Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
198 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Health Concepts, Ltd. (5 facilities) · 60 certified beds
Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in East Providence, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.44 hours per resident per day, below the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Nov 21, 2024 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 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) | 3.44 | 3.72 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.36 | 2.46 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 32.1% | 40.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 8.7 | 9.5 | below 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 February 19, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 21, 2026
What inspectors found at Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · 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 · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · 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
- 198 Waterman Avenue
East Providence, RI 02914 - CMS certification #
- 415083
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 62.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1988-09-02
- Chain
- Health Concepts, Ltd. (5 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Health Concepts, Ltd.
Health Concepts, Ltd. operates 5 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Health Concepts, Ltd. 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
- Website says Works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
, 2024, Health Concepts, Ltd. and its six nursing facilities have officially merged with Home Health and Hospice Care of Nursing Placement.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Nov 18, 2009.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island, Providence. 2.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Harris Health Center LLC, East Providence. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elmwood Home Care, Inc, Providence. 2.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02914 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dialysis Center Of East Providence, East Providence, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of Rhode Island Hospital - Warren Avenue, East Providence, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
The Dialysis Center Of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 2.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02914.
Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company, office in East Providence, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Providence, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Pawtucket, 3.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Coastal Medical Physicians Inc, Providence. 2.0 miles away, straight line. 5 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.44 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have?
Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 60 beds.