Assisted Living and Memory Care
Sunny Acres-Legacy Care
254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824 · Map
Licensed for 12 residents
Sunny Acres-Legacy Care is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 12 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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What the public record shows
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License
Active, 12 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence with Special Care Residence.
Nearest emergency room
3.5 miles
Lowell General 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Acres-Legacy Care this community | 12 | Not published | Active | 2 findings in latest review | |
| Chelmsford Crossings | 1.2 mi | 63 | Not published | Active | 4 findings in latest review |
| The Residence at Freeman Lake | 3.0 mi | 79 | Not published | Active | 5 findings in latest review |
| The Atrium at Drum Hill | 3.0 mi | 44 | Not published | Active | 5 findings in latest review |
| The Sabb Residence | 4.0 mi | 60 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record2 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- January 22, 2025
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of correction required
- Certified since 2019
Compliance review, January 22, 2025 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- January 22, 2025
- Report dated
- January 24, 2025
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- No
- Certification (as printed)
- Certified through 1/15/2025
- Review before this one
- February 9, 2023
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- February 24, 2025
- Findings cited
- 2
Summary: AGE cited 2 findings in this report. Plan of correction required (AGE’s action).
Summary of actions, as written: “AGE conducted an on-site compliance review on January 22, 2025. Sunny Acres- Legacy Care (Residence) will continue to be certified until the Executive Office of Aging & Independence (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: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
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)(b)(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- Special Care- Physical Plant
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Chemicals not secured in the common kitchen areas in SCR units. Exit Door in outside area within Special Care Residence was not secured.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(4)(a)4,1
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&B (sections of the report)
Specific corrective actions AGE required
- Documentation of training for all staff regarding safeguard secure storage with chemicals and secure lock for outside gate areas on the Special Care Units.
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
- 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, Resident Safety Assurances and Medication Quality for the calendar years of 2023(last quarter) and 2024.
Service Planning
- Documentation of Service Plan reviews for calendar years 2023 and 2024 were missing the staff responsible for follow- up.
Resident Safety Assurances
- Documentation of the Safety Policy and Procedures review for calendar years 2023 and 2024 were missing the target date for follow-up action.
- Documentation of the date Safey audit was conducted was missing for calendar years 2023 and 2024.
Medication Quality Plan
- (AGE) reviewed the Residence's quarterly medication documentation audits for the last quarter of calendar year 2023 through the date of Compliance Review to ensure compliance with SAMM and LMA protocols and Residence policy.
- The Residence was missing the follow up action for set target date, staff responsible for follow-up and clear documented outcomes for calendar years 2023 and 2024.
Medication administration observation
- (AGE) observed one Nurse staff providing medication assistance to 5 Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe LMA:
LMA
- One resident had two over the counter medications with no pharmacy labels in LMA locked cabinet.
- One resident had a compromised pharmacy filled medication bubble pack.
- General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence (ALR)- Special Care
- (AGE) reviewed the Special Care Unit. All Special Care Residences shall be administered in accordance with the following safeguards: 1. The Residence shall develop and implement policies and procedures to assess and reduce the risk of potential hazards in the physical environment related to the special characteristics of the population. [...]
- (AGE) observed the Special Care Unit:
- The Special Care Unit, (AGE) noted chemicals not secured in the common kitchen area in the Special Care Unit.
- The Special Care Unit outside fenced exit door within the Special Care Residence was not secured locked at the time of the Compliance Review.
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 12 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
- 12
- 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.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 3.5 mi, nursing home 0.0 mi, pharmacy 2.2 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lowell General Hospital, Lowell. 3.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sunny Acres Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation CTR, Chelmsford. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Wellworth Homecare Services Inc, Chelmsford. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 2.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01824 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford, Chelmsford, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Of Lowell, Lowell, 3.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis, Burlington, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01824.
Tufts Medicine Care At Home, office in Lowell, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassionate Care Hospice, office in Woburn, 11.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Compassus - Southern Massachusetts, office in North Andover, 11.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Atrius Health Inc, Chelmsford. 0.1 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 moderate. 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?
- 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?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
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 Sunny Acres-Legacy Care provide?
Sunny Acres-Legacy Care is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living, memory care in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 12 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Sunny Acres-Legacy Care?
No. We publish state licensing details for Sunny Acres-Legacy Care 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 Sunny Acres-Legacy Care 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. Sunny Acres-Legacy Care does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Sunny Acres-Legacy Care?
Use Sunny Acres-Legacy Care's website, mass.gov/locations/sunny-acres-legacy-care, or visit at 254 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824.
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