Assisted Living
Grace Morgan House
489 Prospect St., Methuen, MA 01844 · Map
Licensed for 16 residents
Grace Morgan House is a state-licensed assisted living community in Methuen, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 16 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, 16 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence.
Nearest emergency room
0.3 miles
Holy Family Hospital, rated 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Morgan House this community | 16 | Not published | Active | 5 findings in latest review | |
| Marguerite's House | 1.0 mi | 106 | Not published | Active | 4 findings in latest review |
| Methuen Village at Riverwalk Park | 1.5 mi | 91 | Not published | Active | 7 findings in latest review |
| Benchmark at North Andover | 2.8 mi | 98 | Not published | Active | No record |
| The Woodlands Inn at Edgewood | 2.8 mi | 40 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record5 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- April 10, 2025
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction
- Certified since 1999
Compliance review, April 10, 2025 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- April 10, 2025
- Report dated
- April 16, 2025
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction
- Previous action (as printed)
- None
- Certification (as printed)
- Deemed since 4/24/25
- Review before this one
- April 19, 2023
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- May 16, 2025
- Findings cited
- 5
Summary: AGE cited 5 findings in this report. Plan of Correction (AGE’s action).
Summary of actions, as written: “AGE conducted an on-site Compliance Review on April 10, 2025. Grace Morgan House (Residence) will continue to be certified until AGE 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: 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(7) 651 CMR 12.04(8)(b) 651 CMR 12.08(1)(s)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(7): Service Plan Development (rule text: “The nurse and Service Coordinator shall develop an individualized Service Plan for each Resident in accordance with the findings of the initial screening described in 651 CMR 12.04(6). [...]”); 651 CMR 12.04(8)(b): Service Plan Requirements (rule text: “All service plans shall be in writing, signed and dated by the Resident or his or her Legal Representative, and by the Sponsor or his or her representative.”); 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 B: Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements: Reporting Resident Specific Emergencies
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Resident-specific incident reports not reported to AGE”
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&B (sections of the report)
- Finding C: 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&B (sections of the report)
- Finding D: Staffing Requirements: Health Screening Requirements
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)
- Finding E: Training Requirements: Training Needs Assessment
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing Training Needs assessments.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.07(5)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.07(5): Training Requirements (rule text: “Each residence shall conduct an annual training needs assessment to prepare the curriculum for its required training and establish a process by which it will evaluate the efficacy of its training program.”)
Corrective action: See IV A&B (sections of the report)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
A. General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence (ALR)
- AGE reviewed four Resident Records reviewing documentation from September 2024 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 records were missing documentation of an evaluation, conducted within three months prior to move-in by the Resident's physician or authorized practitioner.
- Three records were missing documentation of signatures of the Resident and/or their Legal Representative on service plan reviews.
Bed Rail Assessments
- AGE reviewed the Residence records of three Residents utilizing bed rails / U-bars or similar devices from September 2024 through the date of the Compliance Review to determine compliance with the required assessment by a physical/occupational therapist every six months.
- Each of the three records were missing documentation of a current assessment noting that the Resident can independently navigate around a bed rail/ U-bar were missing.
B. Reporting Resident-specific Emergencies- Incident Reports
- AGE reviewed the Residence records and incident reports from September 18, 2024, 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.
- Two incidents documented in the Residence records were not reported to AGE.
C. Record Requirements- Personnel Record Requirements
- AGE reviewed the personnel records of four staff members to determine compliance with personnel record requirements.
- Three records were missing documentation of a signed job description.
D. Staffing Requirements- Health Screening Requirements
- AGE reviewed the personnel records of four staff members to determine compliance with Health Screening requirements.
- Two records were missing documentation to confirm seasonal influenza vaccinations or declination statements.
E. Training Requirements - Training Needs Assessment
- AGE reviewed the Residence records to determine compliance with annual training needs assessment requirements.
- Documentation of an annual training needs assessment was missing for calendar year 2024.
A specific plan of what will be or has been done to correct each of the cited in Section II above;
- Provide a description of what will be done to prevent the recurrence of each of the issue(s) identified in Section II to ensure the problem does not recur;
Identify the designation of the individual(s) who will be responsible for monitoring the correction; and,
- The date by which each correction will be achieved.
- B. Specific Corrective Actions.
Submit to AGE the following:
- Documentation confirming a completed and current assessment of all Residents using a bed rail or u-bar.
- Evidence that all critical incidents identified by AGE during the Compliance Review not previously reported are submitted via the AGE (Dynamics) on-line incident reporting system.
- Documentation of completion of all Personnel Record requirements for all personnel.
- Documentation of an Annual Training Needs Assessment.
V. NEXT STEPS:
- In accordance with 651 CMR 12.09(4)(g), you are required to respond in writing to AGE within 10 days after receiving this notice indicating your agreement or disagreement with the findings. If you agree with the findings, please submit in writing to AGE all required information/corrections by May 16, 2025.
- If you disagree with the findings, you may request an informal review pursuant to 651 CMR 12.10(1) by submitting your request using certified mail, return receipt requested, together with a detailed written rebuttal of the findings within 10 days of your receipt of this letter.
- If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at 617-222-7411 or by email at Christopher.mundy2@mass.gov
Assisted Living Certification Specialist
- CC: New Genesis Inc.
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 16 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
- 16
- County
- Essex 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.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.3 mi, nursing home 0.7 mi, pharmacy 0.2 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Holy Family Hospital, Methuen. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cedar View Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Methuen. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Alternative Home Health Care, LLC, Methuen. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01844 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley, Methuen, 0.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita North Andover Renal At Home, North Andover, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Methuen, Methuen, 2.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01844.
Harborside Hospice Of Massachusetts, LLC, office in Haverhill, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Tufts Medicine Care At Home, office in Lowell, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, Tewksbury. 8.7 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 low, inland flooding relatively low, 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 April 2025. What was it, and how was it fixed?
- 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 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Grace Morgan House provide?
Grace Morgan House is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living in Methuen, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 16 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Grace Morgan House?
No. We publish state licensing details for Grace Morgan House 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 Grace Morgan House 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. Grace Morgan House does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Grace Morgan House?
Use Grace Morgan House's website, mass.gov/locations/grace-morgan-house, or visit at 489 Prospect St., Methuen, MA 01844.
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