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Worcester Senior Report
Worcester · Massachusetts
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Services & Resources
Aides and nurses who come to the house, so you can stay in it.
A lot of seniors want to stay in their own home as long as possible, and certified in-home care makes that possible. We report on agencies operating in Worcester that provide vetted, background-checked aides for everything from meal prep to medication reminders to full-time companion care. We only highlight providers with real certifications, not fly-by-night operations.
Every number below was read on the organisation's own website on 28 and 30 September 2026. Where one could not be, the listing says so.
A non-profit visiting nurse agency with a Worcester office. Nurses and therapists come to the house, most often after a hospital stay. It also does hospice and palliative care.
67 Millbrook St., 500 North, Worcester, MA 01606
One number serves every VNA Care office; say which service you want. For paid help with bathing, meals and housework, their private-duty line is 508-366-1766 - usually paid privately or by long-term care insurance, from four hours a day up to live-in.
Home health nurses and therapists, and aides for personal care, from a Worcester office. The Worcester team also does mental health care at home.
100 Grove St., Suite 402, Worcester, MA 01605
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Their site says personal care may be paid through state home care programmes for those who qualify, or privately.
Visiting nurses, plus aides for bathing, dressing and company, for older people recovering from illness or living with heart failure, COPD and the like.
67 Millbrook St., Suite 405, Worcester, MA 01606
Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
A nurse answers after hours and at weekends.
Nursing and physical and occupational therapy at home across Central Massachusetts, with private non-medical help and hospice as well.
Their site gives no office address for home care, so ask whether they cover your street. They say they work with Medicare, Medicaid and most insurers, and that what is covered depends on your plan and your medical need.
Aides from a Worcester non-profit who help with bathing and dressing, light housework, meals, laundry and shopping, give family carers a break, and go with people to appointments.
799 West Boylston St., Suite 130, Worcester, MA 01606
This is the home care director's own line; the main switchboard is 508-755-2340. Going with you to an appointment is only for people who can get in and out of a car unaided.
Aides from Notre Dame Health Care who help with bathing, the lavatory, walking, company and jobs about the house, in private homes and in senior housing.
555–559 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01605
Paid privately, not by Medicare. Some long-term care policies are taken. Notre Dame's main number is 508-852-5800.
A locally owned office on Park Avenue that sends carers into the house to help with the day's tasks.
255 Park Ave. #705, Worcester, MA 01609
Usually paid privately. Ask what it costs when you ring.
An Auburn office sending carers and nurses into Worcester homes, including respite for family carers and help for people with memory loss.
319 Southbridge St., Suite 220, Auburn, MA 01501
Their site also shows a national freephone line; this local number is the better one. They say carers are available at any hour. Ask what it costs.
A Northborough office sending carers into Worcester homes for company, personal care, dementia care and respite.
386 W. Main St., Suite 14, Northborough, MA 01532
No number is printed here on purpose: their Worcester page shows a different one each time it is opened, which is a call-tracking system rather than a line of their own. Use the number on their page, or write.
A home care franchise with its own office in Worcester that sends paid caregivers to help older people at home with everyday tasks and company.
405 Grove Street, Suite 303, Worcester, MA 01605
The phone number on Senior Helpers' website changes from visit to visit, so none is printed here - use their website to reach the Worcester office. Paid care; ask about the hourly rate and any minimum number of hours per visit.
A home care office serving Worcester County that sends caregivers to help with personal care, housework and company at home.
415 Boston Turnpike, Suite 208 B, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
The office is in Shrewsbury, just over the Worcester line. Ask whether the caregivers are the agency's own employees and what the hourly rate is.
A small Worcester home care agency offering personal care, company, housekeeping and help keeping track of medicines.
84 W Mountain St, Worcester, MA 01606
The site also shows a New Hampshire (603) number; the Worcester number is the one above. Ask about cost and whether they take any insurance.
A franchise office in Worcester offering non-medical care at home. The same office also helps families look for independent and assisted living.
34 Cedar St., Unit 003, Worcester, MA 01609
Other numbers appear elsewhere on this page and change from visit to visit; the one above is the Worcester office's own, and was the same on two separate readings. Ask about cost when you ring.
Home health aides from the Jewish Healthcare Center who help with bathing, dressing, toileting and moving about, plus laundry, shopping, meals, medicine reminders, errands and escorts to appointments. Listed here as well as under Housing because this is the Center's care-at-home service, not its nursing home.
As the name says, this is paid privately; ask about the hourly rate. Aides can also sit with someone in hospital, a nursing home or assisted living. The Center's main number, 508-798-8653, is also on the page.
Home care workers from Catholic Charities who help with light housework, laundry, shopping and light meals, sponge baths, showering and dressing, and who keep someone company so the family can go out. Listed here as well as under Emergency because this is the charity's home care service, not its emergency help office.
216 W. Boylston Street, West Boylston, MA 01583
Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm.
The office is in West Boylston, just north of Worcester, and serves all of Worcester County. Ask how the service is paid for and whether there is a waiting list.
MassHealth pays for a personal care attendant for members with a permanent or long-term disability who need physical help with daily tasks such as bathing and dressing. You hire, train and manage the attendant yourself, with help from a local agency.
For MassHealth members only. The number is the MassHealth Customer Service Center; TDD/TTY 711. Ask them to put you in touch with the PCA agency that covers Worcester.
MassHealth pays a live-in caregiver, who can be a relative (but not a husband, wife or legal guardian), to help a member with daily personal care in the member's home or the caregiver's home. A nurse and a case manager check on the care regularly.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm; automated service at any hour.
You must have MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth (or be in One Care, Senior Care Options or PACE), be 16 or over and need help with at least one daily task such as bathing, dressing or eating. The number is the MassHealth Customer Service Center; TDD/TTY 711.
MassHealth pays a GAFC agency to send a care aide who helps a member every day at home with bathing, dressing, moving about and medicine reminders. A nurse and a case manager oversee the care.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm; automated service at any hour.
You must be 22 or over, have MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth, and need help or supervision with at least one daily task. Unlike Adult Foster Care (above), the aide does not live with you. The number is the MassHealth Customer Service Center; TDD/TTY 711.
A Worcester agency that runs the MassHealth Adult Foster Care programme locally: a trained live-in caregiver, who can be a relative, helps with bathing, dressing, meals, medicines, housework and lifts to appointments, and is paid a daily stipend. There is no cost to the member. It also runs Group Adult Foster Care.
11 Sycamore St, Worcester, MA 01608
You must have MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth, be 16 or over, need daily help with at least one daily task and have a doctor's approval. The number is CENTRO's main line; ask for Adult Foster Care. The MassHealth programme itself is listed above.