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AdRAIM -1k Ortev NORTHEAST NOTEBOOK Newton, Mass. hood on the northeastern edge of this city and two-bedroom units of 300 to 600 of 83,000 a few miles west of Boston. square feet with kitchenettes and bath- C� L1Vl�lg' Designed for people who are not ill but rooms. Common areas include a dining ASSiSte are frail and may need help to bathe, room, living room, library, activities dress, take medication and get around room, television lounge, fitness center or the Elderly town,Vernon Court will be the first state- and outdoor patios, financed assisted-living project, said Mi- While the management of Vernon Court chael Jacobs, development director for will not deliver medical care, it will re- STATE agency has agreed to finance the finance agency, a quasi-independent mind residents to take medication, have pa $14.5 million assisted-living state agency. an office where visiting nurses can pro: project here that will provide small The agency hopes to finance four to six vide treatment and help transport resi- private apartments and a variety of per- more assisted-living projects this year, dents to medical appointments. sonal services and medical assistance to Mr.Jacobs said.So far,the state has only Fees for housing and services range 115 elderly residents. Twenty-three units a half dozen privately developed free- from $1,500 to $1,800 a month. Low-in- will be reserved for low-income residents. standing assisted-living projects,he said. come residents,earning less than$9,200 a The Massachusetts Housing Finance Vernon Court is a joint venture of the year, will pay 30 percent of their income Agency will provide tax-exempt construc- Newton-based National Development of for rent and pay for personal services and tion and permanent financing for the de- New England and ADS Senior Housing, medical care through the state and feder- velopment, known as Vernon Court. The based in Cambridge, Mass. The former ally financed Medicaid program,Mr. Ja- site is in the Newton Corners neighbor- has built about 3.5 million square feet of cobs said. office, retail and industrial space in the SUSAN DIESENHOUSE Boston area and owns eight assisted-liv- ing communities om the East Coast; the latter manages 27 nursing homes with about 3,000 residents in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, said Thomas H. Grape, the managing partner, Residents in the private apartments will have three meals a day in a common dining room, housekeeping, laundry, scheduled transportation,social activities and 24-hour help with routine activities. Access to medical assistance is provided as needed. The architect is Huygens DiMella Shaffer&Associates of Boston.Construc- tion on the 1.75-acre site is to get under way this spring. The project will have studio and one- BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL NOV. 5 , 1993 _vim°-mss x. µThls$30 million project In Newton is one of ADS's focal points. :ADS on the forefront of assisted-livin g projects by UPENDRA MmsHRA may need help with bathing,laundry, or JOURNAL STAFF other supportive services. r Grape said rents will range between ;• .Cambridge-based ADS Senior Housing $2,000 to$2,500 a month The price includes Inc sees a bright future in the elderly. three meals a day,housekeeping,laundry The company plans to spend at least$50 and other services. Comparatively,nursing million over the next two years to develop home costs can run between$3,300 and Ax area assisted-living projects. $5,500 a month,according to industry esti- Assisted-living housing complexes give mates. the elderly the benefit of independent living Many of ADS Senior's projects are being and to have their personal needs taken care developed jointly with Newton-based -ot.They are seen as a more desirable, low- National Development of New England,a cost alternative to nursing homes. real estate developer and construction com- 'Assisted living represents a departure pany, from nursing homes,"said Alan Salomont, Ted Tye, a partner in National Develop- CEO of The ADS Group."What we are trying ment of New England,said the assisted-liv to do is to create an array of choices for ing market has tremendous growth potential senior citizens and their families." in Massachusetts. ,t Huge shortage "It's a very well-understood concept in Health care experts and real estate deve!- other areas of the country, but it is just opers said there is a huge shortage of such beginning to come to Massachusetts,"Tye cili ket and unmet demand that we are just ties in the state. There are only about card We think that there is a very deep mar- fa1;000 such units in a state of nearly 6 million people.In contrast,there are 35,000 units in beginning tap in Massachusetts.There Pennsylvania,which has a population of very strong g demand and need for this type '11.8 million,said Thomas Grape,ADS's man- of housing." Grape,who also is chairman of the Massa - aging director. "We have a lot of mom to grow,"he said. chusetts chapter of the Assisted Living Facil- 'Mere are estimates that there is a need for ities Association of America,said there is a up to 25,000 apartment units in Massachu- grog demand for such projects. setts.' "The fastest growth of our population is of ADS Senior is a unit of the Cambridge- the people over age 85.The number of peo- • based The ADS Group, which manages 32 ple over 85 is expected to quadruple in the nursing homes in the state, 10 of which it next 30 years,' he said. Own& Maurice Childs, a painter at the Boston- ADS Senior is scheduled to start construc- based architectural and design firm tion on a$11.5 million,90-unit assisted living CST/Childs Bertman Tseckares&Casendi- complex in Brighton's Cleveland Circle next no Inc.,which has been working with ADS month, Grape said. Completion is set for Senior,said assisted-living units need to be early 1995. designed"on a residential scale to make a In addition,about five assisted-living pro- home-like atmosphere as much as possible. jects are in planning or permitting stages, "We are designing these facilities in a way including 90 units in Framingham,40 units that facilitates the intermixing of residents in Westford and 100 units in North Andover, and the community around them,including crape said. people of different ages, including chil- dren,"Childs said.Cl $60 million in developments ADS could spend as much as$60 million to develop these projects. The figure includes a$30 million, 115-unit assisted-liv- ing complex under construction in Newton, Grape said.It is scheduled to be finished in May. ADS Senior is doing the projects through joint ventures,bank loans and a$14.5 mil- lion loan from the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency. These units will be rented to elderly peo- ple who want to live independently,butwho r g � [ l .