Assisted Living
Boardman Cottage
131 Main Rd, Islesboro, ME 04848 · Map
Licensed for 8 residents
Boardman Cottage is a state-licensed assisted living community in Islesboro, Maine. It is licensed for 8 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
This community does not publish its prices.
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Boardman Cottage says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
respite care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Boardman Cottage provides residential care, respite care, hospice care, and
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Trained staff offers assistance with personal care, medication administration, transportation, activities, supervision and companionship to the residents.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three home cooked meals a day are provided and served family-style, taking into account personal preferences.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
, we built and began operating Boardman Cottage, an assisted living home for eight residents, in the summer of 2005.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 8 residents
Level IV Residential Care Facility RCD1793.
Nearest emergency room
13.4 miles
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardman Cottage this community | 8 | Not published | Active | |
| Magnolia Assisted Living - Tall Pines Building 2 | 9.6 mi | 53 | Not published | Active |
| Magnolia Assisted Living Pnmi | 9.6 mi | 24 | Not published | Active |
| Magnolia Assisted Living Type II | 9.6 mi | 12 | Not published | Active |
| Bella Point Camden Assisted Living | 9.8 mi | 47 | Not published | Active |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Level IV Residential Care Facility
- License number
- RCD1793
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 8
- County
- Waldo County
- Administrator
- Maura Michael
Source: Maine state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from public records we reviewed, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Maine, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Maine
- MaineCare Section 97, Private Non-Medical Institution Services, Appendix C (Medical and Remedial Services Facilities). Yes. MaineCare (Maine Medicaid) pays for care services in licensed residential care and assisted living settings that take part in the program. To qualify, a person must meet medical eligibility rules, checked by the state's Medical Eligibility Determination (MED) assessment. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 13.4 mi, nursing home 10.3 mi, pharmacy 10.6 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, Rockport. 13.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Windward Gardens, Camden. 10.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Mount Desert Nursing Assoc, Northeast Harbor. 30.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 10.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 04848 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dialysis Clinic Inc. - Belfast, Belfast, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 1 Medicare hospice tells CMS it serves ZIP code 04848.
Mainehealth Home Health And Hospice, office in Rockport, 13.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Mainegeneral Medical Center, Waterville. 37.1 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors 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, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake very 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.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- Who is here at night? Are they awake, or asleep and on call?
- Who covers when the owner is sick, on vacation, or away for the day? Can we meet them?
- Is it one flat rate, or does it rise with care needs?
- Can you help someone who needs two people to move, or a mechanical lift?
- 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 checked11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Boardman Cottage provide?
Boardman Cottage is licensed by the state of Maine for assisted living in Islesboro, Maine. Its licensed capacity is 8 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Boardman Cottage?
No. We publish state licensing details for Boardman Cottage 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 Boardman Cottage cost?
Assisted Living in Maine typically starts at $4,800 to $7,900 a month. Based on 21 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. Boardman Cottage does not publish its prices.
How do I contact Boardman Cottage?
Use Boardman Cottage's website, islesborobeacon.org, or visit at 131 Main Rd, Islesboro, ME 04848.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid