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New Horizons - Woburn, MA
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This section deals
exclusively with Massachusetts independent and assisted
living at New Horizons in Woburn, MA. Information
about assisted living in Marlborough, MA is in the
previous section. Above, New Horizons' residents and
staff gather at a community fall road race sponsored
by New Horizons and Woburn Police Department.
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Assisted Living in Boston, MA
New Horizons Massachusetts
retirement community has a total of 120 apartments housing
about 125 seniors, plus Choate Medical Center in Woburn,
MA. This upscale, award winning retirement community
includes 94 suites for seniors, up to 35 of which may
receive assisted living services from Winchester Hospital/Homecare,
and the balance of which are for independant living
seniors. In addition, there are 26 apartments serving
the memory impaired in the Hearthstone Alzheimer's Care
Center. The 50,000 square foot Choate Medical Center
on the ground floor is occupied by Woburn Medical Associates,
Bournewood-Caulfield Counseling Center, Winchester Hospital
Collection Station, Woburn Nephrology, Winchester Spine
Center, Orthopaedics Plus, Woburn Dialysis Center, Hearthstone
Alzheimer corporate offices, and First Steps Early Learning
Center.
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Following the closure
of Woburn's 150,000 square foot Choate Memorial Hospital
in November 1989, Cummings Foundation New Horizons,
Inc. was incorporated on January 4, 1990. The goal was
to acquire the hospital property and create a major
corporate philanthropic presence for Cummings Properties,
LLC in the community where the firm had its beginnings
and earliest successes. About 75 percent of New
Horizons' staff members are local Woburn residents.
The rendering above is of the original hospital in 1906.
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The actual purchase
of the former hospital property occurred through U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Boston, on January 5, 1990, when
the late Judge Harold Lavien awarded the property to
the new corporation, a subsidiary of what was then Cummings
Properties Foundation. The total purchase price was
$3,110,020.
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The city of Woburn
then granted New Horizons a Special Permit to convert
the hospital into a not-for-profit assisted living community,
by a 7-2 vote of the Woburn City Council on February
6, 1990. Next, the corporation was approved by the Internal
Revenue Service as a tax exempt private operating foundation
on April 27, 1990.
With additional contributions
from the Foundation and Cummings Properties totaling
several million dollars, New Horizons initially received
unsecured loans from two local banks to complete the
reconstruction.
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New Horizons at Choate
welcomed its first residents in August 1990. With all
loans since fully paid off, the community has a net
worth today of more than $17.5 million, while the combined
net worth of New Horizons and Cummings
Foundation is now almost $800 million.
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Now operating as New
Horizons at Choate, LLC, the corporation is a 501(c)(3)
operating foundation with a 12-member volunteer board
of trustees. In 1998, it was determined that the board's
elected chairman, vice chair and clerk would serve for
indefinite terms, while up to nine other members typically
serve three-year terms, causing three trustees to rotate
off each year.
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Located near historic Horn Pond in
a neighborhood of traditional Victorian homes, New
Horizons retirement community is a short distance
from local shopping, banks and churches, and only
minutes from Routes 128, I-93 and downtown Boston.
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New Horizons MA Retirement
Community offers both independent and assisted living
near Boston. As a not-for-profit residence, its rates
are considerably lower than those of most similar
top-tier communities. This is particularly so also because
New Horizons assisted living centers have enjoyed substantial
financial backing from Cummings Foundation, Inc., and
substantial personal involvement by the Cummings family.
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Inclusive monthly fees
average about $2,300 for independent living. An additional
$1,673 for the assisted living program includes up to
90 minutes of personal care services daily by Winchester
Hospital certified home health aides. All residents
pay a 100 percent refundable $50,000 Entrance Fee and
furnish a guaranty from a suitable individual, usually
a family member, prior to moving in. Both programs include
full accommodations, utilities, all meals, light housekeeping
services, 24-hour front desk service, comprehensive
recreational and activities programs, scheduled transportation
for outings aboard our own minibus, and much more.