•ita, ��t.t�� X11 n The Sunrise assisted living dcveloirtncnt in ]:rcdcrick, Md.,has GO units. .•j ,.,+•.r. +'` 1,l: bpi States See a Wad, To Hel the Aged , P g,,, ,i AKING1heircues from eompanlesbt- _ Tfering new options for long-term bare, r. + most slates are sludyin�,plannlnA,or; starting their own nssisled living proOms. In November,Federal offlclnls,policy alma- i• lysts,advocates for the clOcrly and housldg Industry representatives met In Washington to discuss what Is meant by assisted living how It differs from the scandal•larnlsbed boarding house Industry and how It can pro! vide better lives for the elderly. One slate often mentioned for Its progres- sive approach is Oregon,where tine elderly population rose IS percent but nursing hartiE beds fell by/percent in the last decadL4 '•i'2 Much of the credit for tint has gone to Ilia stole's 10-year-old assisted living program;- �� N c� the nation's oldest and most complete,said: Robert L Mallica,research director of the'n A dining room at a Marriott Brighton Gardens in Virginia National Academy of slate licanh Policy in, Portland,Mnine,l he academy Is a privp(e,p i t s i^ r c nonprofit research and policy group core.;, �itt> tv Alj v �llvyr ��r r Yx�vr� } ) canned with health Issues. - ` S Oregon has helped finance 22 grotrp hornes t' ! I r,A llr �'�C,,(4 �..t with 1,700 residents,tunny o(whnm would } • !�- 'i' yt" - -otherwise be In nursing homes.Like n,irsiil{� ( L,� •• + honors,the group hntnes are largely prlval/• / l�h r.r •r L? ly owned and licensed by tine slate.But resl•1 dents can move some of their own furniture Y7 t 1i Inw private nparinnrnts,with their own 6oi .- � �' i,• ''��r,�� }r. inomi atilt keyslntheirdi.os. l he Or eguu homes,wllhuul expensive - '... t• ar r `rr1 rs.r mrJlenl stnits on 24 hour call,also cost rcaiJ' - dews;and the slate.less than nursing homes.' ;. lr..p' ` 'A`1+ata ,•` t�' "In New Yot k and Florida,there's still ',.... cnnhtslon about what nssisled living is,"Mrs f% Moillca said,"People art likely In be in a•••., sharedfarm,wbhunthrcksonlheirJarra, •A prl'I" b4tlsroomsgr{:cokingfacilities,.SeoJ IIIi,Nei;Ydrk Slni<,rather than add-4,200 new nursing-home beds,will open an ossjs(yd living program by the summer,said Barry.f, '.. nerberich,director of Long Term Care for the state Ixpartnnenl of Social Services.. f C "It's a tremendous opportunity to M04c., people ow of hospitals and serve the gros6fngt elderly population In a way that Is cost e(fec-, live and maintains their dignity,"he saldrA Part of a resident's room in a Sunrise apartment otner(nnra in move reside-nls Into nursing Plorlda offlrlals, for Invanrr, px,slp oord But many skeptics remain,Including Wil- '.. homes as their renditions deleriornle. for right months regulnUons that allow as. Item Aronson,93.Ile lived alone In an apart- So that residents can rennin near their sided• living programs in stale-Ilrcnsrd meal In nrookline,near Boston,until he Wits spouses and frlcmis, some companies huild boarding homes because of opposition from hit by a car last year and spent some ll(tie In complexes with Independent living units for some nursing home operators. a nursing(tome. 'i penple who ran get by on their own,n%sl5ied- It,,( Linda Y,regnn, virr, picsident of the "1 enn't tell you how bad It was,"he'snld. llvingromos forthosewhnneedhelpnodhill- American 11rnith Caie Associalloo, which "It was ail sick people. 1 wnuld Iry'_lb,welk time nursing care for ill residents. trprcaenl s 11,000 nursing homes, said she and they would lell'me to get back In VIcca[l. Not smprisingly, snnne objerlions hnve was not cnocernrd al.un the rnnrpeW lon She It was very luncsdme." /l !risen front nursing hoine.ol+Cralot%. whir it addrd that nurang homes were no longer the lie now lives In Ilurrage Iimnse,an A;slsll,d nnve Iasi 2 percem of their beds some, in,,o ihvnat pinres thnl were the locus of irg,,I • living home in the upscale Back nay section trill fear adra lit nit lheirrevennrsniniteina. ton' wrath Shr sold 30 percent of the pa• of Boston."I here's no comparison."he said. lvehnusingfur the elderly sp,ends.saidl.lr. hints rrrulrralyd nod rciurneJ to the coin. '•Il•s like being in your own home with a lot of Holbrark of Cix,pers& Lybran& to ly other people." i ■ �.. THE NEW YORK TWES, JAN. 3, 1993 All AbOUt/Assisted Living Housing the Elderly Who Do Not Require Nursing Home Care, By SUSAN DIESENIIOUSE handful a(slates led to Federal overhaul of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes.The rest,,, was the Nallonal Nursing Home Return)Act, SEEING a sure growth market,develop. which Imposed new regulations and staff ers and henlill cure clonpamles ;Ire requirement,for proper cure of the 1.7 hill• purlh if mll(1 las of dollars Into fleet Ilan rcelJent,of tile hunacs.Now Yurk and a moJfiling the nation's rapidly rls(ng nuluber few atlter stales enacted more stringent of elderly people who are frail but no(11,.One rules,and Many smaller nursing homes were 0(lute most successful new fields Is"assisted forced to close, living"housing. The Assisted Living Facilities Assucia(o w These usually small developOueols consist holies m avoid some guveunncol regulation of pr,vale or scrulpr,vale opal Intents. flo,o by developing its Own flandards of Cale fur stud'..with no kitchens w fully