Brookdale Centre of New England

Is Brookdale Centre of New England a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Brookdale Centre of New England at 600 Centre of New England Blvd, Coventry, RI 02816 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01477, for 160 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026, together with a Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care and a Limited Health Services license.

You can confirm the license yourself in RIDOH's assisted living finder or the license verification site by searching the name or license number.

What did RIDOH's recent inspections of Brookdale Centre of New England find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 14 survey visits at Brookdale Centre of New England since January 2023: 5 found deficiencies and 8 found none. The most recent, on August 25, 2026, was a survey — deficiencies cited (dietary services).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on November 4, 2025 — deficiencies cited (the smoking policy, resident rights, dietary services). Most other visits are unannounced complaint or incident investigations, which RIDOH opens whenever a report or complaint comes in; a high count can reflect a large or busy residence as much as a problem.

Areas cited across those reports include dietary services, medication administration and storage, staff training and residential care services. A cited deficiency requires a written Plan of Correction that RIDOH reviews; it is not a fine or a license action.

For context, the median Kent County residence with posted reports has 4.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Brookdale Centre of New England has been cited more often than that.

SOD = Statement of Deficiencies; POC = Plan of Correction. Results are read from RIDOH's scanned reports; the linked PDF is the authority. Showing the latest 8 of 14. All posted reports for Brookdale Centre of New England →

Does Brookdale Centre of New England offer memory care in Coventry?

Yes. Brookdale Centre of New England holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 47 licensed beds — about 29% of its 160 beds. Rhode Island requires a residence offering dementia care to hold that separate license, to be licensed at the F1–M1 level, to keep a registered nurse available for consultation at all times, and to provide a secure environment.

Across Rhode Island, 34 residences hold a Special Care Unit license, with a median of 32 dementia beds; Brookdale Centre of New England's unit is larger than most.

At least one posted RIDOH report cited a Special Care Unit requirement — ask what was cited and what changed.

Brookdale Centre of New England also holds a Limited Health Services license, which lets its staff provide physician-ordered care such as stage I–II pressure-ulcer care, simple wound care, ostomy care and urinary-catheter care without bringing in an outside agency.

Where is Brookdale Centre of New England located?

Brookdale Centre of New England is at 600 Centre of New England Blvd, Coventry, RI 02816, in Coventry, Kent County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Kent Hospital.

Coventry is the largest town by land area in Kent County, running west from West Warwick toward the Connecticut line.

There are 2 other licensed assisted living residences in Coventry: Pine Acres Assisted Living, Summer Villa.

Veterans and surviving spouses are served by the Providence VA Medical Center and may qualify for VA Aid & Attendance toward assisted living costs; the state also runs the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol.

How does Brookdale Centre of New England compare with other assisted living in Kent County?

With 160 licensed beds, Brookdale Centre of New England is one of the largest among the 14 licensed assisted living residences in Kent County (number 2 by bed count); the county median is 87.5 beds.

9 of those 14 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 4 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 1,286 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

Closest in size among Kent County residences, from the same RIDOH records:

How much does Brookdale Centre of New England cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Brookdale Centre of New England for its written rate schedule. This site's 2026 research puts typical assisted living in the Providence metro at $5,500–$7,800/mo, with memory care at $7,000–$9,500/mo.

Most Rhode Island residences charge base rent plus a level-of-care fee that rises as help with bathing, dressing, medications or mobility increases, so get the fee for your parent's assessed level in writing.

Rhode Island Medicaid's long-term services and supports program can pay for assisted living services at participating residences for people who qualify, while room and board stays the resident's responsibility. Ask whether the residence participates and how many Medicaid beds it has; see our Medicaid assisted living guide.

What should you ask when touring Brookdale Centre of New England?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Brookdale Centre of New England — dietary services, medication administration and storage and staff training — and ask what changed after each Plan of Correction; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate schedule and what would force a move.

• Who plans therapeutic diets, and how are menu changes and special diets communicated to the kitchen?
• Who administers medications on each shift, and how are errors and missed doses tracked?
• What orientation and annual in-service training do aides complete, including dementia training?
• What personal-care help is included in the base rate, and how is a change in care level decided?
• Is the residence licensed F1 or F2, and M1 or M2 — and what does that mean for my parent?
• What happens if a resident runs out of private funds — do you participate in Rhode Island Medicaid?
• Can we visit at mealtime and in the evening without an appointment?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the residence?

Visit twice — once at a meal and once in the evening — and read the residency agreement before paying a deposit.

How does moving into Brookdale Centre of New England work?

Before anyone moves into Brookdale Centre of New England, the residence assesses their needs, and RIDOH's rules require a written service plan — services, frequency and who provides them — within seven days of move-in.

• Residency agreement and disclosures. Get the agreement, the rate schedule and the discharge terms in writing and compare them before paying a deposit.
• Medication plan. Ask whether your parent will self-administer with help (an M2-level service) or need staff to store and administer medications (M1).
• Nurse review. A nurse reviews each resident's condition on a regular schedule; ask how often and who the nurse is.
• Special Care Unit admission. Ask what criteria move a resident into Brookdale Centre of New England's 47-bed Special Care Unit from its assisted living rooms.
• Payment. Most residents pay privately; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and Rhode Island Medicaid (at participating residences) can offset costs.

Most moves take two to four weeks once a room is available; a hospital discharge can compress that to days, which is when a second set of eyes on the agreement helps most.

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