Assisted Living
Marguerite's House
189 Maple St., Lawrence, MA 01841 · Map
Licensed for 106 residents
Marguerite's House is a state-licensed assisted living community in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 106 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, 106 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence.
Nearest emergency room
0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite's House this community | 106 | Not published | Active | 4 findings in latest review | |
| Grace Morgan House | 1.0 mi | 16 | Not published | Active | 5 findings in latest review |
| Methuen Village at Riverwalk Park | 1.4 mi | 91 | Not published | Active | 7 findings in latest review |
| Benchmark at North Andover | 2.6 mi | 98 | Not published | Active | No record |
| The Woodlands Inn at Edgewood | 2.8 mi | 40 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record4 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- November 21, 2024
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Certified since 2004
Compliance review, November 21, 2024 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- November 21, 2024
- Report dated
- November 22, 2024
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- No
- Certification (as printed)
- Certified through 12/21/24
- Review before this one
- November 15, 2022
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- December 22, 2024
- Findings cited
- 4 2 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 4 findings in this report, 2 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 November 21, 2024. Marguerite's House Assisted Living (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: Service Plan Development and Requirements Bed Rail Assessments marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Physician evaluations are not consistently documented for all Residents. Inconsistent with documenting all requirements of Assessments and Service Plans. Missing Bed Rail Assessments.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(6) 651 CMR 12.04(7)(b) 651 CMR 12.04(8)(a)(c)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(6): Screening and Assessment; 651 CMR 12.04(7)(b): Service Plan Development (rule text: “The Service Coordinator or nurse shall review the Resident's initial service plan within 30 days of the commencement of residency and document the review to ensure the Resident's needs and preferences are accurately incorporated therein [...]”); 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; [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A&B (sections of the report)
- Finding B: 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 C: 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 D: Training Requirements: Introductory Visit and Review
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent documentation of Introductory Visits.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.07(7)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.07(7): Introductory Visit and Review (rule text: “Prior to or within 48 hours after the provision of Personal Care Services to a Resident, a nurse shall review the Resident's service plan with all relevant personal care workers. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
A. General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence
- EOEA reviewed nine Resident Records to determine compliance with requirements for the Screening and Assessment, Service Plan Development and Service Plan Requirements.
Service Plan Development and Requirements
- Three records were missing the Resident's physician's evaluation.
- Two records were missing documentation of a service plan reassessment required within 30 days after the commencement of residency.
- Four records were missing documentation of a reassessment and service plan review being completed every six months.
Bed Rail Assessments
- EOEA reviewed the Residence records of 18 Resident utilizing bed rails / U-bars or similar devices for the period of 2023 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 determining that the Resident can independently navigate around the bed rail / assistive device was missing for three Residents.
B. 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 2023 and 2024.
Service Planning
- Documentation of a set target date for follow-up action and person responsible for follow up action was missing in calendar year 2024.
Resident Safety Assurances
- Documentation of a person responsible for follow up action was missing in calendar year 2023.
- Documentation of management evaluating the effectiveness of the Evidence Informed Falls Prevention Program was missing for all calendar years reviewed.
Medication Quality Plan
- Documentation of a set target date for follow-up action was missing for the last three quarters of calendar year 2023 and the first two quarters of calendar year 2024.
Medication administration observation
- EOEA observed five PCA staff providing medication assistance to 10 Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM:
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- Two Residents had medication stored outside of the medication storage unit.
- One Resident had one compromised blister pack in the medication storage unit.
- Two Residents had family filled medication cassettes without a label with the Resident's name and unit number.
C. Reporting Resident-Specific Emergencies – Incident Reports
- EOEA reviewed the Residence records and submitted incident reports from November 3, 2022 through November 15, 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 81 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident during the period reviewed.
D. Training Requirements - Introductory Visit and Review
- EOEA reviewed the records of four Residents to determine compliance with the requirements that a nurse review the Resident's service plan with all relevant personal care workers within the 48 hours after the provision of service or with any change of condition for the Resident.
- Three records were missing signature documentation to support that Introductory Visits have been conducted with all applicable staff prior to or within 48 hours after the provision of Personal Care services.
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 106 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
- 106
- 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.
Federal and state programs
- HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly. HUD programs: Section 8 on a Section 202 property. 299 of 299 units have HUD rental assistance. HUD client group: Elderly. HUD funds a service coordinator here. Last HUD physical inspection (REAC): score 90 b on 2023-09-18. (HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted, as of Jul 6, 2026)
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 0.9 mi, nursing home 0.1 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Holy Family Hospital, Methuen. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- M I Nursing & Restorative Center, Lawrence. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Right Care Services, Inc, Lawrence. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01841 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita North Andover Renal At Home, North Andover, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley, Methuen, 1.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Methuen, Methuen, 3.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01841.
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Harborside Hospice Of Massachusetts, LLC, office in Haverhill, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Tufts Medicine Care At Home, office in Lowell, 8.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, Tewksbury. 7.6 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 moderate, 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 November 2024. 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: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 Marguerite's House provide?
Marguerite's House is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 106 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Marguerite's House?
No. We publish state licensing details for Marguerite's 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 Marguerite's 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. Marguerite's House does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Marguerite's House?
Use Marguerite's House's website, mass.gov/locations/marguerites-house, or visit at 189 Maple St., Lawrence, MA 01841.
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