The Brookhouse Home

Brookhouse Home is a nonprofit rest home for senior women in Salem, with room for 36 residents. Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as a Level IV Residential Care Home, it lets women live in a familiar home setting while keeping their independence, privacy and personal choices. Home-cooked meals, medication management, laundry and housekeeping are included, and an activities director plans programs to keep resident life active.

The stately building is an example of the work of famed Salem architect Samuel McIntire and looks out over Derby Wharf and the historic waterfront. Residents have worked as teachers, nurses, artists, social workers and activists, and the home describes itself as a fit for women who may be tired of cooking for one, no longer want to care for a home alone, have trouble keeping track of medications or are simply lonely. Administrator Judy Kane leads the staff.

What to Know

• The Cummings Foundation awarded Brookhouse a $250,000 grant spread over ten years.
• The home publishes a blog and monthly newsletter.
• Services include dietary, direct support and recreation programs.
• Residents were born between 1930 and 1960.