Assisted Living and Memory Care
The Residence at Penniman Hill
276 Whiting Street, Hingham, MA 02043 · Map
Licensed for 90 residents
The Residence at Penniman Hill is a state-licensed assisted living, memory care community in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 90 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, 90 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence with Special Care Residence.
Nearest emergency room
2.5 miles
South Shore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Residence at Penniman Hill this community | 90 | Not published | Active | 6 findings in latest review | |
| The Cordwainer | 2.0 mi | 54 | Not published | Active | 4 findings in latest review |
| Windrose at Weymouth | 2.4 mi | 100 | Not published | Active | 9 findings in latest review |
| Allerton House at Central Park | 3.2 mi | 93 | Not published | Active | 8 findings in latest review |
| The Current South Shore | 3.2 mi | 74 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record6 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- June 4, 2024
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Certified since 2020
Compliance review, June 4, 2024 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- June 4 and 5, 2024
- Report dated
- June 7, 2024
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of Correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- None
- Certification (as printed)
- 7/10/2022 through 7/10/2024
- Review before this one
- March 16, 2023
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- July 7, 2024
- Findings cited
- 6 2 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 6 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 June 4 and 5, 2024. The Residence at Penniman Hill (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: Self-Administered Medication Management (SAMM) Emergency Response
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent SAMM Documentation. Delayed e-call response time not compliant with ALR policy. Missing documentation of hourly safety checks.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(2)(b)(2)(d), (3)(b)(c)
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: Screening and Assessment Service Plan Development and Requirements marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent with documenting all requirements of Assessments and Service Plans. Inconsistant Bedrail assessments.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(8)(a)(2)(a) 651 CMR 12.04(8)(a)(3)(c) 651 CMR 12.08(1)(s)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 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; [...]”); 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; [...]”); 651 CMR 12.08(1)(s): Resident Rights (rule text: “Be free from Restraints;”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding C: General Requirements for an ALR-Service and Service Coordination: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Unsafe SAMM / LMA”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(10)(c)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(10)(c): Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement › Medication Quality Plan (rule text: “The Residence shall develop and implement systems that support and promote safe SAMM, and if applicable, LMA programs. The Medication quality plan shall include but need not be limited to the following components: 1. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding D: Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements: Reporting Resident Specific Emergencies marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Late submissions of Resident-specific incidents reports.”
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 E: Record Requirements: Correspondence Log
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Inconsistent documentation of each 24-hour period over 90-days. Inconsistent documentation of information necessary for the continuity of care.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.05(4)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.05(4): Record Requirements (rule text: “The Residence must maintain a staff correspondence log for each 24 hour period that communicates information necessary to maintain the continuity of care for all Residents. The correspondence log must be maintained for no less than 90 days.”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding F: 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-
Self-administered Medication Management (SAMM) and Limited Medication Administration (LMA)
- EOEA reviewed 16 Resident Records to determine compliance with requirements for (SAMM) and (LMA).
- Two (2) PC staff did not document the actions regarding whether the Resident took or refused the medication, for one (1) Resident each.
- One (1) nurse did not document the actions regarding whether the Resident took or refused the medication, for one (1) Resident.
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.
- In the months of May 2023 and May 2024, there were 78 e-call response times over the ten (10) minutes required by Residence policy.
- The Residence has chosen to manually document hourly safety checks of Residents living in the Special Care Residence (SCR) to comply with the regulation to provide timely assistance to a Resident in the event of an emergency needs situation.
- Documentation of hourly safety checks for the SCR for May 2024 had multiple instances where staff failed to properly document the hourly safety checks during the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
- General Requirements for an Assisted Living Residence (ALR)-
- EOEA reviewed eight (8) Resident Records reviewing documentation from March, 2023 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
- Documentation of individualized enrichment activities provided to the resident was missing in two (2) Special Care Residence (SCR) records.
- Four (4) 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 eight (8) Residents 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 every six months for three (3) Residents noting that the Resident can independently navigate around a bed rail/ U-bar for the calendar years reviewed was missing.
- 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 October 20, 2022, through the date of the Compliance Review.
Medication administration observation
- EOEA observed four (2) Personal Care (PC) staff and One (1) nurse providing medication assistance to eight (8) Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM and LMA.
SAMM and LMA
- EOEA observed two (2) computer tablets, which are necessary to record medication administration, unattended on tables in the Residence by either PC staff or nurses.
- Reporting Resident-specific Emergencies- Incident Reports
- EOEA reviewed the Residence records and incident reports from October 2022 through the date of the Compliance Review to determine whether the Residence complied with the requirement to qualifying incidents to EOEA within 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident.
- The Residence filed 42 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident or accident.
- Record Requirements- Correspondence Log
- EOEA reviewed the documentation maintained in two 90-day correspondence logs to communicate information necessary to maintain the continuity of care for Residents.
- Both logs did not consistently document all significant or pertinent information necessary to maintain the continuity of care for all Residents.
- Staffing Requirements- Health Screening Requirements
- EOEA reviewed the personnel records of nine (9) 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 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 90 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
- 90
- County
- Plymouth 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 2.5 mi, nursing home 0.6 mi, pharmacy 2.1 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Linden Ponds, Hingham. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Carelicity, Inc, Norwell. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 2.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02043 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Quality Care Dialysis Center, Weymouth, 2.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Weymouth Dialysis, Weymouth, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02043.
New England Hospice Ii, LLC, office in Hingham, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Croi Health, office in Norwell, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Autumn Hospice, office in Norwell, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Erickson Health Medical Group Of Massachusetts PC, Hingham. 0.6 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 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.
- 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?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
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 The Residence at Penniman Hill provide?
The Residence at Penniman Hill is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living, memory care in Hingham, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 90 residents.
Does Lilisity rate The Residence at Penniman Hill?
No. We publish state licensing details for The Residence at Penniman Hill 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 Residence at Penniman Hill 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 Residence at Penniman Hill does not publish its prices.
How do I contact The Residence at Penniman Hill?
Use The Residence at Penniman Hill's website, mass.gov/locations/the-residence-at-penniman-hill, or visit at 276 Whiting Street, Hingham, MA 02043.
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