Rhode Island Elderly & Nursing Home Care Centers

Rhode Island has the third fewest assisted living residences in the country, according to the latest national data. But it also has the third highest percentage of top-rated nursing homes. Twenty-nine percent of them get five stars overall from Medicare, as of this writing. The national average is 18 percent.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes:  85
• Assisted living residences: 63*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted living residences (including sheltered-care homes and board and care residences)
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $66 per day
• Home care: $22 per hour
• Home health-care: $24 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 4,078 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $256 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $280 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Information for seniors
• Division of Elderly Affairs
• Office of Facilities Regulation
• Rules and Regulations for the Certification of Administrators of Assisted Living Residences (PDF download)
• Rules and Regulations for Licensing Assisted Living Residences (PDF download)

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 401-462-0550
• In nursing homes: 401-785-3340

 

Financial assistance (partial list):

• Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
• Senior Health Insurance Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

• Providence
• Warwick
• Cranston
• Pawtucket
• East Providence
• Woonsocket
• Coventry
• North Providence
• Cumberland
• West Warwick

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

 

Central Falls
Harris Health Care Center – North

 

Cumberland
Mount St. Rita Health Centre

 

East Providence
Hattie Ide Chaffee Home
Orchard View Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

 

Johnston
Briarcliffe Manor

 

Middletown
Forest Farm Health Care Center

 

Newport
St. Clare Home
Village House Convalescent Home

 

North Kingstown
Scalabrini Villa

 

Pascoag
Overlook Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

 

Pawtucket
Jeanne Jugan Residence – Little Sisters of the Poor
Oak Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

 

Providence
Hallworth House
Tockwotton Home

 

Smithfield
Heritage Hills Nursing Centre

 

South Kingstown
Scallop Shell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

 

Warren
Crestwood Nursing & Convalescent Home
Grace Barker Nursing Center

 

Warwick
Avalon Nursing Home
Brentwood Nursing Home
Sunny View Nursing Home
West Shore Health Center

 

Westerly
Westerly Nursing Home

 

Woonsocket
Ballou Home for the Aged
The Friendly Home

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.