)(a): Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement › Service Planning (rule text: “The Residence shall review a random sample of Resident assessments, service plans and progress notes at least once each year to ensure that the Residents' service plans have been implemented and meet the Resident's general needs and any [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding D: Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements: Reporting Resident Specific Emergencies
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Late submissions of Resident-specific incidents reports.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(11)(e)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(11)(e): Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements (rule text: “Any report required under 651 CMR 12.04(11)(c) or 12.04(11)(d) shall be filed with the Assisted Living Certification Unit within 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident via EOEA's online filing system. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding E: Record Requirements: Personnel Record Requirements
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent documentation of personnel record requirements.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.05(3)(a)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.05(3)(a): Personnel Record Requirements (rule text: “Job description;”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding F: Staffing Requirements: Health Screening Requirements marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing documentation of employee Health Screening Requirements.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.06(8)(e)(1)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.06(8)(e): Contagious Disease and Vaccination Requirements › Influenza Vaccine (rule text: “1. Subject to the provisions of 651 CMR 12.06(8)(g), each Residence shall ensure that all personnel are vaccinated annually with seasonal influenza vaccine, inactivated or live, or an attenuated influenza vaccine, including a seasonal [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
- Service and Service Coordination- Special Care
- AGE reviewed the Special Care Residence (SCR) operations review from calendar year 2023 through the date of the Compliance Review to verify that the SCR is being administered with all the required safeguards.
- Documentation of a review of SCR staff training was missing for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years reviewed.
- General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence (ALR)-
- AGE reviewed six (6) Resident Records reviewing documentation from December 2022 through the date of the Compliance Review to determine compliance with the requirements for Screenings, Assessments and Service Plan Development and Requirements.
Service Plan Development and Requirements
- Two (2) records were missing documentation of specified staff having key or access codes to the Resident's unit.
- Two (2) records were missing documentation of how the Residence provides 24-hours per day, onsite, awake staff.
- Four (4) records were missing documentation of services provided by a person or entity not affiliated with the Residence.
Bed Rail Assessments
- AGE reviewed the Residence records of 18 Residents utilizing bed rails / U-bars or similar devices for the period of 2022 through the date of the Compliance Review to determine compliance with the required assessment by a physical/occupational therapist every six months.
- Documentation of an assessment conducted by a physical/occupational therapist every six months for eight (8) Residents noting that the Resident can independently navigate around a bed rail/ U-bar for the calendar years reviewed was missing.
- Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
- AGE reviewed documentation to ensure the Residence has established an effective, ongoing quality improvement and assurance program for Service Planning, Safety Assurances, and Medication Quality from December 13, 2022, through the date of the Compliance Review.
Service Planning
- Documentation of the date the audit was completed, that Residents are identified by number or code, clear findings and the person responsible for follow up was missing for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years reviewed.
Resident Safety Assurances
- Documentation of the date the audit was completed was missing for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years reviewed.
Medication Quality Plan
- AGE reviewed the Residence's quarterly medication documentation audits from December 13, 2022 through the date of the Compliance Review to ensure compliance with SAMM, LMA and Residence policies.
- Documentation of a target date and staff person responsible for follow up was missing for the 2023 calendar year reviewed.
Medication administration observation
- AGE observed one (1) Personal Care (PC) staff and one (1) nurse providing medication assistance to six (6) Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM / LMA.
SAMM
- AGE observed an unsecured PRN Medication in one (1) Resident's unit and three
- (3) expired medication cards in the Resident's medication storage container.
LMA
- AGE observed the nurse provide LMA medication passes in the common area for three (3) Residents.
- AGE observed the nurse document that medication passes were completed prior to the Resident taking the medication for three (3) Residents.
- AGE observed a refrigerated medication for (1) Resident stored in a central location.
- Reporting Resident-specific Emergencies- Incident Reports
- AGE reviewed the Residence records and incident reports from December 2022 through the date of the Compliance Review to determine whether the Residence complied with the requirement to report qualifying incidents to AGE within 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident.