equipped(life menders to follow. or two bedrooms. Assisted living Iausing While nursing homes oiler Infirm pcuple gets Its name from (he help provided to the attentive medical care they need, es(t• residents in ill form of ,ousekecpinK and Illate. by groups respresenting the elderly meal services and minor medical care.Also say that 30 percent to SO percent u(those)i..w provided Is personal care such as help get. In nursing luoues could and would live else• ling out of bed,bathing and dressing. where,especially If R Is more hamcbke. Assisted living housing has sprung up to fill a gap In the$80 billion long-terin care Indus. try. Elderly people who can no longer take Leaders In a New Field care of themselves have had few choices other than entering nursing homes, even I( they had n0 chronic medlcal prnhicros. Realizing It's More Al$1,000 to$4,000 a manlb,fisslsled living houxlnK can be Ill least 10 itt•rcent less exp"•n' Than Real Estate Olive than state and Federally regulated ours. Ing tomes,In large part because they do not The leading company In the assisted living provide&round-the-clock medical care. Un• housing Industry is Sunrise Retirement like nursing homes, most assisted living Homes and Cumnnmllles Inc. The 12•year- housing is not covered by Government or old privately held company has 19 projects In private Insurance,except for Aetna Casualty 6 states and 1,800 residents,of whom 350 are & ,.lie find a few other companies. In Independent apartinents(flat oiler fewer Since tae n11d•1980's, Indepe11dent uperu. services. Sumise expects revenues of f:13 curs like Snnrlse It e11f ents•nI Ilumes,based In 11,11111,81 In 1991,up hum $15 Outfit... m 1901 Falr(ax, Va.. nod National Ih-abb Moongr• 111"1 11 Million in 111W n,Cnt,In 11111sinu'gh,us weft an('In1 pNtl i"11..""S Mr.KinnOlsenof the usslsleJ living ussoclu. Illle Mnrrtolt,have bulil asSlsil•ol living lulu it ti on In also Ptesloll•11t of Sunrise.lie said that $7 billion oduslry, of seven new plujecis opened by Sunrise fit 199?,live were uctp..lsttioms front distressed real estate developers. "Anyone who thinks Regulators Take Notice this Is simply a real estate business will last for about two years,[lien sell tome,"he said. Fearing the Fate Sunrise Is also b,nldiog project. in Falls Church, Va., Kensington, Md.. and Upper Of Competitors Arlington,Oho,near Columbus. Since 1988,the.('Inasie RrslJe•nrrs substd• Inry td Ilyult Inenwtiunal bas developed 113 veloprwld0, nbnut IQOW assisted Pelli hvae assisted living units mn of Its I,o94 huusuog development, housing 8UQ000 pcuple love on[li for tae elderly. been butt, mostly In slice owns i and sub• Atarrtoll's senior living division now has orbs near big runes. lite cumpludcs have 1.0011 assisted living units In addition iO its found Thal outs) elderly people Pieter to 4,o0 indep eoll•nl tip t111 Iluclus and I,Uoo,till's• renlnln near their hometowns. Ing beds for tie elderly,said Paul H.Juhnsuh. At S. I111h1'lok, a vice Pnesldenl at lite director of the Jolson. P_ariy this year the Atlanta office of ('p"pets & Lybrand, the collgally Plans 1it add tou111$fur people with accounting firin, snol Ibnt oa the next 10 Alrheuner's u1 lite Jefferson,a 410 unit high• yemx,as the ehlerly col ration doubles and rise In Arlington,Vn. 1114-rust 111 livoq; m nurslugt I oil's Uydrs, The Marrlml plulurype Is linghlan Gar- asslsled living huusmg ca u11 le .Oil, of file dens,it 60,000-square-f"Nd budding will,abut (oslesl growing areas of(toe long-term cafe 95 uparUncmts and ]U nursing beds. It has Indust rv. four Brighton Gardens open now. Ira a sure growth market does urn Insure a 1114)(11,as a recent shakeout in the Oudusuy '.. shows.Some developers Jld not ,elite th:u heallh Cale,hospitality 0nd service ore m1"• Growing Frail for elelhents of operating huusmg for the elderly,sold Paul J. Klaassen,chairman ul Some Residents Will the Assisted I.1volgt raclhlles Association of America. 'the Iwo-year-old In.le Wool), In Need More Care Fah lux, has 650 members o1eru Ung O,Ouo Z rrtb4-nocnl hnvlu lrs' "Mien usslsicd living delivers wbal It 'H"4-lod..slry Is aho Just slarlbigt to come In promises,It's an exctti0g Improvement Over lite ancnrwn of g;overnntem regulators.C..n• the debllllating leg11uenuuton of nursing Kress Is hoanclog a 20-nut0lh slthty, )usl haues and the I,or quality of INw,d heel getting looker way,by Ihr Institute of Mroll• cur(•,'•sold IiiholN•Ih C.Clrnu....v.,rnrnre'lu nine tit file Noti..mtl Academy of Sc'enc4-In (Ill eclor for the 11 nuln..n oeodN'1 A..tel Icon """eels the ussulod IMI-K InJ..suy ar.J file Assuciallun of Retired People. Kuvenunrnt-subsldUrd K, 11)loners fur the Ur. Jeanne Wet, n geno odoglsl hl Ilrth Poor known is b..tuJ and cn,C hunt(•.. ISO ll e)Ilenpllul ha Il..sum and dbcclu,of file ludust ry-execul Ives ore eager tit be ape Ilarvnnl AteJlcal Schad Ufvlstun 4)u Aging. Proved for health tore /Ina nt'LIK, which said assisted living "somWs greal, bill we would make their ho islnK ulluldable Iu1' nmsl be awale of what happens to residents "'tiny mule pN•Ople.hill tey are olsueuger 1t, as they becufne more full,"and need mule avoid extensive regulat'uns that befell their care as they age. rivals in the nursing home Industry. The agmlg process,and some stale regula• in 1987,gross abuses In nursing homes In a 110113, have forced assisted living housing from TIDE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Reprinted FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1992 © 1992 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Home of One's Own MENAM Search for Alternatives `I Marie on, 73, missed Pixie, apr her Lhasa apso, when she leas in a nursing home. Rackleff House lets To the Nursing Home ' _ � her keep her little ", companion. AOT Th_ Yields `Assisted Living' Facilities Let Elderly Keep Independence, Privacy And, if The Like, a Pet They Bonnie Haines, 92, missed playing the ` organ,so Rackleff House bought a used t T° Perking Up at Rackleff House one for the dining room. She puts on her vlg and gives recitals. By MICHAEL J.MCCARTHY Star)Reporter of TuE WALL STREET JOURNAL CANBY,Ore.