Nursing Homes in Rhode Island: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Rhode Island has 72 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 26 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.46 hours per resident per day, 6% above the US average of 2.32, and 40.6% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Rhode Island averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in East Providence (7), Providence (7), Warwick (6). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Bristol (2)
- Central Falls (2)
- Coventry (3)
- Cranston (2)
- Cumberland (2)
- East Greenwich (1)
- East Providence (7)
- Greenville (2)
- Johnston (3)
- Manville (1)
- Middletown (3)
- Newport (3)
- North Kingstown (3)
- North Providence (2)
- North Smithfield (1)
- Pascoag (3)
- Pawtucket (3)
- Providence (7)
- Smithfield (2)
- South Kingstown (1)
- Warren (3)
- Warwick (6)
- Westerly (3)
- West Kingston (2)
- West Warwick (1)
- Woonsocket (4)
Largest nursing home chains in Rhode Island
CMS links 34 of Rhode Island's homes to these 13 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in RI | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis Health Services | 7 | 87 |
| Eden Healthcare | 6 | 7 |
| Adviniacare | 4 | 11 |
| Genesis Healthcare | 3 | 184 |
| Green Tree Healthcare Management | 3 | 4 |
| Athena Healthcare Systems | 2 | 22 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 2 | 194 |
| Royal Health Group | 2 | 12 |
| Apple Rehab | 1 | 20 |
| Covenant Health | 1 | 8 |
| Elderwood | 1 | 17 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | 1 | 4 |
| The Mayer Family | 1 | 11 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release