Assisted Living and Memory Care
The Evergreens
68 Briarwood Circle, PO Box 500, Worcester, MA 01606 · Map
Licensed for 12 residents
The Evergreens is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Worcester, 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
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 Evergreens this community | 12 | Not published | Active | 3 findings in latest review | |
| The Elms at Briarwood | 0.0 mi | 43 | 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
- July 8, 2026
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction
- Certified since 2020
Compliance review, July 8, 2026 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- July 8, 2026
- Report dated
- July 13, 2026
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction
- Previous action (as printed)
- None
- Certification (as printed)
- Deemed certified since 7/01/2026
- Review before this one
- May 21, 2024
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- August 13, 2026
- Findings cited
- 3 1 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 3 findings in this report, 1 of them marked as repeat findings from an earlier review. Plan of Correction (AGE’s action).
Summary of actions, as written: “AGE conducted an on-site Compliance Review on July 8, 2026. Unless otherwise stated in this Report, the documentation reviewed was for the period 5/21/2024-7/8/2026, The Evergreens (Residence) remain certified pending AGE's issuance of a final determination approving or denying the application for recertification. Final approval will be granted upon receipt and acceptance of written clarification or correction of the issues identified herein.”
- Finding A: General Requirements for an ALR: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) 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 Unsafe Self-administered Medication Management (SAMM)”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(10 (c)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04: General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence
Corrective action: See IV A&B (sections of the report)
- Finding B: General Requirements for an ALR: Special Care
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing Special Care Residence (SCR) Operational Reviews”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(4)(d)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(4)(d): Special Care (rule text: “Administrative staff of the Residence qualified by training and experience shall review the operations of any Special Care Residence twice each year. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding C: General Requirements for an ALR: Dietary Reviews
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Reviews are missing information.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(2)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(2): Service and Service Coordination Requirements
Corrective action: See IV (sections of the report)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
A. 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, Safety Assurances, and Medication Quality.
Resident Safety Assurances
- Documentation identifying the date the audit was conducted, Target date for follow-up and staff responsible for follow-up was missing for calendar year 2024.
Medication administration observation
- AGE observed One Personal Care (PC) staff and one Nurse providing medication assistance to Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM and LMA.
SAMM
- One resident's family filled medication cassette was missing the required label.
B. Special Care
- AGE reviewed the Special Care Residence (SCR) operations review for the period reviewed to verify that the SCR is operating with all the required safeguards.
- AGE reviewed the Special Care Residence (SCR) operations on the date of the Compliance Review to verify that the SCR is complying with all the required safeguards.
C. Service and Service Coordination- Dietician Reviews
- AGE reviewed the Residence's dietary plan reviews to confirm consistency with the most recent edition of Dietary Guidelines.
- The review lacked the inclusion of the required language that the proposed menus meet the minimum dietary standards of the daily recommend allowances of sodium, sugar and fat content as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
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:
- 1. Documentation of SAMM re-training to all applicable staff.
V. NEXT STEPS:
- In accordance with 651 CMR 12.09(4)(g), you are required to respond in writing to AGE within ten (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 August 13, 2026
- 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 ten (10) days of your receipt of this letter.
- If you have any questions regarding this matter, please email ALRHelp@mass.gov.
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
- 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)
U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems, Worcester, 2.9 miles away, straight line
Davita Pdi Worcester, Worcester, 2.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - 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 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 July 2026. 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 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 Evergreens provide?
The Evergreens is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living, memory care in Worcester, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 12 residents.
Does Lilisity rate The Evergreens?
No. We publish state licensing details for The Evergreens 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 Evergreens 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 Evergreens does not publish its prices.
How do I contact The Evergreens?
Use The Evergreens's website, mass.gov/locations/the-evergreens, or visit at 68 Briarwood Circle, PO Box 500, Worcester, MA 01606.
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