-Marie Morgan,73 years kuu old,lost nearly a year of living. � A She was withdrawn and lay curled up in a nursing-home bed.She hated Helen,her ,► s 80-year-old roommate,who she says pawed 3 a through her dresser drawers, stealing a• is t)s slacks and underwear. She was lonely >•i -< � without her little dog. Her days were - "'Y';� '� ' punctuated by nurses filing in with medi- cations. "There was nothing to do but lay ■''�'.• `f-~- " around,"Mrs.Morgan recalls. ( » � When a social worker found her just > lying there in a fetal position,he had her �X�FF �(SE ; "" b55 SW 13th AVENUt Second of two articles - ucensod Avy, � a removed-to Rackleff House,a new kind of is nursing home that doesn't look and feel like a hospital. Despite incontinence and a heart condi- tion, Mrs. Morgan was awakened by the Illustrations by Hai Knafo move to her own apartment, where she could keep her dog,Pixie,a shaggy brown don't have serious medical problems. for which nursing homes have been the Lhasa apso. A nurse explained her drug Shunning linoleum floors and antiseptic answer. If older people couldn't turn to regimen to her: when she would be need- smells,Rackleff encourages the elderly to family.for help in getting around or in ing to take various capsules and why. age gracefully in private apartments. It taking medicine,they often were trundled New Mobility offers housekeeping, meals, laundry, off to a nursing home. The trend was She began to get out and about. With transportation and social activities, along accelerated by the advent of Medicaid in her walker, she and Pixie strolled the with regular visits from nurses. the mid-1960s, when nursing homes were grounds. She washed her own clothes, At$1,763 a month,the private,for-profit designated as the institutions through rolling her basket and a box of Ultra Purex facility costs about 35% less than,the which government would funnel billions of in a wheelchair to the laundry room. And average for U.S. nursing homes. Even dollars of medical benefits to the elderly. she subscribed to the large print edition of thou the U.S.figure includes areas more Today, the U.S. has 22,000 nursing Reader's Digest costly than Oregon, and many of the homes. elderly are too sick to go to an assisted- "Boy, did I feel good moving into my care home, the newer facilities still may But increasingly, states and critics of own place. I didn't belong there in the 'nursing homes are questioning whether �� long-term care. nursing home, she says,with Pixie in her hold promise for restraining the costs of they are overused,and whether the coun- lap. "I am free here." try's system of long-term care has got off Rackleff is in the vanguard of a move- Medicaid-Fostered Homes on the wrong foot. In part because of the ment called "assisted living," a new For three decades,the U.S. has essen- tangle of regulation, nursing homes too style of housing for frail elderly people who tially defined aging as a medical problem, often provide dehumanized environments DOW JONES REPRINTS SERVICE•(609)520-4328•P.O.BOX 300• PRINCETON,N.J.08543-0300 DO NOT MARK REPRINTS• REPRODUCTIONS NOT PERMITTED t ignore the emotional needs of resi- Nursing-home operators themselves, known by his diagnosis. But Rackleff `s and give short shrift to personal who stand to lose in this de-institutionaliz- paints personality portraits. For instance, ,tivacy and independence. ing trend, have raised concerns. Last the sheet on Elizabeth Chamberlain, 76, Staffed up for the needs of their sickest spring, nursing homes across the country says she likes a 6:30 wake-up call with hot s patients, they are expensive to operate. bankrolled a challenge to an assisted-liv- tea. That helps her get to breakfast. She Nursing-home costs are expected to nearly ing program Florida had proposed. By loves crossword puzzles. She answers double, to $61 billion, in this decade. raising safety; questions, the nursing questions slowly. ,Don't rush her, be Roughly half of that total will be billed to homes delayed the inception of the pro- warned, because that can upset her. Staff federal and state governments.Many peo- gram for about eight months. needs to help keep Houdini(Rackleff's cat) pie are quickly impoverished by nursing- The Rackleff Alternative out of her room. He likes to chew on her home bills. Rackleff House opened in April 1990. oxygen tubing. Scandinavian Models Dr.Wilson,its creator,`teaches at Portland The line on Mrs. Morgan, who lives In the search for more-humane alterna- State University's Institute on Aging. She with her little dog,'Pixie, is that she tives,assisted living is coming to the fore. found inspiration from her mother's dec- showers without help but needs raw vege- The system is modeled after facilities like ade-long experience in a nursing home tables chopped finely.Time of day and the nne_in Denmark, where residents partici- following a stroke."It came from listening mail confuse her. She needs to bring Pixie < pate in hiring staff(interviewing the can- to 10 years of complaints about doors,pets to the courtyard at mealtime so she can didates),and another in Sweden, where a and laundry, Dr. Wilson says. There home for Alzheimer's disease sufferers, Just had to be abetter way." watch her from the dining room.The plan many of whom had been fishermen,organ- She wanted Rackleff to be a model. also notes: "Dog is overweight — no one should be feeding it extras. lzes fishing trips. Rackleff House accom- Most other similar homes had catered modates residents.like 76-year-old Geor- mainly to affluent older people. But, with To Each His Own giann Morris,an Alzheimer's patient who revenue of $416,710, Rackleff was able to Regimentation, a standard feature of loves to loiter by the Canon copy machine show a profit of $80,785 last year even nursing-home life, crumbles at Rackleff's In the office. She had been a bookkeeper while offering relatively affordable rent dining tables. Vida Hamblet, who won't most of her working life,and,in her mental (averaging S58 a