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Editorial standards

What we publish, what we refuse to, and where every number comes from.

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How does Worcester Senior Advisor source its facts?

Every regulatory statement cites the statute, regulation or agency page it comes from; cost figures come from CareScout's 2025 Massachusetts tables and AGE's 2025 Assisted Living Residences Census Report; population figures come from Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates and the 2020-2024 American Community Survey; MassHealth and VA figures come from the agencies' 2026 and 2025-26 tables.

What will Worcester Senior Advisor not publish?

We do not publish figures we cannot trace to a primary source, provider details that are not in state or CMS data, reviews, testimonials, or ratings of our own.

  • No Worcester County cost median: CareScout publishes statewide medians only.
  • No memory care median from CareScout: none is published; AGE's Special Care Residence fee ranges are cited instead.
  • No assisted living ratings: neither Massachusetts nor CMS rates assisted living, and we will not invent a score.
  • No provider details from marketing copy or operator websites.

How often is the directory updated?

The directory is regenerated from AGE's certified-residence list and record pages (retrieved November 6, 2026) and CMS's provider data (as of October 1, 2026) whenever the fetch script is rerun, at least quarterly.

Each listing page shows its source and data date. Page dates in our sitemap change only when a page's content changes.

How does Worcester Senior Advisor handle CMS star ratings and state records?

We show CMS's ratings exactly as CMS publishes them, labelled as CMS ratings with the data date, only for nursing homes CMS certifies, and we reproduce AGE's certification dates, unit counts and compliance review details as AGE publishes them.

Comparisons on facility pages, such as whether a home's staffing is above the county median, are simple arithmetic on the published figures, and each states what it is compared against. Finding subjects are read from AGE's posted reports; when a report cannot be read automatically, the page links to it instead.

How do I request a correction?

Email advisors@worcestersenioradvisor.com with the page and the correction; providers may request corrections to how their data is displayed, but the underlying records come from AGE and CMS, so changes to them must be made with those agencies.

We correct errors promptly. Reader corrections about Massachusetts rules or benefit amounts are checked against the source first.

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