Assisted Living
Clifton Assisted Living Community
444 Wilbur Ave., Somerset, MA 02725 · Map
Licensed for 58 residents
Clifton Assisted Living Community is a state-licensed assisted living community in Somerset, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 58 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, 58 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence.
State inspection record4 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- September 17, 2024
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction Required
- Certified since 2000
Compliance review, September 17, 2024 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- September 17, 2024
- Report dated
- September 20, 2024
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction Required
- Previous action (as printed)
- No
- Certification (as printed)
- Certified through 10/16/2024
- Review before this one
- October 4, 2022
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- October 20, 2024
- Findings cited
- 4 1 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 4 findings in this report, 1 of them marked as repeat findings from an earlier review. Plan of Correction Required (AGE’s action).
Summary of actions, as written: “EOEA conducted an on-site compliance review on September 17, 2024 Clifton Assisted Living Community (Residence) will continue to be certified until the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (Elder Affairs) issues a notice regarding final approval or denial of the application for recertification. Final approval will be granted when the issues discussed below have been clarified or corrected in writing.”
- Finding A: General Requirements for an ALR: 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.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(10)(a)-(c)
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 B: General Requirements for an ALR - Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements: Reporting Resident Specific Emergencies
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Resident specific incident reports submitted late to EOEA.”
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 C: General Requirements for an ALR: Controlled Substances
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Controlled Substance policy is not being followed.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(14)(a)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(14)(a): Controlled Substances (rule text: “a reporting process by which any such incidents of theft or diversion are reported, documented and investigated; and”)
Corrective action: See IV A & B (sections of the report)
- Finding D: Staffing Requirements: Contagious Disease and Vaccination Requirements
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing documentation of employee Vaccination Requirements.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.06(8)(e)
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)
Specific corrective actions AGE required
- Documentation that an in-service for all applicable staff concerning Controlled Substance policies and procedures has been completed.
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
- Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
- EOEA reviewed documentation to ensure the Residence has established an effective, ongoing quality improvement and assurance program for Service Planning, Resident Safety Assurances and Medication Quality for the calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Service Planning
- Documentation of a target date for follow up action and staff member responsible for follow up action was missing for the 2023 calendar year.
Resident Safety Assurances
- Documentation of a set target date for follow up action to the findings identified and person responsible for follow up was missing for the 2023 calendar year.
Medication Quality Plan
- Documentation of a set target date for follow up action to the findings identified, identifying the staff person responsible to ensure completion of the follow-up action, and a clear outcome was missing for the 2023 calendar year.
Medication administration observation
- EOEA observed four PCA staff providing medication assistance to four Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM:
SAMM
- Three Resident's medication administration records (MAR) were missing documentation of initials.
- One Resident had one medication bottle found outside of the medication storage unit.
- Reporting Resident-specific Emergencies – Incident Reports
- EOEA reviewed the Residence records and submitted incident reports from October 4, 2022 through September 17, 2024 for evidence that all occurrences of an incident or accident that has or may have a Significant Negative Effect on a Resident's health, safety or welfare were reported to EOEA within 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident.
- The Residence filed eight incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident during the period reviewed.
- Controlled Substances
- EOEA reviewed the Controlled Substance (CS) policy and procedure to prevent the theft or diversion of controlled substances prescribed to Residents who participate in SAMM / LMA.
- Upon review of the controlled substance practices of the Residence, it was discovered that the Residence was inconsistent in documenting a controlled substance count for one Resident prescribed a controlled substance in accordance with the Residence policy.
- Staffing Requirements – Contagious Disease and Vaccination Requirements
- EOEA reviewed six personnel records, to determine compliance.
Clifton Assisted Living Community September 20, 2024
- Four records were missing documentation to confirm receipt or declination of the seasonal influenza vaccine.
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 58 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
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 58
- County
- Bristol 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.
Questions to ask on a tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- 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?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked8 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Clifton Assisted Living Community provide?
Clifton Assisted Living Community is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living in Somerset, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 58 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Clifton Assisted Living Community?
No. We publish state licensing details for Clifton Assisted Living Community 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 Clifton Assisted Living Community 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. Clifton Assisted Living Community does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Clifton Assisted Living Community?
Use Clifton Assisted Living Community's website, mass.gov/locations/clifton-assisted-living-community, or visit at 444 Wilbur Ave., Somerset, MA 02725.
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