Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing)
500 Waterfront Drive, East Providence, RI 02914 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 52 certified beds
Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) is a Medicare-certified nursing home in East Providence, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.00 hours per resident per day, above the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Feb 13, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $8,628In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) 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) | 5.00 | 3.72 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.07 | 0.77 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.32 | 2.46 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.4% | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $8,628, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing)
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 25, 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 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · 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 · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2025 · 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 · Feb 29, 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 · Feb 29, 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 · Jan 13, 2023 - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Jan 13, 2023
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
- 500 Waterfront Drive
East Providence, RI 02914 - CMS certification #
- 415113
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 52
- Avg residents/day
- 48.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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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
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone A; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone VE)
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 Apr 13, 2013 to Apr 11, 2015. Violations found: Minimum wage, Child labor. Back wages: $568 owed to 9 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $575. Employer as DOL recorded it: Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Tockwotton Home). Case 1756060.
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. 1.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bethany Home of Rhode Island, Providence. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elmwood Home Care, Inc, Providence. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 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, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
The Dialysis Center Of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of Providence, Providence, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02914.
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Providence, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company, office in East Providence, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Pawtucket, 3.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Coastal Medical Physicians Inc, Providence. 1.0 mile 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone A on the Rhode Island hurricane evacuation areas. (Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (via RIGIS), map updated Jan 30, 2025)
- Flood zone
- Zone VE: 1% annual chance coastal flood area with storm waves (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. Base flood elevation 13 Feet NAVD88. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, 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 | See above | |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) a good nursing home?
CMS gives Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) staffed?
Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) reports 5.00 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) have?
Tockwotton on the Waterfront (Skilled Nursing) is certified for 52 beds.