Brookdale Cushing Park

Is Brookdale Cushing Park a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. Brookdale Cushing Park at 300 West Farm Pond Road, Framingham, MA 01702 is listed as Certified on the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE) list of certified Assisted Living Residences dated June 25, 2026, and has held certification since February 16, 2000. Massachusetts certifies assisted living residences rather than licensing them, so there is no license number to look up — the state identifies each residence by name and address.

Brookdale Cushing Park is one of the longer-running residences in Middlesex County: its certification dates to 2000, the first years of the Massachusetts ALR program after the 1994 law that created it.

Check the record yourself on the mass.gov page for Brookdale Cushing Park, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of Brookdale Cushing Park find?

AGE's most recent posted Compliance Review of Brookdale Cushing Park, conducted April 14, 2026, resulted in a Plan of Correction across 5 lettered finding areas, 3 of them marked as repeat findings from the prior review.

The report's findings covered emergency-call (e-call) response times, Special Care Residence requirements, resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program and on-time reporting of resident incidents to the state.

A Plan of Correction is the standard outcome of a Massachusetts compliance review: the residence answers each finding in writing and AGE grants recertification once the fixes are accepted. It is not a suspension or fine. Nearly every residence with a posted report in Greater Boston received one, so the useful comparison is which areas were cited and whether they repeat.

For context, the median posted report for a Middlesex County residence lists 6 finding areas; Brookdale Cushing Park's latest lists fewer than that.

Read the full Compliance Review Report on mass.gov →

Does Brookdale Cushing Park offer memory care in Framingham?

Yes. Brookdale Cushing Park has a certified Special Care Residence with 22 units — about 22% of its 100 certified units. In Massachusetts, memory care is delivered in a Special Care Residence (SCR) inside a certified ALR; it is not a separate license.

Statewide, the median ALR with an SCR has about 20 SCR units, so Brookdale Cushing Park's Special Care Residence is close to the statewide norm.

Its latest compliance review included a finding under the Special Care requirements — ask the staff what was cited and how it was corrected.

Where is Brookdale Cushing Park located in Framingham, MA?

Brookdale Cushing Park is at 300 West Farm Pond Road, Framingham, MA 01702, in Middlesex County. Hospitals families in Framingham commonly use include MetroWest Medical Center – Framingham Union Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

Framingham is the MetroWest hub, roughly 20 miles west of Boston on the Mass Pike and the Worcester commuter-rail line.

There are 3 other certified residences in Framingham: Carmel Terrace, Mary Ann Morse at Heritage, The Branches of Framingham.

Veterans and surviving spouses can be served by the VA Boston Healthcare System (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and Brockton campuses) and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward assisted living costs.

How does Brookdale Cushing Park compare with other assisted living in Middlesex County?

With 100 certified units, Brookdale Cushing Park is larger than most among the 75 certified residences in Middlesex County (number 11 by unit count); the county median is 79 units.

61 of those 75 residences have Special Care Residence units, 7 report nonprofit ownership on their state profile, and 20 list low-income options.

Closest in size among Middlesex County residences, from the same state records:

How much does Brookdale Cushing Park cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Brookdale Cushing Park for its written fee schedule. Statewide, AGE's 2025 census report puts the median monthly fee range at $4,228–$9,225 for traditional units and $7,218–$10,886 for Special Care units.

Greater Boston generally runs above those statewide medians: this site's cost research puts typical assisted living at $5,800–$8,200/mo in 2026, with Brookline, Newton, Cambridge and the Back Bay at the high end.

Its state profile lists no low-income options, so expect private pay for rent.

MassHealth does not pay assisted living rent. Some residences accept MassHealth Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) or a Senior Care Options (SCO) plan for personal-care services; ask the residence directly, and see our Frail Elder Waiver guide for at-home alternatives.

What should you ask when touring Brookdale Cushing Park?

Start with the areas the state already flagged at Brookdale Cushing Park — emergency-call (e-call) response times, Special Care Residence requirements, resident assessments and service plans — and ask what changed after the review; then cover staffing, fees and move-out triggers.

• What is your average pendant/e-call response time overnight, and can I see last month's response log?
• How is the Special Care Residence secured, and what dementia training do its staff complete?
• How often is a resident's service plan reassessed, and who attends that meeting?
• What has your quality-improvement committee changed in the past year?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?
• How long have the executive director and resident care director been in their roles?
• Is a nurse on site every day, and who covers nights and weekends?
• What happens if a resident runs out of private funds?

Visit twice — once at a meal — and read the residency agreement before paying a deposit. Massachusetts gives ALR residents specific resident rights, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program can help if problems come up later.

How does moving into Brookdale Cushing Park work?

Moving into Brookdale Cushing Park starts with a pre-admission screening and a written assessment of your parent's needs, which the residence uses to build an individual service plan before move-in day.

• Residency agreement and disclosures. The residence must give you its residency agreement and a disclosure of fees, services and discharge terms; take them home and compare them before paying a deposit.
• Special Care Residence admission. Admission to Brookdale Cushing Park's 22-unit Special Care Residence is based on a dementia diagnosis and an assessment that the secured setting is appropriate; ask what criteria would move a resident between its traditional and Special Care units.
• Medication plan. Decide whether your parent will self-administer, receive Self-Administered Medication Management (SAMM) help from aides, or need Limited Medication Administration (LMA) by a nurse — it affects both care and fees.
• Payment. Rent and care are almost always private pay in an ALR; long-term care insurance and VA Aid & Attendance can offset them.

If Brookdale Cushing Park has no opening, ask to join its waitlist and keep touring — availability at large Greater Boston residences changes month to month.

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