Burlington, Massachusetts
Home care in Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington has Lahey inside its own town line, which means families here often get a discharge date with very little notice and need someone at the house the same week. We are set up for exactly that call.
After the hospital
Coming home from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
The discharge paperwork tells you what happened in the hospital. It does not tell you who is going to be at the house at seven in the morning when getting out of bed is the hardest thing of the day.
For a Burlington household we can usually be there within a day of the discharge: same caregiver, same hours, a short written note after every visit, and a call to you the same day if anything looks different.
Nearest hospitals
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Winchester Hospital
Typical start
Within about 24 hours of a discharge, most weeks.
Day to day
What we help with in Burlington
- Same-week starts after a Lahey discharge
- Help in split-level and ranch homes where the bathroom is the hard room
- Errands along the Middlesex Turnpike and rides to follow-up visits
- Overnight and weekend cover when adult children work full time
This is non-medical care. We do not provide skilled clinical services, and we will say so on the first call if that is what the situation needs.
Local help beyond what we do
Plenty of what Burlington families need is not something we sell: meals, a heating bill, a ride, help understanding Medicare. The aging services agency for Burlington is the right first call for those, and they cost nothing.
Aging services
Minuteman Senior Services
(888) 222-6171Free. They do not sell care, and routing people to the right program is the whole job.
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