Doolittle Home

What Doolittle Home does

Doolittle Home, now operating as Alliance Health at Doolittle, is a non-profit residential senior care facility located at 16 Bird Street in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Founded in 1915 when Sarah Doolittle donated her family homestead, the facility has operated continuously for 109 years as a community-based elder care provider and is now a component of Alliance Health & Human Services, a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The facility operates a single location and employs between 11 and 50 staff.

The organization offers a full continuum of care under one roof, ranging from independent living with wellness programs and socialization activities through supportive care, long-term skilled nursing, and hospice services. Supporting amenities include private and semi-private rooms in a Victorian-style residence, three daily meals prepared from a scratch kitchen, 24/7 clinical care staff access, outpatient physical therapy billable to insurance, transportation via facility van, and outdoor spaces including a wrap-around porch, gazebo, and weather tenting. The differentiated positioning emphasizes a non-institutional, New England Bed & Breakfast aesthetic contrasted with modern institutional competitors.

The business model is fee-for-service residential care supplemented by outpatient physical therapy revenue billable to insurance. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the facility also benefits from charitable donations via the Alliance Health & Human Services donation channel. Go-to-market is direct admission — prospective residents and their families contact the facility by phone (508-543-2131) or website inquiry, with tours conducted by Executive Director Linda Hunter or Director Christine. Marketing relies on bottom-of-funnel referrals from healthcare providers, retirement planners, and elder care advisors rather than paid advertising or digital acquisition channels. The legal parent is Alliance Health & Human Services, which also operates skilled nursing, rehabilitation, end-of-life, and therapeutic foster care programs beyond the Doolittle facility.

Name

Doolittle Home

Legal name

Alliance Health & Human Services

Website

https://doolittle-home.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1915

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Doolittle Home, operating as Alliance Health at Doolittle, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) residential senior care facility in Foxborough, Massachusetts, offering independent living, supportive care, long-term care, and hospice services under one roof since 1915.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Living / Elder Care Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Assisted Living with Enhanced Care / High-Acuity (Aging-in-Place) (HLADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE)

Keywords

• Senior living care
• Residential nursing care
• Independent living services
• Long-term care facility
• Elder care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Foxboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Alliance Health at Doolittle (formerly Doolittle Home) is a residential senior care facility offering independent living enhanced with wellness programs, socialization, and supportive care, alongside long-term care and hospice services. Operating from a historic Victorian-style residence in Foxborough, MA since 1915, it provides a full continuum of care that allows residents to age in place as their needs change.

Product overview

Alliance Health at Doolittle (formerly Doolittle Home) is a residential senior care facility offering a unified suite of care services. The core offering is residential senior care combining independent living with wellness programs and a full continuum of care that extends from independent living through supportive care, long-term care, and hospice. Accommodations include Private and Semi-Private rooms in a Victorian-style setting. Supporting services include meal service from a scratch kitchen, 24/7 clinical care, outpatient physical therapy, transportation, and social amenities such as outdoor spaces and community areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alliance Health & Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization - a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation that delivers skilled nursing and rehabilitation care for elders, quality end-of-life care, and specialized therapeutic foster care programs for at-risk children. Doolittle operates as Alliance Health at Doolittle under this umbrella organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Broad incumbents

• Genesis HealthCare: Large skilled nursing and rehabilitation provider operating hundreds of facilities across the U.S. Comparable in clinical care and long-term skilled nursing service lines, particularly the skilled nursing and rehabilitation aspects of Doolittle's continuum, though primarily focused on post-acute care rather than independent living.
• Atria Senior Living: Major U.S. senior living management company operating more than 200 communities offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care. Comparable in offering assisted living with supportive personal care services, but with corporate scale, capital access, and amenity breadth that Doolittle cannot match.
• Sunrise Senior Living: National senior living operator with communities offering assisted living, memory care, independent living, and hospice coordination. Comparable in continuum-of-care philosophy and assisted living focus, but operates as a broad portfolio incumbent rather than a single nonprofit rest home.
• Brookdale Senior Living: Largest U.S. senior living operator with ~650 communities across the country, including assisted living and memory care. Comparable in core service offering (residential assisted living with personal care), but operates at vastly greater scale with national reach rather than a single historic New England location.
• Five Star Senior Living: National senior living operator providing independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing across more than 140 communities. Comparable in continuum-of-care service model, particularly the bridge between independent living and skilled nursing, though at much larger operational scale.

Regional players

• Welch Senior Living: Massachusetts-based family-owned senior services organization providing assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing along the South Shore and Cape Cod. Comparable as a regional Massachusetts operator with a similar continuum-of-care philosophy and overlapping catchment area with Doolittle's Foxborough location.

Others

• Encompass Health: Nation's largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals with a home health segment, offering physical therapy and rehabilitation services. Comparable specifically through Doolittle's outpatient physical therapy offering, which is billable to insurance in a manner similar to Encompass's rehabilitation model.

Direct peers

• Benchmark Senior Living: New England-based senior living operator headquartered in Wellesley, MA, offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and respite services across the region. Highly comparable given overlapping geography (Massachusetts), similar mid-market resident segment, and parallel continuum-of-care service model.
• EPOCH Senior Living: New England-based senior living provider with assisted living and memory care communities throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. Comparable in geographic focus (New England), resident demographic (seniors needing supportive care), and assisted living service mix that overlaps with Doolittle's continuum.
• Hebrew SeniorLife: Massachusetts-based nonprofit senior care organization operating NewBridge on the Charles and other communities offering independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing. Comparable as a regional nonprofit competitor offering a similar continuum of care in the greater Boston/MetroWest market that Doolittle also serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DoolittleHome

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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