Standish Village

Standish Village is an assisted living community in Dorchester’s Lower Mills, right on the Milton line, offering seniors a social, supportive and independent lifestyle. Alongside assisted living, it operates the secure Compass Memory Support Neighborhood for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Supportive services include housekeeping, restaurant-style dining, medication management and personal care staff available around the clock, plus a program of social, cultural, enrichment and wellness activities.

The building is a complete renovation of the old Fabreeka Mills textile factory, one of several restored mill buildings along the Neponset River near the Baker Chocolate Factory. Its 85 rental apartments come as companion suites, studios and one- and two-bedroom units, some among the largest floor plans in the area, and many have river or city views. Residents share comfortable community rooms, two ground-floor patios and a fourth-floor patio overlooking Lower Mills.

What to Know

• The memory support neighborhood is affiliated with the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
• Standish Village has received the Purple Flag for Dementia Accreditation.
• The community is a short walk from the Milton MBTA stop.
• Many residents’ families come from South Shore towns such as Milton, Quincy, Randolph, Weymouth and Hingham.