Page 7 of Best Nursing Homes in Rhode Island

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Brookdale South Bay

1959 Kingstown Rd, South Kingstown, RI 02879
Overview of Brookdale South Bay

With a capacity of 80 beds, Brookdale South Bay is an assisted living community on Kingstown Road in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, that offers personal care, respite care, and rehabilitation services. Administered by Kimberly Carlson, the community has been serving older adults for 48 years with a variety of studio and one-bedroom private apartments in a three-story setting. 24-hour nursing support is also available, and rates start at $4,635 per month.

Continuous nursing care, medical oversight, and rehabilitation services are offered to restore strength, mobility, and independence. Transportation is also provided for medical appointments and scheduled community outings.

Additionally, cooking classes, card games, social events, and excursions encourage engagement. Amenities such as a chapel, arts and crafts studio, piano, library, business center with computers, beauty and barber shop, concierge services, landscaped grounds, and gardening areas also promote comfort and recreation. The pet-friendly community also welcomes companion animals.

The surrounding neighborhood is somewhat walkable, with a walkability score of 35, allowing access to some nearby services on foot. However, transportation is generally required to complete most errands.

Starting Price $4,635/Month Info Pricing updated on October 7th, 2026

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Overview of Saint Elizabeth Assisted Living

Saint Elizabeth Assisted Living provides nursing home, adult day care, assisted living, home care, memory care, nursing care, and skilled nursing in Providence, Rhode Island. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and taking medication. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Nursing home and nursing care support residents who need more nursing services than help with daily tasks alone.

Home care supports a person in their own residence, and adult day care provides care during the day. These options may suit a family comparing different levels of support, from daytime or in-home care to memory care or skilled nursing. The community has 72 beds in the Elmwood neighborhood, with short-term rehabilitation and rehabilitation services for residents who need a temporary setting focused on recovery; nursing and therapy are listed among the programs. Pets are allowed, so a resident can continue living with a pet, and director Juanita Barber leads the community. A Walk Score of 76 means the area is very walkable, with most errands possible on foot for a resident who no longer drives.

Starting Price $3,800/Month Info Pricing updated on October 7th, 2026

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Overview of Stillwater Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Community

Stillwater is an assisted living and skilled nursing community nestled in a natural park-like setting over eight-and-a-half wooded acres in pastoral Greenville, Rhode Island. The community encourages residents to live life to the fullest in a safe, supportive, and active atmosphere, treating each resident like family. Stillwater’s dedicated rehabilitation team works with each person individually to ensure a safe recovery and easy transition home, with a focus on comfort and therapy. The interdisciplinary team helps patients acquire or relearn the skills needed to be active and live independently, using physical, occupational, and speech therapy.

For hundreds of Stillwater residents over the years, this community has proven to be the ideal solution for those looking to maintain independence while receiving the highest quality of medical care. The community is fun, vibrant, and beautifully equipped with a stellar activities program and great amenities, including outpatient rehab services, facility-owned transportation, wellness packages, onsite provider services, and assistance with personal care and hygiene. Stillwater offers an all-encompassing suite of venues and services, with the conveniences of modern living and state-of-the-art therapeutic services offered in a single location, making it easier for loved ones and their families to transition as their lives and needs change.

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Overview of South County Eden Operations LLC DBA Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation

Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, provides nursing home care, hospice care, palliative care, respite care, and skilled nursing. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site, while hospice and palliative care support comfort focused needs. Respite care offers a short stay when a resident’s usual caregiver needs time to travel or recover, and the community may be a good fit for someone who needs ongoing nursing care, dementia care, or short term recovery support.

The community has 120 beds and provides rehabilitation services, including short term rehabilitation for residents recovering from an illness, injury, or hospital stay. Long term nursing care and dementia care are available alongside specialized tracheotomy care, pain management, pulmonary care, IV care, enteral nutrition, infectious disease care, dialysis, bariatric care, dental care, and podiatry care. Together, these programs address complex medical, respiratory, nutritional, mobility, and specialty care needs within a nursing setting.

Medicaid and Medicare are accepted. Medicare can help cover short term skilled care after a hospital stay, while Medicaid may help a resident whose savings do not cover a longer stay. Mark Zamperini is the director.

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Overview of Forest Farm Assisted Living

Five care types belong to Forest Farm Assisted Living in Middletown, RI. They are nursing home care, skilled nursing, memory care, hospice care, and palliative care. 24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care is the wording on the service list, and it means what it says. Hospice and palliative care both work on comfort and on keeping symptoms in hand.

Alzheimer’s care is named as a program, and the memory care built around it is secured and supervised for a resident whose dementia carries a wandering risk. Respite care cover a short stay for a family caregiver who needs travel time or recovery time.

Fifty-five beds put this at the smaller end, where staff and residents come to know one another, and a resident whose needs grow finds the next level already here. Physical, occupational, and speech and hearing therapy programs handle the rehabilitation side.

Jennifer Mello is the administrator. Walk Score comes to 34, which is car-dependent, so most errands need a car or a driver.

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Nursing Homes in Rhode Island at a glance

Avg Overall CMS Rating: 2.9/ 5The average Overall CMS Rating for all CMS-certified nursing homes in Rhode Island. Ratings combine health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.2/ 5
Avg Staffing Rating: 3.3/ 5The average Staffing Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Rhode Island. Reflects nursing staff hours per resident per day (including RNs), adjusted for residents' care needs. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.4/ 5
Avg Health Insp. Rating: 2.8/ 5The average Health Inspection Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Rhode Island. Based on each facility's recent inspections and complaint investigations, weighing the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.0/ 5