day) to people without confusion, finds the office bustle comfort- .great means. The average,age of the 25 eat onions, garlic, rice, pizza, cabbage or ing.Rackleff staffers work around her. tenants is 89.Nearly half are on Medicaid. cherries, likes white bread,milk and Spe- Most are frail, and some are confused. cial K. Bernice Versteeg can't have dairy Assisted-living homes are less costly to States including Florida and Kansas have products and doesn't like corn, tomatoes, run. t Coopers & Lybrand ing ex shows hired on the 43-year-old Dr. Wilson as a peas or tomato soup. that at nursing homes,operating expenses consultant to help develop assisted-living Rather than deprive Mrs. Verstee of run about 80%of revenue, whereas such p g expenses are only 55%to 60%of revenue at programs. And she has won over Oregon creamed potatoes because of her problem assisted-living homes. The new facilities regulators who had been skeptical about digesting milk, lead cook Norma Wolf are beginning to attract companies like allowing frail old people to live in apart- simply adds a little nondairy creamer Marriott Co rp., which has opened p ments with locks on their doors and kitchen four instead. '"It only takes a minute," says .stoves. 100-unit assisted-living residences'called Mrs.Wolf,who cooked in a nursing home Brighton Gardens. It plans a national Rackleff works at encouraging resi- chain of them.Aetna Life&Casualty now dents to establish their own daily routines. for seven years. "In the nursing home you allows long-term-care policyholders to When Bonnie Haines, 92, came to Rack- couldn't substitute,you just couldn't make choose assisted living.Boston-based Stan- leff,she missed playing the organ she had food any different. dish Care Co. this year became the first at home. (She used to play the instrument The personal touches make all the assisted-living bushiess to go public. at silent movies when she was a teenager.) difference in the world to people like Mrs. In Oregon,where state regulators are Rackleff paid $100 for a used organ that Haines, the organist. One morning, she committed to finding alternatives to nurs- now sits in the dining room. Every day at just didn't feel like eating scrambled eggs. 11:45 Mrs Haines who has a brain aneu- ing homes, assisted living has. taken:off. , . , I told.them I wanted applesauce, toast The state has managed to reduce he rysm and a bad heart, puts on her blond and g wig and arrives to give a recital before peanut butter,"she says. "They got it number of nursing-home beds by about 4% lunch. for me, but wanted to know if I was over the past eight years, even as its „So many older people have to give up pregnant,"she says,laughing. over-65 population rose 18%. Its mix of almost everything in their lives to go to a Everyone is smartly dressed. They all alternatives includes foster homes, group nursing home," says Neil Maloney; a feed themselves. "You tell me anywhere homes for the healthy,and pe22 ople.assisted li- ing homes that house count, case manager who has moved'14 else where people 90 are up and around," hom People. people_to Rackleff, some from nursing- says Maryanne Redding,Rackleff's nurse. Resi the potential for abuse,of course.Without dents can furnish their rooms from home. She visits two hours daily but is on call 24 a uniform definition of assisted living and hours a day. Oregon law allows Mrs. without specific regulation,people in great A Homey Fire Redding to train aides to give medication, need of medical care could risk their Rackleff is a 17,000-square-foot building teaching them about dosages and side ef- health, says the American Bar Asso- that looks like a big yellow farmhouse,with fects. The latitude Rackleff enjoys saves ciation's Nancy Coleman, who studies el- a cathedral ceiling in the dining room and thousands of dollars in nursing costs. der-law issues. "You might end up in an a secure enclosed courtyard(with flowers, unlicensed nursing home." trees and a park bench). A fireplace Fending for Themselves But in Oregon, state regulators say flickers in the front parlor. There are other staff savings.Rackleff problems have been minimal. To date,no Rackleff apartments radiate off a cen- helps residents do as much as possible for lawsuits have been filed against assisted- tral, circular walkway. The floor plan themselves, bathing themselves for in- living homes. "We had one lady who fell encourages people to leave their quarters stance. While traditional nursing homes down some stairs and died," says Janet and stroll, and it prevents a common typically have a staff/patient'ratio of Sehon, Oregon's assisted-living program situation where older people arrive at the coordinator. "But the family didn't sue end of a long corridor, cornered and con- about one to one,Rackleff's is one worker because they felt it could have hap- fused. "You can't get lost," says Dr. per three residents. Rackleff pays aides pened if she were at home." At Rackleff, Wilson. Nice as Rackleff is,it isn't lavish, about$6 an hour. she says,owner Keren Brown Wilson"has and that helps it stay affordable. Rackleff isn't perfect, and it isn't for a real good handle on her facility,and her Nursing homes often impersonally everyone.It evicted two people for nonpay- people are good." treat people as.medical conditions. One is ment of rent, and a third who was acting. e e e $14m site first assisted living site Vernon Court, Newton chosen for MHFA pilot NEWTON,MA.