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In keeping with the
property's longstanding legacy of serving the immediate
local community, applications for residency in New Horizons
at Choate are presently being accepted only from current
or former residents of Woburn, Winchester, and Medford,
MA, or from prospective residents who have immediate
family members in these communities. At New Horizons
in Marlborough, a much larger and more expansive facility,
there presently are no such residency requirements,
and there is currently no waiting list due to the more
sizeable campus.
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A full program of recreational
and cultural activities offers residents opportunities
to do the things they enjoy, or try new ventures in
the spacious recreation lounges. Many outings to Boston
and other areas are planned, and courtesy transportation
is available to local shopping areas and churches.
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All New Horizons independent
suites have their own mini-kitchen. There are many libraries,
sitting areas and lounges (both indoors and out), and
a varied schedule of appropriate activities. New Horizons'
own air-conditioned mini bus provides free transportation
for scheduled shopping trips and community activities.
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 Residents
in our "Baldwin Suites" assisted living program
receive convenient added services, including help with
daily activities, self-administered medication management,
access to on-site home care aide assistance 24 hours
per day, seven days per week, meal and trip escorts,
and more, by Winchester Home Care, an affiliate of nationally
acclaimed Winchester Hospital. Baldwin Suites
residents (only) currently pay an additional fee of
$1,673 per month for Winchester Home Care's convenient
services, which is the same fee charged to New Horizons
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Other residents (in
the independent living suites) who prefer assistance
on a less frequent schedule, may arrange for services
directly with Winchester Hospital Home Care, or with
any provider of their choice.
Similar in principle
to New Horizons' assisted living program, the on-site
independently-owned and managed Hearthstone program
accommodates up to 26 additional residents for the care
and treatment of those living with Alzheimer's and other
dementias.
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New Horizons at Choate
also owns and operates the adjacent Choate Medical Center.
Residents may conveniently contract directly with any
of the many on-site health care practices, including
Woburn Medical Associates (a five-physician, internal
medicine practice), Woburn Davita Dialysis Center, Bournewood
Hospital Counseling Center, Woburn Nephrology, Winchester
Hospital Specimen Collection Station, Winchester Spine
Center, and Orthopaedics Plus, a major physical therapy
provider also affiliated with Winchester Hospital. In
addition, a full-service dental office is located directly
across the street from New Horizons at 26 Warren Avenue.
Besides sharing a name,
the two New Horizons communities also share much information
and considerable buying power. They are in different
geographic markets, and are not perceived as competitive
in any way.
Choate Medical Center
offers on-site medical care for New Horizons and for
the entire greater Woburn community. A group of Winchester
Hospital internists and primary care physicians runs
Woburn Medical Associates, while elsewhere in the center
another affiliate of Winchester Hospital - Orthopaedics
Plus - offers physical therapy services. Bournewood
Hospital has on-site mental health counselors in its
facility, while newly expanded Woburn Davita Dialysis
Clinic runs a very busy 15-seat dialysis center here.
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plan of New Horizons' property was recorded at South
Middlesex Registry of Deeds, on April 26,1993. This
plan shows a separate lot created at 17 Warren Avenue
and donated to Supportive Living Inc. for the construction
of a home for people with traumatic brain injuries,
leaving New Horizons with 5.49 acres. "Warren House"
was completed in 1997, and now has 15 residents.
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substantial rental income derived from these medical
facilities is applied toward New Horizons' food service
costs. Thanks in part to this income, and the ongoing
subsidy of resident fees by Cummings Foundation, the
monthly fees at New Horizons at Choate remain substantially
lower than those of any similar-quality community in
the area. Presently, there have been no increases in
"rent" or meal charges for existing residents
at New Horizons at Choate since 1996!
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New Horizons at Choate's
executive director is Burlington resident Jed Geyerhahn
(781-932-8000). A 1996 graduate of Fordham University,
with a degree in philosophy, Geyerhahn has extensive
management and operations experience with the Cummings
organization since 1997, including seven years as a
leasing and property manager at Cummings Properties.
He joined the management team of New Horizons at Choate
in 2004.
