Nursing home
AdviniaCare Orchard
135 Tripps Lane, East Providence, RI 02915 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Athena Healthcare Systems (24 facilities) · 166 certified beds
AdviniaCare Orchard is a Medicare-certified nursing home in East Providence, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.38 hours per resident per day, below the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Jun 26, 2025 cited 22 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 4 fines totaling $132,654In CMS records: 4 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How AdviniaCare Orchard compares
This facility vs. the Rhode Island and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Rhode Island avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.38 | 3.72 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.14 | 2.46 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 25.2% | 40.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 22.0 | 8.7 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the January 23, 2026 inspection was corrected by May 29, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 4 fines totaling $132,654, 4 total penalties.
What inspectors found at AdviniaCare Orchard
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jan 23, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 135 Tripps Lane
East Providence, RI 02915 - CMS certification #
- 415059
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 166
- Avg residents/day
- 127.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-10-01
- Chain
- Athena Healthcare Systems (24 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Athena Healthcare Systems
Athena Healthcare Systems operates 24 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Athena Healthcare Systems facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2013
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 4 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 5, 2013 to Sep 24, 2016. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $253,978 owed to 193 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $83,600. DOL marked the employer as a willful violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Orchard View Manor (Athena Orchard View, LLC d/b/a). Case 1792107.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Dec 6, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Apr 14, 2025. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Athena Orchard View LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Apr 20, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 8, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Athena Orchard View LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- May 18, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 22, 2023. 4 violations cited (3 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $15,423 proposed, $10,796 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Athena Orchard View LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $13,494 proposed, $9,446 now. To be fixed by Jun 25, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 25, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 25, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.4(a)). Penalty $1,929 proposed, $1,350 now. To be fixed by Jun 25, 2021. Contested by the employer.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island, Providence. 3.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hattie Ide Chaffee Home, East Providence. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elmwood Home Care, Inc, Providence. 3.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02915 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dialysis Center Of Rhode Island Hospital - Warren Avenue, East Providence, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of East Providence, East Providence, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
The Dialysis Center Of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 2.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02915.
Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company, office in East Providence, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Providence, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Pawtucket, 5.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Coastal Medical Physicians Inc, Riverside. 0.4 miles away, straight line. 8 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is AdviniaCare Orchard a good nursing home?
CMS gives AdviniaCare Orchard an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is AdviniaCare Orchard staffed?
AdviniaCare Orchard reports 3.38 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has AdviniaCare Orchard had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 22 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does AdviniaCare Orchard have?
AdviniaCare Orchard is certified for 166 beds.