—The Home- stead at Vernon Court, a 115 unit assisted living community to be constructed in Newton Corner, was recently named the pilot program for the Mass. E Housing Finance Agency's new Elder Choice program. A joint venture of ADS Se- . nior Housing and National Development ofNew England, The Homestead at Vernon pendently. said Thomas Grape, manag- Court will be developed on the Following the recommenda- ing partner of ADS Senior site of the former Newton Free tion of a city task force, the Housing. Library. library will be razed. In its "Vernon Court will bring an The Elder Choice program is place,ADS Senior Housing and important new housing option a collaborative effort of the National Development,devel- to the community," said MHFA, which is providing opers of alternative senior Theodore Tye, a partner of funding of$14.5 million, and housing,will build an assisted National Development."It has the Executive Office of Com- living community. already generated a lot of in- munities&Development.It is ADS and National Develop- terest from prospective resi- designed to provide housing ment will renovate the exist- dents." and support services for the ing Vernon Court apartments The Homestead at Vernon state's growing elderly popu- at 430 Centre St. adjacent to Court broke ground last month lation. the library, incorporating the with construction slated for The program is designed spe- structure into the new resi- completion in mid-1994. cifically for elders who do not dences. Huygens DiMella Shaffer & need the highly specialized "Newton Corner is the per- Assoc., Inc. of Boston is the care provided in nursing fect location for an assisted architect.Cranshaw Construc- homes, but need some assis- living community like the tion in Newton is the general tance to continue to live inde- Homestead at Vernon Court, contractor. SEW BY:BOSTON 7-28-93 ; 12:47 ; BRF&Cr 6174944748;# 2/ 7 #260-92(6) CITY OF NENWON IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN October 5, 1992 ORDERED: That the Board, finding that the public convenience and welfare will be substantially served by its action and that said action will be without substantial detriment to the public good, and without substantially derogating from the intent or purpose of the Zoning Ordi- nance, the following SPECIAL PERMIT/SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND EXTENSION OF NON-CONFORMING USE AND STRUCTURE is hereby granted, in accordance with the recommendation of the Land Use Committee and the reasons given by the Committee therefore,through its Chairman, Alderman Susan M. Basham: 1. The Board finds that there is an increasing number of persons over age 55 in Newton, that many of these people cannot live totally independently but do not require nursing home placement, and that there is a lack of housing alternatives in Newton to fill this need. The provision of this type of elder housing with services will be beneficial to the community by allowing seniors to remain in this community, by allowing adult children to provide adequate care for their aging parents within their community and by mainudnnng the diversity of our community. 2. The Board finds that the proposed elderly housing development will provide sup- port services as well as housing for elderly people of all income levels and will include 23 residences for low income elderly occupancy, 3. The Board finds that the proposed development is not substantially more detrimen- tal to the neighborhood than the existing non-conforming use and structure. 4. The Board finds that the Petition serves the public convenience and welfare and is in harmony with the Land Use Policies and Goals in the Newton Comprehensive Plan, by providing housing with support services for elderly residents with a variety of incomes. 5. The Board finds that the Petition serves the public convenience and welfare and is in harmony with the Land Use Policies and Goals in the Newton Comprehensive PIan, recognizing Newton's role as a suburban community within an urban region and responding to local and regional needs for varied elder housing options. 6. The Board finds that the density of the proposed development is compatible with the surrounding multi-residential, commercial,public use, and educational character of the neighborhood and would generate relatively low volumes of traffic on the neighborhood street system as compared to a commercial use or general crrulti- restdential use. 7. The Board finds that the elderly housing development will help recreate the resi- t/ dential character of Newton Corner and that the density of the proposed develop- ment is compatible with the residential and comm:.rcial uses in the surrounding area as well as the former Vernon Court residential/commercial building. FTrue City cW%a Newan,u,"• SENT BY:BOSTON ; 7-28-93 ; 12:47 BRF&Gi 6174044746;1; Board Order 260-92(6) Page 2 8. The Board finds that the preservation and rehabilitation of the exterior of the Vernon Court building is historically significant and that the granting of facade easements to the Newton Historical Commission promotes the public benefit and welfare. 9. The Board finds that the development of this elderly housing building will help to renovate and refarbish the Newton Corner Branch Library on Vernon Street, thus stabilizing another historic building in Newton Corner. 10. The Board Cnds the Petition will enable the availability of no loss than 3,000 square feet of common area for meeting space to made available on a non-exclusive basis for residents and community organizations. 11. While the Newton Historical Commission has determined under the City's"Demoli- tion Ordinance" that the Old Main Library should not be preferably preserved and while the Board of Aldermen recognizes the infeasibility of preserving or moving the building, the Board nevertheless finds that an effort to save significant interior and exterior architectural features from the Old Main Library, including the granite which can be utilized the Underwood School in its playground rehabilitation project, is a public benefit. 12. The Board finds the payment to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to remove a deed restriction is a public benefit. 13. The Board finds that the Petition is consistent with the final report and recom- mendations of the Joint Advisory Planning Group and of the Board of Aldermen's Meuse Board Order#418-89. 