Nursing homes › Rhode Island › The Friendly Home
303 Rhodes Avenue, Woonsocket, RI 02895 · 4017697220 · 126 certified beds
CMS lists no chain affiliation for this facility. Ownership type on record: For profit - Limited Liability company.
Total nurse staffing: 3.66 (Rhode Island median: 3.58). RN hours: 0.51. Weekend total: 3.23. Nursing staff turnover: 52%.
All-time on record: 38 deficiency citations, including 4 at immediate-jeopardy level. Below: citations from 2023 onward (severity letters explained in methodology).
| Survey date | Deficiency | Sev. | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E | complaint | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | E | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-12-19 | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | D | Health | corrected 2026-01-18 |
| 2025-08-06 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J | complaint | corrected 2025-08-22 |
| 2025-05-22 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-06-21 |
| 2025-03-31 | 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. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-04-15 |
| 2024-12-30 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E | complaint | corrected 2025-01-29 |
| 2024-12-30 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D | complaint | corrected 2025-01-29 |
| 2024-10-04 | 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. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies. | F | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-10-04 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D | Health | corrected 2024-11-03 |
| 2024-08-22 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | complaint | corrected 2024-09-20 |
| 2023-12-11 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J | complaint | corrected 2023-12-27 |
| 2023-12-11 | Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | J | complaint | corrected 2023-12-27 |
| 2023-12-11 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | E | complaint | corrected 2023-12-27 |
| 2023-12-11 | Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. | B | complaint | corrected 2023-12-27 |
| 2023-10-30 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | J | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | G | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | F | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. | E | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. | D | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| 2023-10-30 | Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | D | Health | corrected 2023-11-28 |
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | Fine | $65,340 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $11,183 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $15,593 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $15,593 |
| Name | Role | Type | % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GELLIS, LOUIS | 5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | Individual | 100% | since 02/07/2023 |
| GELLIS, LOUIS | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 02/07/2023 |
| POLLACK, JOSEPH | Corporate Officer | Individual | NOT APPLICABLE | since 02/07/2023 |
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog (July 2026 release) — provider file, deficiency file, ownership file, penalty file. CCN 415044. Corrections: data@carerecords.org.