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AdviniaCare Orchard

135 Tripps Lane, East Providence, RI 02915 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Athena Healthcare Systems (24 facilities) · 166 certified beds

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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.

1 out of 5Overall CMS rating
1 out of 5Health inspections
4 out of 5Staffing
166 bedsCertified beds
  • 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.

Overall rating1/5
Health inspections1/5
Staffing4/5
Quality measures2/5
Long-stay quality4/5
Short-stay quality1/5

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.

MetricThis facilityRhode Island avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)3.383.723.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.710.770.68below avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.142.462.34below avg
Nursing staff turnover25.2%40.4%46.4%below avg
Deficiencies cited, last inspection22.08.79.5above avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

3.38Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.71RN hrs/resident/day
0.54LPN hrs/resident/day
2.14Aide hrs/resident/day
3.05Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff25.2%
Registered nurses5.3%
Administrator changes1 in last year

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

Jun 26, 2025Most recent inspection
22Deficiencies found
631Health inspection score
4Fines
  • 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 →

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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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026See above
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026See above
Hurricane evacuation zone mapsNot in a mapped zone
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteNo 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.