Geyerhahn has also served on executive committees as
warden of St. Mark's Church in Burlington, and as clerk
of Church of Our Redeemer in Lexington. A father of
two, he is significantly involved with his young children's
extracurricular activities and is an active alumnus
of Fordham University.
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The associate executive
director of New Horizons at Choate is Paul Kirschbaum.
Kirschbaum graduated from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst with a degree in psychology and earned a
Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration, magna
cum laude, from Worcester State College. He is a Massachusetts
licensed nursing home administrator, and joins the New
Horizons organization with several years of administrator
experience in both assisted living and nursing home
environments.
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NHC trustees
shown during their October 2004 meeting
include (seated left to right): Everett
J. Mawn, Kathryn A. Martin, Dr. Kenneth
K. Tucker, Rev. John W. Taylor. Standing:
William Cummings, Joyce M. Cummings, Atty.
Susan F. Brand, Joanne Campbell, and Representative
Jay Kaufman. Not pictured are Fr. Wayne
L. Belshner, Marie B. Coady and the late
Chief Leo McElhiney.
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APPLYING
FOR RESIDENCY
Welcome
to New Horizons! Very likely, our not-for-profit
community of warm, wonderful neighbors will
impress you, and we look forward to your new
residency. The application process is easy
to follow with these simple steps. Staff members
are always available to assist throughout
this process and thereafter as well. Because
New Horizons is very much a private community
facility, in accordance with the property's
155-year old local charitable legacy, applications
are accepted only from current or former Woburn,
Winchester, and Medford residents, or their
immediate family members.
- Please complete the Application
for Residence and sign the Disclosure of
Rights and Services form. Then, please either
mail or drop off the application and the
disclosure at your convenience, along with
a check in the amount of $2,300 (this includes
the $300 non-refundable Application Fee
for administrative processing, and a fully
refundable $2,000 Waitlist Deposit).
- When the applicant's name
advances on the waitlist, eligible candidates
are sent a Physician's Statement to be completed
by the primary care physician. The waiting
time for move-in is typically three to six
months. New Horizons' policies provide that
at least half of all new residents will
be accepted on a strictly first-come, first-served
basis from the chronological waitlist. Some
others may have priority access, in accordance
with established guidelines.
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After
New Horizons receives the Physician's
Statement, an in-person interview is scheduled
with the applicant to confirm that New
Horizons can still meet his or her needs.
At the same time, a determination is made
as to whether the applicant is best suited
for residency with or without assisted
living services. The applicant then pays
the fully refundable $50,000 Entrance
Fee to gain a ranked position on New Horizons'
waitlist.
- Once having paid the fully
refundable Entrance Fee, any applicant's
progression to actual residency is always
subject to availability of the specific
type of living suite desired. When there
is an available suite, a prospective resident
may reserve or decline any particular unit,
and may always "pass" on any unit
without losing his or her position on the
waiting list. Once the prospective resident
chooses a suite, a signed Residence Agreement
is submitted, along with a copy of a Durable
Power of Attorney, Continuing Guaranty,
and other documents. Because of the exceptionally
high demand for residency at New Horizons,
financial responsibility for the selected
unit begins as soon as the suite is ready
for occupancy.
When a waiting
list exists, as it almost always does, New Horizons
may offer special priority arrangements and
incentives for prospective residents interested
in temporarily moving to our sister facility
in Marlborough. Future residents who have completed
the application process are invited to participate,
without charge, in New Horizons activities,
if they care to. They are also encouraged to
occasionally visit for lunch or dinner, for
instance, as guests of New Horizons, to begin
familiarizing themselves with their future home.
Please do not
hesitate to let us know about any questions
you may have, or if we may assist in any way.
We are delighted that you are considering joining
our community of wonderful neighbors, and will
do our best to help make your transition smooth
and pleasant. After all, this is home!
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New Horizons
at Choate, LLC
21 Warren Ave.,
Woburn, MA 01801
781-932-8000 |
New Horizons
at Marlborough, LLC
400 Hemenway St.,
Marlborough, MA 01752
508-460-5000 |
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