The Delaney at The Vale

Is The Delaney at The Vale a certified assisted living residence in Massachusetts?

Yes. The Delaney at The Vale at 20 Hill Street, Woburn, MA 01801 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 March 18, 2024. 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.

At roughly 2 years of certification, The Delaney at The Vale is one of the newer residences in Middlesex County, so it has a shorter compliance history to review than long-established communities.

Check the record yourself on the mass.gov page for The Delaney at The Vale, which also lists the unit counts, ownership flags and any posted Compliance Review Report.

What did the latest Massachusetts compliance review of The Delaney at The Vale find?

AGE's most recent posted Compliance Review of The Delaney at The Vale, conducted April 30, 2026, resulted in a Plan of Correction across 8 lettered finding areas, 5 of them marked as repeat findings from the prior review.

The report's findings covered emergency-call (e-call) response times, resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program, on-time reporting of resident incidents to the state, staff training and supervision records, Special Care Residence requirements and the correspondence log used for continuity of care.

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; The Delaney at The Vale's latest lists more than that.

Read the full Compliance Review Report on mass.gov →

Does The Delaney at The Vale offer memory care in Woburn?

Yes. The Delaney at The Vale has a certified Special Care Residence with 36 units — about 30% of its 120 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 The Delaney at The Vale's 36-unit Special Care Residence is larger than typical.

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 The Delaney at The Vale located in Woburn, MA?

The Delaney at The Vale is at 20 Hill Street, Woburn, MA 01801, in Middlesex County. Hospitals families in Woburn commonly use include Winchester Hospital and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

Woburn sits at the junction of I-93 and Route 128, north of Boston.

There are 4 other certified residences in Woburn: AVIVA Country Club Heights, Benchmark Senior Living at Woburn, New Horizons at Choate, Windrose at Woburn.

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 The Delaney at The Vale compare with other assisted living in Middlesex County?

With 120 certified units, The Delaney at The Vale is one of the largest among the 75 certified residences in Middlesex County (number 5 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 The Delaney at The Vale cost per month?

Massachusetts does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask The Delaney at The Vale 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 The Delaney at The Vale?

Start with the areas the state already flagged at The Delaney at The Vale — emergency-call (e-call) response times, resident assessments and service plans, the quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) program — 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 often is a resident's service plan reassessed, and who attends that meeting?
• What has your quality-improvement committee changed in the past year?
• How do you notify families and the state after a fall or other incident, and how fast?
• Do you accept MassHealth Group Adult Foster Care (GAFC) or Senior Care Options (SCO) for care services?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the residence?
• What is the full monthly fee for my parent's care level, and what triggers an increase?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing home?

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 The Delaney at The Vale work?

Moving into The Delaney at The Vale 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 The Delaney at The Vale's 36-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 The Delaney at The Vale 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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