Franklin Court Assisted Living

Is Franklin Court Assisted Living a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Franklin Court Assisted Living at 180 Franklin Street, Bristol, RI 02809 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01409, for 107 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

Its current license dates to 2000, which makes Franklin Court Assisted Living one of the longest continuously licensed residences in Bristol County.

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 Franklin Court Assisted Living find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 7 survey visits at Franklin Court Assisted Living since March 2023: 3 found deficiencies and 4 found none. The most recent, on November 21, 2025, was a complaint/incident investigation — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, reporting incidents to RIDOH).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on October 17, 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, resident assessments and service plans, reporting incidents to RIDOH 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 Bristol County residence with posted reports has 2.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Franklin Court Assisted Living 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. All posted reports for Franklin Court Assisted Living →

Does Franklin Court Assisted Living offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. Franklin Court Assisted Living does not hold RIDOH's Alzheimer's/dementia Special Care Unit license, so it does not run a secured dementia unit; a resident whose dementia comes to affect their safety would usually move to a residence with that license or to a nursing facility.

1 other residence in Bristol County holds a Special Care Unit license: Atria Bay Spring. See the full memory care list for the rest of Rhode Island.

Where is Franklin Court Assisted Living located?

Franklin Court Assisted Living is at 180 Franklin Street, Bristol, RI 02809, in Bristol, Bristol County. Hospitals families there commonly use include The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

Bristol is the Bristol County seat on the East Bay, home to the state-run Rhode Island Veterans Home; the nearest acute-care hospitals are in Providence.

Franklin Court Assisted Living is the only licensed assisted living residence in Bristol on RIDOH's current list.

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 Franklin Court Assisted Living compare with other assisted living in Bristol County?

With 107 licensed beds, Franklin Court Assisted Living is one of the largest among the 3 licensed assisted living residences in Bristol County (number 2 by bed count); the county median is 107 beds.

1 of those 3 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 0 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 287 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Franklin Court Assisted Living cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Franklin Court Assisted Living for its written rate schedule. This site's 2026 research puts typical assisted living in the Providence metro at $5,500–$7,800/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 Franklin Court Assisted Living?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Franklin Court Assisted Living — dietary services, resident assessments and service plans and reporting incidents to RIDOH — 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?
• How soon after move-in is the written service plan finished, and who reviews it when needs change?
• How do you notify families and RIDOH after a fall or other reportable incident?
• What personal-care help is included in the base rate, and how is a change in care level decided?
• 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 Franklin Court Assisted Living work?

Before anyone moves into Franklin Court Assisted Living, 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.
• 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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