- The Residence filed 22 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident.
- Staffing Requirements- Health Screening Requirements
- AGE reviewed the personnel records of six (6) staff members to determine compliance with Health Screening requirements.
- Two (2) records were missing documentation to confirm seasonal influenza vaccinations or declination statements for the 2022/2023 flu season.
- Five (5) records were missing documentation to confirm seasonal influenza vaccinations or declination statements for the 2023/2024 flu season.
- Record Requirements- Personnel Record Requirements
- EOEA reviewed the personnel records of six (6) staff members to determine compliance with personnel record requirements.
- Two (2) personnel records were missing documentation of a signed job description.
Summaries are ours and are marked “Summary”; quoted text is AGE’s own, as printed in reports scanned to text (spelling slips are AGE’s or the scan’s), shortened where marked [...]. Rule descriptions come from 651 CMR 12.00 as in force on the report date. AGE’s page for this residence links each report.
What these terms mean
651 CMR 12.09(2): AGE "shall conduct compliance reviews of Assisted Living Residences no less than once every two years. In addition, [AGE] may conduct a compliance review any time it has cause to believe that an Assisted Living Residence is in violation" of the law or its regulations.
651 CMR 12.09(4)(b): a notice of noncompliance "shall describe the noncompliance with particularity, indicate the specific portion of the law(s) or regulation(s) which have been violated, and shall include the corrective action to be taken."
651 CMR 12.09(4)(c) and (d): AGE may require corrective action, including "Ceasing the enrollment of new Residents" or "Reducing the number of Residents served", and may "deny, revoke, suspend, modify or refuse to issue or renew a Certification."
A finding marked repeat is one AGE also cited at an earlier review. AGE does not rate findings by severity in these reports; the action taken is AGE's overall response.
AGE posts these reports on each residence’s mass.gov page and keeps no public index, so older reports may not be listed. Massachusetts posts no complaint results for assisted living. This residence is certified for 64 units; larger residences have more records to review, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE), Assisted Living Residence certification, residence pages read October 16, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the residence about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Certified Assisted Living Residence with Special Care Residence
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 64
- County
- Middlesex County
Source: Massachusetts state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Massachusetts, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Massachusetts
- Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC), a MassHealth program. Most people pay privately. MassHealth (Medicaid) can help through Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) at residences that accept it, but not all ALRs do. Ask before you sign a residency agreement. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Nov 19, 2022 to Nov 9, 2024. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $875 owed to 7 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Artis Senior Living of Reading (Artis SLM of Reading, LLC). Case 1998955.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 5.4 mi, nursing home 0.9 mi, pharmacy 1.6 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Winchester Hospital, Winchester. 5.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- OC Reading Center LLC, Reading. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Select Health Informatics Consulting Services Inc, Reading. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01867 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Services Of Stoneham, Stoneham, 2.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Woburn Dialysis, Woburn, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc North Suburban Dialysis Center (Bma Essex County), Saugus, 5.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01867.
Compassionate Care Hospice, office in Woburn, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Beth Israel Lahey Health At Home, office in Danvers, 6.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- 360 Healthcare LLC, Burlington. 4.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- The state recorded a finding in January 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- The Department of Labor found wage violations here for a period ending November 2024. What changed in how staff are paid?
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
What we checked13 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE), Assisted Living Residence certification inspection records | Oct 16, 2026 | See above |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Artis Senior Living of Reading provide?
Artis Senior Living of Reading is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living, memory care in Reading, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 64 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Artis Senior Living of Reading?
No. We publish state licensing details for Artis Senior Living of Reading but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Artis Senior Living of Reading cost?
Assisted Living in Massachusetts typically starts at $5,300 to $7,800 a month. Based on 31 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Artis Senior Living of Reading does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Artis Senior Living of Reading?
Use Artis Senior Living of Reading's website, mass.gov/locations/artis-senior-living-of-reading, or visit at 1100 Main St., Reading, MA 01867.
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