Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center

70 Gill Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861 · (401) 722-7900
For profit - Limited Liability company · 154 certified beds

Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center has a 1-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in May 2026, found 14 citations, 1 for actual harm or immediate jeopardy (the Rhode Island average is 9.3). It was fined 2 times in the last three years, $241,130 in all.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on May 11, 2026 found 14 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.May 11, 2026 · F0791 · Level of harm: Actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.May 11, 2026 · F0568 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.May 11, 2026 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.May 11, 2026 · F0677 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.May 11, 2026 · F0756 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.May 11, 2026 · F0757 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.May 11, 2026 · F0760 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.May 11, 2026 · F0842 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.May 11, 2026 · F0569 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.May 11, 2026 · F0602 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.May 11, 2026 · F0684 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.May 11, 2026 · F0692 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.May 11, 2026 · F0698 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.May 11, 2026 · F0725 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 16 citations.

• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.July 16, 2026 · F0657 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.July 16, 2026 · F0658 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.March 25, 2026 · F0600 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.December 23, 2024 · F0745 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.August 16, 2024 · F0726 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.August 16, 2024 · F0760 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.August 16, 2024 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.August 16, 2024 · F0835 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Many
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.August 16, 2024 · F0880 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Many
• Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.August 16, 2024 · F0940 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.May 13, 2024 · F0625 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admittedMay 13, 2024 · F0655 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.March 26, 2024 · F0578 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.November 6, 2023 · F0600 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.November 6, 2023 · F0689 · Level of harm: Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety · Residents affected: Few
• Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.November 6, 2023 · F0835 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $193,160August 16, 2024
• Fine of $47,970November 6, 2023

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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