14. The Board finds that the Old Main Library ortion of the combined Site will become taxable property added to the City's tax base. PETITION NUMBER: #260-92(6) PETITIONER: National Development of New England/ADS Management, Inc.,Vernon Court Company LOCATION: 414 and 430 Centre Street, Ward 1,Section 72 Block, 1, Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, containing approximately 51,243 square feet of land (the "Site") OWNER: Vernon Court Company and City of Newton ADDRESS OF OWNER: Vernon Court Company City of Newton 430 Centre Street 1000 Commonwealth Ave. Newton,MA.02158 Newton, MA. 02159 TO BE USED FOR: Rehabilitation of 430 Centre Street (Vernon Court) and the construction of 115 units of elderly housing with services, 23 of which units shall be for low income residents. =True Copy Attftt C+tra..�aN�.�+au►. SENT BY:BOSTON 7-28-93 ; 12:46 BRF&G- 6174044748;# 4/ 7 Board Order 260-92(6) Page 3 CONSTRUCTION: The interior of the existing Vernon Court building will be gutted and rehabilitated. It is constructed of masonry bearing walls and wood frame. The new wing will be constructed with steel frame or masonry bearing wills and precast concrete floors EXPLANATORY NOTE: Section 30-11(4)(11) allows the Board of Aldermen to grant a Special Permit for elderly housing with services, and to allow such housing with greater density if the density is not less than 400 square feet of for area per dwelling unit Section 30-1l(i) allows the Board of Aldermen to grant Special Permit for a building with more than 20,000 square feet of floor area. Section 30-15 Table 3 allows the Board of Aldermen to grant a Special Permit for a six (6) story building in a Business 4 Dis- trict. Section30-19(d)(7) allows the Board of Aldermen to grant a Special Permit to reduce the number of required parking spaces to one parking space for every four 5 of elderly housing with services. Section 30-21 allows the Board of Aldermen to grant a Special Permit for an extension of a non-conforming structure. Land referred to is in a Business 4 District, Approv4 subject to the following conditions: That all buildings, parking areas, driveways, walkways, lands.caping and other site features shall be located and constructed consistent with plans by Huygens, DiMella & Shaffer entitled "Cover Sheet", dated June 9, 1992, revised September 9, 1992; "Zone Change Plan and Existing Conditions Plan LR-1," "Site Plan LR-2" and "Planting Plan LR-Y, dated June 9, 199:2, revised September 17, 1992; "Basement Floor Plan," 'T ical U per Floor Plan," "Main Floor Plan", dated June 9, 1992, revised Septemver 9, 192; "Fifth and Sixth Floor Plan", and "Elevations", dated June 9, 1992 and revised September 9, 1992 submitted by the petitioner and filed herewith. 2. That the curb cut on Centre Avenue be closed and granite curbing installed, 3. That there be no fewer than 23 units of housing with services for low income elderly residents, 4. That no less than 3,000 square feet of common area space for meetings be made available on a non-exclusive basis for residents of the building and community organizations at no charge to community organizations. ATruecow AM b o SENT BY:BOSTON 7-28-93 ; 12:43 BRF&G- 6174044748;# 5/ 7 Board Order 260--92(6) Page 4 S. That the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors or assigns, shall encourage employees to use public transportation and shall provide schedules for buses and other iorms of public transportation and post them in appropriate locations at the development. 6. That services,such as a sundries store, may be provided for residents and employees of the development 7. That during construction the following shall apply and shall be included in agree- ments with contractors and subcontractors: a. Construction employees shall park on Site or oa Vernon Street adjacent to the Site unless otherwise permitted by the Commissioner of Inspectional Services. Construction shall occur only during the hours of 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday or by special permission from the Commissioner of Inspectional Services on Saturday and Sunday. C. The Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors or assigns, shall designate a person responsible for the construction process. 7lia-t person shall be identi- fied to the Police Department, the Commissioner of Inspectional Services, and shall be contacted if problems arise during the construction process. S. That to the extent consistent with State and Federal law (including.regulations of MHFA), Newton residents and immediate relatives of Newton residents shall be ty given in admission to the building. That a Marketin Plan shall be to maximize the opportunity of local residents to gain admission to the elderly building. Eligible applicants for low income units shall be requested from the Newton Housing Authority. 9. That all utilities including a telephone and electrical service shall be installed underground from the street line. 'That all transformers, chillers, air conditioners, mechanical ventilation system, HVAC equipment and similar devices shall be located, designed and baffled so as not to project sound to adjoining properties, shall be screened by shrubs, if applica- ble, and shall be subject to approval of type and placement by the Director of Plan- ning and Development 11. That all trash removal from the Site shall be by private contractor. The location of any trash dumpster shall be reviewed and approved by the Director of Planning nd Development, The Petitioner and/or Owner, its successor and shall also provide a dumpster or other appropriate device for recycling mat:r�Jsail!�'hall imple- ment a program for the recycling or materials from all of the operations of the build- ing and its support services and shall facilitate recycling for each of the tenants. 