Nursing home
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center
70 Gill Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of The Mayer Family (11 facilities) · 154 certified beds
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.03 hours per resident per day, above the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Dec 12, 2024 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $241,130In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Pawtucket Falls Healthcare 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) | 4.03 | 3.72 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.43 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.65 | 2.46 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.6% | 40.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $241,130, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Pawtucket Falls Healthcare 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
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 25, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 23, 2024 · 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 · Dec 12, 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 · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 16, 2024 · 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 · Aug 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 16, 2024 · 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
- 70 Gill Ave
Pawtucket, RI 02861 - CMS certification #
- 415064
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 154
- Avg residents/day
- 90.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-12-01
- Chain
- The Mayer Family (11 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Mayer Family
The Mayer Family operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Mayer Family 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 Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Pawtucket Falls Healthcare 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 respite or short-term stays.
We offer short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, and respite stays.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 nursing care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- The Miriam Hospital, Providence. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Adviniacare Pawtucket Pleasant Rehab Center, LLC, Pawtucket. 1.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Nursing Placement Home Health Care Services, Pawtucket. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02861 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dialysis Center Of Pawtucket, Pawtucket, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Pawtucket, Pawtucket, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of East Providence, East Providence, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02861.
Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Pawtucket, 2.0 miles away, straight line
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Providence, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company, office in East Providence, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Miriam Hospital, Providence. 2.5 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center staffed?
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center reports 4.03 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center have?
Pawtucket Falls Healthcare Center is certified for 154 beds.