Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center
2115 South County Trail, West Kingston, RI 02892 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Health Concepts, Ltd. (5 facilities) · 112 certified beds
South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in West Kingston, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.52 hours per resident per day, below the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Feb 12, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab 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) | 3.52 | 3.72 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.40 | 2.46 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.3% | 40.4% | 46.4% | above 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.
What inspectors found at South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 18, 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 · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 11 deficiencies
- 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 · Sep 20, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 8, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 8, 2022 - 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 · Dec 8, 2022
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
- 2115 South County Trail
West Kingston, RI 02892 - CMS certification #
- 415054
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 112
- Avg residents/day
- 98.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-01-01
- 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
Explore the area around South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2015
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab 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.
- Findings for Jun 5, 2015 to Jun 4, 2017. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: South Kingston Nursing and Rehabilitation (Allens Health Center, Inc.). Case 1824057.
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
- South County Hospital Inc, Wakefield. 5.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Elderwood Of Scallop Shell at Wakefield, South Kingstown. 4.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- South County Home Health, Wakefield. 5.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Bayview Pharmacy. 5.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02892 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Wakefield Dialysis Center, Wakefield, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of West Warwick, Warwick, 13.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02892.
Continuum Care Hospice, office in West Warwick, 12.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vna Of Care New England, office in Warwick, 14.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Gentiva, office in Warwick, 16.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lifespan Physician Group Inc, Newport. 13.3 miles away, straight line. 2 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, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very low, 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 South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center staffed?
South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center reports 3.52 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center have?
South Kingstown Nurs. & Rehab Center is certified for 112 beds.