Brookdale Sakonnet Bay

Is Brookdale Sakonnet Bay a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Brookdale Sakonnet Bay at 1215 Main Road, Tiverton, RI 02878 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01474, for 87 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 Sakonnet Bay find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 8 survey visits at Brookdale Sakonnet Bay since January 2023: 2 found deficiencies and 6 found none. The most recent, on June 5, 2026, was a survey — no deficiencies cited.

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on October 9, 2025 — deficiencies cited (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 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 Newport County residence with posted reports has 3.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Brookdale Sakonnet Bay has been cited less 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. All posted reports for Brookdale Sakonnet Bay →

Does Brookdale Sakonnet Bay offer memory care in Tiverton?

Yes. Brookdale Sakonnet Bay holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 22 licensed beds — about 25% of its 87 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 Sakonnet Bay's unit is smaller than most, which some families prefer.

Brookdale Sakonnet Bay 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 Sakonnet Bay located?

Brookdale Sakonnet Bay is at 1215 Main Road, Tiverton, RI 02878, in Tiverton, Newport County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Newport Hospital.

Tiverton is on the east side of the Sakonnet River in Newport County, across from Portsmouth.

Brookdale Sakonnet Bay is the only licensed assisted living residence in Tiverton on RIDOH's current list.

RIDOH also licenses a 30-bed nursing facility at the same address (Brookdale Sakonnet Bay, license LTC00774), which can make a later move to skilled nursing less disruptive.

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 Sakonnet Bay compare with other assisted living in Newport County?

With 87 licensed beds, Brookdale Sakonnet Bay is one of the largest among the 5 licensed assisted living residences in Newport County (number 3 by bed count); the county median is 87 beds.

4 of those 5 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 2 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 427 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Brookdale Sakonnet Bay cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Brookdale Sakonnet Bay 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 Sakonnet Bay?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Brookdale Sakonnet Bay — dietary services and residential care services — 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?
• What personal-care help is included in the base rate, and how is a change in care level decided?
• Which care needs would require a move to a nursing facility?
• How long have the administrator and the nurse in charge been in their roles?
• How many staff are awake on the overnight shift, and for how many residents?
• 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?

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 Sakonnet Bay work?

Moving into Brookdale Sakonnet Bay starts with an assessment of your parent's needs before admission; Rhode Island rules then require the administrator to complete a written service plan 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 Sakonnet Bay's 22-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.

If Brookdale Sakonnet Bay has no opening, ask to join its waitlist and keep touring — availability at larger Rhode Island residences changes month to month.

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