Assisted Living
The Elms at Briarwood
70 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, MA 01606 · Map
Licensed for 43 residents
The Elms at Briarwood is a state-licensed assisted living community in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 43 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, 43 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence.
Nearest emergency room
2.9 miles
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elms at Briarwood this community | 43 | Not published | Active | 3 findings in latest review | |
| The Evergreens | 0.0 mi | 12 | Not published | Active | 3 findings in latest review |
| Notre Dame du Lac | 2.2 mi | 110 | Not published | Active | 8 findings in latest review |
| Shrewsbury Crossings | 2.8 mi | 64 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Christopher Heights of Worcester | 3.1 mi | 80 | Not published | Active | 1 finding in latest review |
State inspection record3 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- September 6, 2024
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Certified since 1996
Compliance review, September 6, 2024 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- September 6, 2024
- Report dated
- September 18, 2024
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- None
- Certification (as printed)
- 10/17/2022 through 10/17/2024
- Review before this one
- November 1, 2022
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- October 18, 2024
- Findings cited
- 3 2 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 3 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 September 6, 2024. The Elms at Briarwood (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: Emergency Response marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Delayed e-call response time not compliant with ALR policy and management not monitoring late response times.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(2)(b)(3)(b)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(2)(b): Service and Service Coordination Requirements (rule text: “The Sponsor of the Assisted Living Residence shall provide or arrange for the provision of the following services by personnel meeting standards for professional qualifications and training set forth in 651 CMR 12.05, 12.07, and 12.08: 1. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding B: 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.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(10)(a)(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 C: 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)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
- Service and Service Coordination Requirements- Emergency Response
- EOEA reviewed the Personalized Emergency Response procedures developed to provide timely assistance to a Resident in the event of an emergency needs situation.
- During the months of June 2023 and August 2024 there were 344 e-call response times over the ten (10) minutes required by Residence policy.
- Documentation of Residence management monitoring response times over the ten
- (10) minute limit was insufficient for June 2023 and August 2024.
- 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, Safety Assurances, and Medication Quality from November 8, 2022, through the date of the Compliance Review.
Service Planning
- Documentation of the date of the Service Planning review was missing for the 2023 and 2024 calendar years reviewed.
- Staffing Requirements- Health Screening Requirements
- EOEA reviewed the personnel records of five (5) 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.
- Three (3) records were missing documentation to confirm seasonal influenza vaccinations or declination statements for the 2023/2024 flu season.
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 43 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
- 43
- County
- Worcester 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 2.9 mi, nursing home 0.1 mi, pharmacy 1.2 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, Worcester. 2.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Knollwood Nursing Center, Worcester. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Everest Home Health Inc, Worcester. 1.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 01606 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Freedom Center Of Worcester, Worcester, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Pdi Worcester, Worcester, 2.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems, Worcester, 2.9 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 01606.
Notre Dame Hospice, office in Worcester, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Vna Care Hospice Inc, office in Worcester, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Ascend Hospice, office in Worcester, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Reliant Medical Group Inc, Worcesteer. 2.1 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 low, wildfire relatively 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 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 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 relatively 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 The Elms at Briarwood provide?
The Elms at Briarwood is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 43 residents.
Does Lilisity rate The Elms at Briarwood?
No. We publish state licensing details for The Elms at Briarwood 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 The Elms at Briarwood 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. The Elms at Briarwood does not publish its prices.
How do I contact The Elms at Briarwood?
Use The Elms at Briarwood's website, mass.gov/locations/the-elms-at-briarwood, or visit at 70 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, MA 01606.
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