New Horizons At Choate

Specialties

New Horizons at Choate is an upscale, award winning retirement community in a residential area of Woburn. It has 120 independent and assisted living apartments that include utilities, all meals, light housekeeping service, 24-​hour front desk service, comprehensive recreational and activities programs, scheduled transportation for outings aboard its own minibus, and more. As a not-​for-​profit residence, New Horizon’s rates are considerably lower than those of most similar top-​tier communities.

Residents in the assisted living program receive convenient added services, including help with daily activities; self-​administered medication management; ²⁴⁄₇ access to on-​site home care aide assistance; meal and trip escorts; and more.

Located near historic Horn Pond in a neighborhood of traditional Victorian homes, New Horizons is a short distance from local shopping, banks and churches, and only minutes from Route 128, I-​93, and downtown Boston.

History

Established in 1990.

Cummings Foundation New Horizons was incorporated on January 4, 1990, following the closure of Woburn’s 150,000 square foot Choate Memorial Hospital in November 1989. Its goal was to acquire the hospital property and create a major corporate philanthropic presence for Cummings Properties in the community where the firm had its beginnings and earliest successes.

On February 6, 1990, the City of Woburn granted New Horizons a special permit to convert the hospital into a not-​for-​profit assisted living community. For the reconstruction, New Horizons received unsecured loans from two local banks, as well as additional contributions, totaling several million dollars, from the Foundation and Cummings Properties.

New Horizons at Choate welcomed its first residents in August 1990. With all loans fully paid off, the community currently has a net worth of more than $ 17.5 million. There have been no increases in «rent» or meal charges for existing residents at this community since 1996.

Meet the Manager

Christine C.

Manager

Born and raised in Woburn, Christine Coakley is New Horizons at Choate’s executive director. She has been a major contributor to the success of New Horizons throughout her more than 20-​year tenure with the organization.