contact@doryscleaningservices.com(978) 307-8107
$2M InsuredRehab Clinics & Senior CareCDC-Aligned Protocols22+ Years Clinical ExperienceBlack-Owned & Women-Owned
(978) 307-8107
Assisted Living & Senior Living Cleaning in Blackstone, MA — Dory's Cleaning Services

Assisted Living & Senior Living Cleaning in Blackstone, MA

Clinical-grade cleaning for assisted living residences in Blackstone and across Worcester County. Founded by a 22-year clinical veteran. $2M insured.

Blackstone assisted living residences: how we clean

Our Blackstone program for assisted living residences is written around one risk — vulnerable population in what is legally their home, not a clinical setting — and one set of surfaces: residential units, common areas, memory care wings.

Facility types we clean under this service:

  • Assisted Living Residences
  • Independent Living
  • Memory Care

Usually arranged with the executive director.

Rehab clinics, nursing homes and assisted living are a core specialty for us — see how we clean them.

Blackstone at a glance

  • Municipal form: Town
  • County: Worcester County
  • Region: Blackstone Valley
  • Population: 9,208 (2020 U.S. Census)
  • Land area: 11.1 sq mi
  • Water area: 0.3 sq mi
  • Density: about 829 residents per sq mi
  • ZIP code: 01504
  • From our base: about 21 miles south of Marlborough (straight line)
  • Typical healthcare setting: small assisted living residences

Blackstone settings that match this service include Du Charme Estates (assisted living residence); Oak Ledge Terrace (assisted living and residential care home). They are listed as market context — the kind of assisted living residence our protocol is written for — not as clients.

Local health authority: Blackstone Board of Health (official Blackstone page). Healthcare facilities are licensed and surveyed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; the local board handles environmental-health matters under the State Sanitary Code and local rules.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census; Gazetteer files), USPS ZIP codes, and our own verification of local facilities. Distances are straight-line.

What inspectors cite — and how we prevent it

Real, published regulatory findings — every citation links to its source.

CDC Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR), environmental cleaning domain

Staff cannot state the wet contact time for the disinfectant in use, so surfaces are wiped and allowed to dry short of the label time and the product's kill claim is never achieved.

18.1% of 438 long-term care facilities assessed under a CDC protocol in 2020 were unaware of the contact time for the disinfectants they were using; 206 of those facilities were assisted living.

651 CMR 12.04(12)

No adequate plan to prevent and limit the spread of communicable disease. Every Massachusetts residence must have one, conforming to accepted principles of universal precautions based on DPH guidance.

651 CMR 12.09 — Compliance Reviews of Assisted Living Residences

Common-area housekeeping is inspected directly by the state. Massachusetts compliance reviews happen at least every two years and must include a physical inspection of the residence's common areas.

See all 6 findings

How we clean assisted living residences in Blackstone

High-touch surfaces on every visit

  • Common-room seating
  • Dining tables and chairs
  • Kitchenette surfaces in apartments (as contracted)
  • Mailroom and lobby counters
  • Fitness-room equipment
  • Salon chairs

How a visit runs

  1. Clean shared areas daily, with extra attention to handrails, elevator buttons and dining rooms.
  2. Escalate cleaning during respiratory or gastrointestinal illness as directed by the residence.
  3. Keep laundry and food-service areas to their own cleaning procedures.
  4. Damp-mop floors with wet-floor signage to reduce fall risk.
  5. Log apartments and common areas completed.

Frequency, area by area

  • Common areas and dining: daily.
  • Handrails, elevator buttons and shared restrooms: several times a day.
  • Periodic: carpets, windows and high dusting.

Assisted living residences are cleaned during the day, scheduled around meals, activities and residents' preferences.

What you keep on file

  • Product list with EPA registration numbers
  • Safety Data Sheets
  • Signed service logs
  • Certificate of insurance

Questions to ask any Blackstone cleaning vendor

  • How do your staff behave in a resident's home?
  • What do you change during a norovirus outbreak?
  • How do you reduce fall risk while floors are wet?

We answer each of these in writing after the free assessment.

Blackstone questions, answered

Yes. Blackstone (Worcester County) is one of the 109 Massachusetts cities and towns we serve. It is about 21 miles south of our Marlborough base in a straight line. Every engagement starts with a free on-site assessment; call (978) 307-8107.

All of them: 01504. If your facility sits on a town line, tell us the street address and we will confirm.

The closest served towns to Blackstone are Mendon (about 3.8 mi), Bellingham (about 3.9 mi), Hopedale (about 5.7 mi). See the full list on our service areas page.

Anything that touches the resident or their possessions in a care capacity. We do not provide personal care, assist with transfers, handle personal laundry unless it is a separately contracted linen service, sort or discard belongings, clean inside refrigerators or cupboards without written permission, handle medications or medication carts, or move furniture that a resident relies on for orientation. Clutter that blocks our cleaning gets reported, not resolved by us. Drawing this boundary in the contract protects the residence too: it keeps a cleaning contractor from performing tasks 651 CMR reserves for trained residence staff.

Dory's Cleaning Services Inc. carries $2 million general liability, and we issue a certificate naming the residence as additional insured before the first shift. Workers' compensation covers our employees — we staff with employees rather than subcontractors, which keeps liability and training accountability in one place. What we do not claim is a license or certification to clean healthcare facilities, because Massachusetts does not issue one; any vendor telling you otherwise is describing something that does not exist. What is verifiable is insurance, employee training records, and documented protocols, and those are what we put in front of your risk manager.

29 CFR 1910.1030 governs it, and it carries weight in this sector: federal OSHA issued 9 citations across 3 assisted living inspections between October 2024 and September 2025, with $37,006 in penalties — the largest penalty total of any standard for assisted living. Our staff are trained and equipped for environmental decontamination of spills: PPE, absorb, clean, then disinfect with an EPA-registered product at label contact time, with contaminated waste bagged per your regulated-waste policy. If the incident involves a resident who is still being attended, care staff manage the resident first and call us to the surface afterward.

All 10 questions on assisted living & senior living cleaning

Free assisted living & senior living cleaning assessment in Blackstone

22+ years clinical experience. $2M insured. No obligation.