12. That the Petitioner/Owner shall apply to the appropriate City agencies for Vernon Street to be made two-way from Centre Street to the property line of the Site. Any necessary sioonage or street modification to accomplish this shall be paid by the Peti- t,oner and/or Owner,their successors or assigns. A Trve Copy Attest: SENT BY:BOSTON 7-28-93 ; 12:49 BRF&CY-4 6174944748;# 6/ 7 Board Order 260-92(6) Page 5 13. ) nat the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors and assigns, shall establish a referral arrangement with one or more nursing homes in the City of Newton or in the cities or towns abutting Newton or with one of the nursing homes it owns (in locations acceptable to the tenant or to his/her family) to facilitate transfer of its tenants if such need should arise. In the event a tenant requires nursing home care on an emergency basis and lacement in such a nursing home is not immediately available, the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors and assigns, shall make every effort to assist the tenant and his/her family to secure suitable arrangements for care for the tenant on a temporary basis until a nursing home placement can be arranged. 14." That, to the extent permitted by applicable law(including regulations and policies of MHFA ), the Petitioner and/or Owner, or their successors or assigns, shall design, develop and lease the development's apartments for occupancy by persons who have attained the age of at least fifty-five (55) years of age or older and market and advertise the development as exclusively for elderly persons fifty-five (55) years of age or older, There shall be written Rules and Regulations �ovarriing the operation of the devel- opment which shall include provisions describing the occupancy requirements sub- stantially as follows: a. No apartment shall be occupied unless there is at least one person occupying such apartment who has attained the age of 55 years, but persons who have not attained such age may occupy such apartment with such elderly person (the"occupancy requirement"). b. The occupancy requirement shall not preclude the following occupancy: If a married couple occupies an apartment and if a spouse who is at least 55 years of a_ge dies and is survived by the spouse who is under 55 years of age, the surviving spouse may continue to occupy the apartment irrespective of his or her age;* - If a married couple occupies an apartment and is divorced or separated, either spouse may continue to occupy the apartment irrespective of his or her age. If an apartment is occupied by an elderly person and one or more persons who are not elderly, at least one of whom is related by blood, adoption or marriage to the elderly person and if the elderly person dies, the other occupant may continue to occupy the apartment irrespective of his/her age. 'The occupancy requirement should not preclude temporary occupancy by guests whether related by blood, adoption or marriage to the occupant or not.A guest shall mean and refer to any person who is visiting and occupying the apartment without any requirement to contribute money, perform any services, or provide any other consideration in connection with said visit/occupancy who does not intend the apartment try be such person's home. A Tnm Copy A" (AY ckwrk d f"4WWWtftM.w". SENT BY:BO3TON 7-28-93 ; 12:50 BITCH 6174944748;# 7/ 7 Board Order 260-92(6) Page 6 The occupancy requirement shall not prohibit the occupants of an apartment (like those living at home) from having medical personnel (.nurse, attendant, social worker, etc. ) pre•approved by the Petitioner mid or Owner, its succes- sor and assigns, of any age,visit, or temporarily occupy an apartment. The occupancy requirement shall not prohibit a qualified occupant of any apartment if he or she is handicapped. 15. That the low income elderly apartments shall have all *the similar amenities and improvements commonly available bthe other apartments in the development.The low income elderly residents shall also have available the basic service package which is made available to all of the market rate residents, 16. That, given the shortage of Ion term parking spaces in Newton C' orncr, six (6) m 0 onths after all apartments in t%_1 e � proposed development are fully occupied, the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors and assigns, shall contact the Conurds- sioner of Inspectional Services and the City's Traffic Engineer who with the Peti- tioners and/or Owner, their successors and assigns, shall review the documented use of the park-in area over the six t6) month period of time from full occupancy of all apartments, For the possible availability of parking spaces on a regular, consistent, daily basis. If the Petitioner/Ovmer, Traffic Engineer and Commissioner of Inspec- tional Services all agree that to be the case, then the Petitioner./Owner lma'y desig- nate a certain number and location of parking spaces which could be made available for accessory parking for local businesses. The Petitioners/Owner M then ap- proach local businesses with this opportunity and attempt to work out an acceptable lease arrangement. If the lessee is required by the Zoning Ordinance Section 30- 19(f) to obtain a special permit for such use, the proposed lessee shall-seek and secure such necessary special permits. If at any time, however, the Commissioner of Inspectional Services finds that there is a regular and consistent parking deficiency on the site due to the leasing of parking spaces, the lease arrangement(s) shall be terminated as soon as possible, 17. That the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors and assigns, shall make avail- able, as part of the basic service package, scheduled private transportation for its residents to travel to local areas, to be arranged and scheduled through the man- agement of the development. 18. That plowing and removal of all snow from the Site shall be the responsibility of the Petitioner and/or Owner, their successors and assigns. 19. That, if deemed necessary by the City En'gineer, sidewalk improvements provements and granite curbing improvements shall be installed by the Petitioner/Owner along the street frontage of Vernon Street, Centre Street, and Centre Avenue, adjacent to the Site at its sole expense. 20. That the site lighting shall not be sodium lighting. lighting shall not overspill onto abutting properties. 0 21. That the income and rent guidelines established by MHFA for low income residents V-11" shall be followed for the 23 low income apartments. rA True CoPY__-------7 A,