Home Care in Bedford

The Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital is a state-of-the-art medical center that provides a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services. Bedford VA has a full continuum of mental health programming, including a number of exemplars in the areas of Vocational Services, Peer Services, Homeless Services and outpatient Mental Health services. Programming is organized around a "recovery oriented" treatment philosophy, and the Mental Health Service Line is a national leader in psycho-social rehabilitation, research and education.

Metrowest Boston residents have been going to Emerson Hospital in Concord MA since it was founded in 1911. It is not named for Concord's most famous Emerson (Ralph Waldo), but for his nephew Charles. Emerson Hospital is affiliated with many of the best medical facilities in the country, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Lahey Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston, and Tufts Medical Center. Emerson has nearly 200 beds and over 300 activie physicians

MGH has a 999-bed medical center, located in the heart of Boston, offering diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and sub specialty of medicine and surgery. MGH also offers care and services in four health centers in the Boston area. The hospital also holds concurrent Level 1 verification for adult and pediatric trauma and burn care.

McLean Hospital is dedicated to improving the lives of people and families affected by psychiatric illness. The hospital offers clinical services for the following areas: Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Child and Adolescent Services, Depression and Anxiety, Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders, Women's Mental Health.

The Ayer Fire Department is to provide to the citizens, visitors and business community the highest level of fire suppression, emergency medical service, bio-terrorism response, fire prevention education and public service. We are committed to finding better ways of protecting our citizens in the event of fire or other disasters and continue to work for the betterment of our community.

The primary purpose of the Ayer Police Department is to provide a high level of safety, security and service for all members of the community. As a regulatory agency of local government, the police department has the direct responsibility for the preservation of the public peace, for the reduction of the opportunity to commit crime, and for the effective delivery of a wide variety of police services.

Minuteman Senior Services is an Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) serving communities in the MetroWest Boston area. ASAPs operate under a state contract to coordinate and deliver a wide range of services to senior citizens in their regions.

SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to communities. SNAP is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net. The Food and Nutrition Service works with State agencies, nutrition educators, and neighborhood and faith-based organizations to ensure that those eligible for nutrition assistance can make informed decisions about applying for the program and can access benefits. FNS also works with State partners and the retail community to improve program administration and ensure program integrity.

Commonwealth Care Alliance serves Massachusetts "dual eligible" population of citizens eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. CCA provides care for elders and those with disabilities. CCA builds a statewide network of primary care practices and a safety net of human service organizations, independent living centers, and community-based organizations to serve the dual-eligible population.

Handicapped equipped van to provide transportation within the Town of Bedford for medical and non-medical appointments, shopping, trips to Senior Center. Runs Monday through Friday from 9AM - 3PM. Cost is $1.00 one way in town. Out of town shopping trips $2.00 each way. Rides must be requested between 8 and 9 AM of the day of the ride. The Bedford Local Transit (BLT) Town Center Building, 12 Mudge Way Bedford, MA 01730 781-275-2255

Minuteman Senior Services offers lunches three days a week at the Town Center and home-delivered meals five days a week to those over 60.

Carleton-Willard At Home is a nonprofit membership service that gives you the help and support you need right in your own home. Services include everything from plumbers and electricians to transportation and home care ... serving Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln.

CES provides Adult Day Health and Alzheimer Day Care Services to elders and disabled adults. Locations in Lexington, Arlington, Concord, and Burlington.

For seniors who live alone and cannot prepare food for themselves. Volunteers deliver meals and often can provide some social stimulation. Recipients must be at least 60 years old. Services can be for a short period, such as recovery from surgery, or for an indefinite period. Meals are federally subsidized under the Older Americans Act.

