Assisted Living
Youville House Assisted Living Residence
1573 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 · Map
Licensed for 95 residents
Youville House Assisted Living Residence is a state-licensed assisted living community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is licensed for 95 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, 95 residents
Certified Assisted Living Residence.
Nearest emergency room
0.2 miles
Cambridge Health Alliance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youville House Assisted Living Residence this community | 95 | Not published | Active | 5 findings in latest review | |
| Cambridge Homes | 1.5 mi | 44 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Cadbury Commons | 1.5 mi | 74 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Neville Place | 2.4 mi | 71 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Susan S. Bailis Assisted Living Community | 2.5 mi | 82 | Not published | Active | No record |
State inspection record5 findings in latest review
- Last compliance review
- April 30, 2024
- Reports on AGE’s page
- 1
- Latest action (as printed)
- Plan of correction required
- Certified since 1998
Compliance review, April 30, 2024 (AGE’s report)
- Review on site
- April 30, 2024
- Report dated
- May 1, 2024
- Action taken (as printed)
- Plan of correction required
- Previous action (as printed)
- No
- Certification (as printed)
- Certified through 5/30/2024
- Review before this one
- July 26, 2022
- Corrections due by (as printed)
- June 1, 2024
- Findings cited
- 5 3 marked repeat
Summary: AGE cited 5 findings in this report, 3 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 April 30, 2024. Youville House (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 and Service Coordination Requirements: Emergency Response marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Delayed e-call response time not compliant with the ALR policy.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(2)(b)(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: Reports to EOEA: Annual Reports
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Unsubmitted Annual Report”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(13)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(13): Reports to EOEA
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding C: 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 D: General Requirements for an ALR - Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements: Evacuation Drills Reporting Resident Specific Emergencies marked by AGE as a repeat finding
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Insufficient documentation that evacuation drills were conducted for all shifts. Resident specific incident reports submitted late to EOEA.”
Regulation cited, as printed: 651 CMR 12.04(11)(a)(4),(e)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(11)(a): Emergency Preparedness Plan and Reporting Requirements › Plan Requirements (rule text: “1. The plan and any changes to the plan, which shall be developed in conjunction with local and state emergency planners, must include the following elements: a. [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
- Finding E: Training Requirements: LGBTQ Training
Details
AGE’s finding, as written: “Missing documentation of required LGBTQ training”
Regulation cited, as printed: M.G.L. c. 19A, § 43 651 CMR 12.04(1)(e)
What the cited rule covers (651 CMR 12.00): 651 CMR 12.04(1)(e): Physical Requirements (rule text: “Every Assisted Living Residence shall meet the requirements, of all applicable federal and state laws and regulations including, but not limited to, the state sanitary codes, state building and fire safety codes and laws and regulations [...]”)
Corrective action: See IV A (sections of the report)
What AGE reviewed and found (AGE’s words)
A. Service and Service Coordination Requirements - Emergency Response
- EOEA reviewed response times and tests of the emergency response system from the calendar years 2022 to 2024 to determine compliance with Service Coordination requirements.
- In the month of December 2022 there were 24 e-call response times over the 10 minutes required by the Residence policy.
- In the month of June 2023 there were 14 e-call response times over the 10 minutes required by the Residence policy.
- In the month of March 2024 there were 40 e-call response times over the 10 minutes required by the Residence policy.
B. Reports to EOEA- Annual Reports
- EOEA requires the Sponsor of the Residence to file a financial disclosure annually, within 90 days following the end of the fiscal year to assess the fiscal condition and ability to meet the needs of its Residents.
- The Residence's annual financial disclosure was not submitted to EOEA by the 2024 deadline.
C. 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 2022 and 2023.
Service Planning
- Documentation of a set target date for follow up action to the findings identified and person responsible for follow up were missing in all calendar years.
Medication administration observation
- EOEA observed three PCA staff providing medication observation to six Residents to ensure the Residence has developed and implemented systems that support and promote safe SAMM and LMA:
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- One Resident had one loose pill in the medication storage area.
Evacuation Drills and Rehearsals
- EOEA reviewed the Residence's Emergency Plan to ensure compliance that the Residence can address potential disasters and emergencies.
- Documentation of an evacuation drill conducted by the Residence for all shifts was missing for the 2023 calendar year.
Incident Reports
- EOEA reviewed the Residence records and submitted incident reports from July 26, 2022 through April 30, 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 15 incident reports greater than 24 hours after the occurrence of the incident during the period reviewed.
E. Training Requirements - LGBTQ Training
- EOEA reviewed eight personnel records, to determine compliance with training requirements.
- Two records were missing documentation of the required LGBTQ training.
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 95 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
- 95
- 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 0.2 mi, nursing home 0.4 mi, pharmacy 0.1 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cambridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Cambridge. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vna Of Eastern Massachusetts, Somerville. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Skendarian Apothecary. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02138 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Ball Square, Somerville, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - The Kidney Center, Boston, 1.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Massachusetts General Hospital - Dialysis, Boston, 2.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02138.
Beacon Hospice, An Amedisys Company, office in Charlestown, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Visiting Nurse & Community Care, office in Arlington, 2.7 miles away, straight line
Gentiva, office in Auburndale, 7.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cambridge Public Health Commission, Cambridge. 0.2 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; in a hurricane evacuation zone
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone C on the Massachusetts hurricane evacuation zones. (Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (via MassGIS), map updated May 22, 2026)
- 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, 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.
- This address is in a hurricane evacuation zone. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- 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 | See above | |
| 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 | 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 Youville House Assisted Living Residence provide?
Youville House Assisted Living Residence is licensed by the state of Massachusetts for assisted living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its licensed capacity is 95 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Youville House Assisted Living Residence?
No. We publish state licensing details for Youville House Assisted Living Residence 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 Youville House Assisted Living Residence 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. Youville House Assisted Living Residence does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Youville House Assisted Living Residence?
Use Youville House Assisted Living Residence's website, mass.gov/locations/youville-house-assisted-living-residence-inc, or visit at 1573 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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