Massachusetts senior services are readily available – if you know where to look. For most elders and caregivers, the primary place to access resources and get referrals is your local Area Agency on Aging or the Aging and Disability Resource Centers. We have listed those below in addition to other places to access help.
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Area Agencies on Aging: What is an Area Agency on Aging?
The following is a list of the Aging Service Access Points and Area Agencies on Aging in Massachusetts.
- BayPath Elder Services – serving Ashland, Dover, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Natick, Northborough,
Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, and Westborough - Boston Senior Home Care – serving Beacon Hill/West End, Charlestown, Chinatown, Columbia Point, Dorchester, East Boston, East Mattapan, North End, and South Boston
- Bristol Elder Services – Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, and Westport
- Central Boston Elder Services – Allston, Back Bay, Brighton, Fenway, Jamaica Plain, North Dorchester, Parker Hill, Roxbury, and South End
- Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging – Ashburnham, Ashby, Auburn, Ayer, Barre, Bellingham, Berlin, Blackstone, Bolton, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Clinton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Fitchburg, Franklin, Gardner, Grafton, Groton, Hardwick, Holden, Hopedale, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leicester, Leominster, Lunenburg, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Pepperell, Princeton, Rutland, Shirley, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sterling, Sturbridge, Sutton, Templeton, Townsend, Upton, Uxbridge,
Warren, Webster, West Boylston, Westminster, Winchendon,
Worcester - Coastline Elderly Services – serving Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Gosnold, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, and Rochester
- Commission on Affairs of the Elderly – serving Boston
- Elder Services of Worcester Area – serving Auburn, Barre, Boylston, Grafton, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, New Braintree, Oakham, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, West Boylston, and Worcester
- Elder Services of Berkshire County – Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hawley, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, and Windsor
- Elder Services of Cape Cod & The Islands – serving Aquinnah, Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark,
Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Harwich, Hyannis,
Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown,
Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, and Yarmouth - Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley – serving Amesbury, Andover, Billerica, Boxford, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowely, Salisbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford, and West Newbury
- Ethos – serving Hyde Park, South Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and West Mattapan
- Franklin County Home Care Corporation – serving Ashfield, Athol, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, New Salem, Northfield, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Turner Falls, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately
- Greater Lynn Senior Services – serving Lynn, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott
- Greater Springfield Seniors Services – serving Agawam, Brimfield, East Longmeadow, Hampden, Holland, Longmeadow, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Wales, West Springfield, and Wilbraham
- Hessco – serving Canton, Dedham, Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Walpole, Westwood, and Wrentham
- Highland Valley Elder Service Center – serving Amherst, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Granville, Hadley, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Northampton, Pelham, Plainfield, Russell, Southampton, Southwick, Tolland, Westfield, Westhampton, Williamsburg, and Worthington
- Minuteman Senior Services – serving Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Harvard, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Wilmington, Winchester, and Woburn
- Montachusett Home Care Corporation – serving Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Princeton, Shirley, Sterling, Templeton, Townsend, Westminster, and Winchendon
- Mystic Valley Elder Services – serving Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winthrop
- North Shore Elder Services – serving Danvers, Marblehead, Middleton, Peabody, and Salem
- Old Colony Area Agency on Aging – serving Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater, and Whitman
- SeniorCare – serving Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Rockport, Topsfield, and Wenham
- Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services – serving Cambridge and Somerville
- South Shore Elder Services – serving Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, and Weymouth
- Springwell – serving Belmont, Brookline, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, and Weston
- Tri-Valley – serving Bellingham, Blackstone, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Franklin, Hopedale, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Milville, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Oxford, Spencer, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren,
Webster, and West Brookfield - WestMass ElderCare – serving Belchertown, Chicopee, Granby, Holyoke, Ludlow, South Hadley, and Ware
State Government:
- Attorney General’s Office
- Department of Veterans’ Services
- Executive Office of Elder Affairs
- Medicaid Office
State Agencies and Non-Profits:
- AARP of Massachusetts
- Alzheimer’s Association – Massachusetts Chapter
- Harvard Center for Aging, Genetics and Neurodegeneration
- Harvard Medical School Division on Aging
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman – established in each state by the Older Americans Act to enhance the quality of life, improve care, protect rights, and promote the dignity of residents in a long-term care facility.
Legal Services:
- Community Legal Services and Counseling Center – free legal assistance and affordable psychological counseling for people with low incomes
- Greater Boston Legal Services – free civil legal assistance to low-income people in Boston and 31 additional towns and cities
- Northeast Legal Aid – free legal services to the poor and elderly in Northeastern Massachusetts
- New Center for Legal Advocacy – legal assistance to low-income residents of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket and Plymouth Counties
- MetroWest Legal Services – serving low-income people who live in the MetroWest area
Reports and Information:
- 800AgeInfo – search for elder services in MA (great tool)
- Directory of Councils on Aging Sites in MA (.pdf) – volunteer, municipally appointed agencies linking elders to resources
- Family Caregiver Handbook for Resources in MA