THE RIDE paratransit service provides door-to door, shared-ride transportation to eligible people who cannot use fixed-route transit (bus, subway, trolley) all or some of the time because of a physical, cognitive or mental disability. THE RIDE is operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Accessible vehicles are used to serve persons with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs and scooters. Requests for preferred type vehicles will not be honored. THE RIDE operates 365 days a year generally from 5 AM - 1 AM in fifty-eight (58) cities and towns. For RIDE trips with origin and destination within 3/4 mile of fixed-route service that operates outside of these hours, or in other municipalities within 3/4 miles of MBTA bus service, extended RIDE service is available. The West Area also includes small portions of Billerica and Wellesley that are within 3/4 miles of MBTA bus service. VTS also serves trips to/from the border communities of Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Melrose, Needham, Reading, Stoneham, and Wilmington, as long as one end of the trip is located within one of the non-core area communities listed above.

Services: Drive-Thru Pharmacy Photo Accepts SNAP Pharmacy Immunizations

Theatre Pharmacy, open since 1935, is an independent pharmacy located in the middle of Lexington Center, on Massachusetts Avenue. The pharmacy serves the needs of customers living in Arlington, Bedford, Burlington, Waltham and Winchester and of course Lexington. Full service pharmacy offering home delivery.

Chelmsford Crossing services include Assisted Living and Short Term Care. It is part of the Benchmark Senior Living network, which has dozens of facilities throughout New England, including more than 20 in Massachusetts. In addition to Leominster, the network includes facilities in Leominster, Newton, Waltham, and several other Massachusetts communities.

Concord Park offers independent and assisted living, and is conveniently located adjacent to the train station in the heart of West Concord's shopping village. It is sponsored by the Volunteers of America and is managed by Senior Living Residences of Boston.

Newbury Court, a not-for-profit residence, has been in Concord since 1994. The community offers a variety of living options and choice in services. Newbury Court provides a continuum of services and amenities as client needs change. Should a client find the need for further assistance with household chores or personal care, rather than trying to find the help, or worse, consider relocation, the community coordinates the provision of those services in the home. If rehabilitation or nursing care should become necessary, Newbury Court is home to Rivercrest Wellness and Rehab. A memory support assisted living neighborhood, The Gardens, is also on site providing a supportive, homelike environment for those with memory loss. Emergency services are also readily available at Emerson Hospital just around the corner.

At RiverCourt Residences Senior Living Facility the community offers independent living, assisted living and memory care solutions to families and professionals who want their loved ones and older adults in their lives to enjoy the life they planned.

The Commons in Lincoln is a continuing care community offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skill Nursing & Rehabilitation.

Youville Place is an assisted living offering private studio and one bedroom apartments for long-term living or short-term respite stays. It is the only mission oriented, not-for-profit assisted living residence in the area. The community offers 92 private studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments complete with kitchenette, bathroom, and individually controlled heating and air conditioning, and emergency response systems.

The Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, also known as the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, is a medical facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. If you served in the active military, naval or air service and are separated under any condition other than dishonorable, you may qualify for VA health care benefits. Current and former members of the Reserves or National Guard who were called to active duty (other than for training only) by a federal order and completed the full period for which they were called or ordered to active duty may be eligible for VA health care as well.

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is to provide expert, compassionate care to children and adults with cancer while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. As an affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute, the Institute also provides training for new generations of physicians and scientists, designs programs that promote public health particularly among high-risk and under served populations, and disseminates innovative patient therapies and scientific discoveries to target community across the United States and throughout the world.

The Harvard Vanguard Concord practice offers care for residents of Concord, Acton, Sudbury, Maynard, and other nearby cities and towns and is conveniently located off of Route 2. Preferred hospital partners include Emerson Hospital, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston Children's Hospital. In addition to providing primary care for both adults and children, the Concord practice offers a variety of medical and surgical care including urgent care (Concord, Harvard, and Sudbury patients only), endocrinology, behavioral health, optometry and ophthalmology.

Royal Wayland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly Wayland Rehab, provides post acute hospital stay care such as: rehab/physical therapy, skilled nursing, activities, as well as long term care.