Respite Care in Massachusetts
We're still building out our respite care directory for Massachusetts. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.
What respite can cost in Massachusetts
Respite is short-term relief for a family caregiver, not a separate facility class with its own national price survey. The ranges below are derived from published Massachusetts figures for in-home care, adult day, and assisted living. They are planning estimates, not quotes.
- In-home respite: about $40/hour from the local in-home monthly median (44 hrs/week survey standard). Roughly $320 for an 8-hour day, or $1,600 for a 40-hour week.
- Adult day respite: about $121/day (monthly adult-day median ÷ 20 program days), or about $605 for a five-day week.
- Facility short-stay (AL slice): about $320/day (local assisted-living monthly ÷ 30), or about $2,240 for a week. Communities often bill a higher short-stay rate; ask before booking.
Method: divide published monthly medians into hourly/daily slices as above. Full notes on our methodology page.
Massachusetts licensing & regulation
Medicaid & local resources in Massachusetts
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Massachusetts Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Massachusetts resolve concerns about care and rights.
Official Ombudsman locator / program page
Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOVMedicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.
- Frail Elder Waiver. MassHealth 1915(c) Frail Elder Waiver for adults 65+ and adults 60–64 with physical disabilities (CMS factsheet).
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
- Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
- 211
Local health and human services referrals.
- NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
- DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
- VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
Cities in Massachusetts
- Boston
- Worcester
- Springfield
- Cambridge
- Lowell
- Brockton
- Quincy
- Lynn
- New Bedford
- Fall River
- Newton
- Lawrence
- Somerville
- Framingham
- Haverhill
- Malden
- Waltham
- Brookline
- Taunton
- Revere
- Medford
- Weymouth Town
- Chicopee
- Peabody
- Methuen
- Everett
- Barnstable Town
- Attleboro
- Arlington
- Salem
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- Leominster
- Pittsfield
- Beverly
- Woburn
- Fitchburg
- Marlborough
- Westfield
- Chelsea
- Braintree Town
- Amherst Town
- Holyoke
- Watertown
- Randolph Town
- Lexington
- Franklin Town
- Needham
- Norwood
- North Attleborough Town
- Northampton
- Wellesley
- Gloucester
- Melrose
- Saugus
- West Springfield Town
- Milton
- Agawam Town
- Bridgewater Town
- Danvers
- Wakefield
- Milford
- Belmont
- Burlington
- Reading
- Dedham
- Winchester
- Stoneham
- Wilmington
- Gardner
- Marblehead
- Winthrop Town
- Newburyport
- Somerset
- Southbridge Town
- Greenfield
- Amesbury
- Abington
- Easthampton
- Hudson
- Longmeadow
- Swampscott
- Lynnfield
- North Adams
- Palmer Town
- Webster
- South Yarmouth
- Holbrook
- Maynard
- Hull
- Nantucket
- Andover
- Athol
- Middleborough Center
- Plymouth
- Clinton
- Mansfield Center
- Whitinsville
- Medfield
- Pinehurst
- North Scituate
- Cochituate
- Walpole
- Northborough
- Ware
- Foxborough
- East Falmouth
- Sharon
- West Yarmouth
- Yarmouth Port
- Kingston
- West Concord
- Scituate
- Oxford
- Spencer
- Salisbury
- East Harwich
- Adams
- Bliss Corner
- Bellingham
- North Westport
- The Pinehills
- Marshfield
- Hingham
- Williamstown
- Ipswich
- Raynham Center
- Rockport
- Westborough
- Smith Mills
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
- Millis-Clicquot
- Hopedale
- North Plymouth
- Winchendon
- Turners Falls
- Sagamore
- Falmouth
- Northwest Harwich
- East Sandwich
- Forestdale
- Orange
- Dennis Port
- Wilbraham
- Wareham Center
- North Lakeville
- Ocean Grove
- Provincetown
- Hopkinton
- North Pembroke
- Nahant
- Littleton Common
- Monument Beach
- South Duxbury
- Upton
- South Dennis
- Ayer
- East Dennis
- Cordaville
- East Douglas
- North Seekonk
- Buzzards Bay
- Sandwich
- North Falmouth
- Acushnet Center
- Mattapoisett Center
- Norton Center
- North Brookfield
- Topsfield
- West Dennis
- Baldwinville
- Vineyard Haven
- Sturbridge
- Dennis
- Belchertown
- Great Barrington
- Fiskdale
- Dover
- Boxford
- West Wareham
- Pocasset
- Harwich Port
- South Lancaster
- Hanscom AFB
- North Eastham
- Lunenburg
- Rutland
- Duxbury
- Brewster
- Marshfield Hills
- Pepperell
- East Pepperell
- Hanson
- South Deerfield
- Lenox
- Shelburne Falls
- Bourne
- Harwich Center
- Teaticket
- Cedar Crest
- Devens
- Rowley
- Essex
- White Island Shores
- Monson Center
- Chatham
- West Brookfield
- Lee
- South Ashburnham
- Orleans
- Weweantic
- Hatfield
- East Brookfield
- Warren
- Onset
- Marion Center
- West Falmouth
- Green Harbor
- Holland
- West Chatham
- Groton
- Oak Bluffs
- Granby
- Shirley
- Housatonic
- Northfield
- Millers Falls
- Woods Hole
- Townsend
- Mashpee Neck
- Edgartown
- Huntington
- Brookfield
- New Seabury
- Chester
- Cheshire
- Barre
- West Warren
- Popponesset
- Seabrook
- Russell
- Deerfield
- Blandford
- Madaket
- Petersham
- Siasconset
- Seconsett Island
- Monomoscoy Island
- Popponesset Island
- Lenox Dale
Providers disclosing respite care in Massachusetts
No providers in Massachusetts currently carry an official respite care service flag.
Respite Care is a service disclosed on other licensed settings, not a separate facility directory. We only list providers when a state source field says so.
How we rank these
Frequently asked questions
Which cities in Massachusetts have respite care listings?
We track 248 Massachusetts cities for respite care. See the city list on this page for options near you.
How to cite this page
Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed respite care providers in Massachusetts are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Respite Care in Massachusetts. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/massachusetts/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Respite Care in Massachusetts." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/massachusetts/.
These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections
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