Saint Elizabeth Court

Is Saint Elizabeth Court a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Saint Elizabeth Court at 109 Melrose Street, Providence, RI 02907 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01425, for 72 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

Its current license dates to 2003, which makes Saint Elizabeth Court one of the longest continuously licensed residences in Providence 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 Saint Elizabeth Court find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 5 survey visits at Saint Elizabeth Court since June 2023: 2 found deficiencies and 3 found none. The most recent, on October 29, 2025, was a biennial licensure survey — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, resident rights, dietary services).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on October 29, 2025 — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, 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 resident assessments and service plans, dietary services, medication administration and storage 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 Providence County residence with posted reports has 3.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Saint Elizabeth Court 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 Saint Elizabeth Court →

Does Saint Elizabeth Court offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. Saint Elizabeth Court 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.

17 other residences in Providence County hold a Special Care Unit license: Anchor Bay at East Providence, Anchor Bay at Pocasset, Atria Lincoln Place, Briarcliffe Gardens, Capitol Ridge at Providence. See the full memory care list for the rest of Rhode Island.

Where is Saint Elizabeth Court located?

Saint Elizabeth Court is at 109 Melrose Street, Providence, RI 02907, in Providence, Providence County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center.

Providence is the state capital and its medical hub: Rhode Island Hospital and Women & Infants share the hospital district south of downtown, and The Miriam sits on the East Side.

There are 6 other licensed assisted living residences in Providence: Arbor Hill, Capitol Ridge at Providence, Charlesgate Senior Living Center, Highlands on the East Side, Wingate Residences on Blackstone Boulevard, Wingate Residences on the East Side.

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 Saint Elizabeth Court compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 72 licensed beds, Saint Elizabeth Court is about typical in size among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 17 by bed count); the county median is 72 beds.

17 of those 35 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 8 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 2,703 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Saint Elizabeth Court cost per month?

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

Expect a base monthly rate for the room or apartment plus a separate care-level charge; ask how the residence assesses care needs and how much notice it gives before raising either.

Providence is generally toward the upper end of Rhode Island pricing; inland towns such as Woonsocket, Coventry and West Warwick tend to run lower.

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 Saint Elizabeth Court?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Saint Elizabeth Court — resident assessments and service plans, dietary services and medication administration and storage — and ask what changed after each Plan of Correction; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate schedule and what would force a move.

• How soon after move-in is the written service plan finished, and who reviews it when needs change?
• 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 personal-care help is included in the base rate, and how is a change in care level decided?
• How do you handle a hospital discharge back to the residence?
• What is the full monthly rate for my parent's care level, and what triggers an increase?
• 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?

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

How does moving into Saint Elizabeth Court work?

Moving into Saint Elizabeth Court 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.
• Payment. Most residents pay privately; long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance and Rhode Island Medicaid (at participating residences) can offset costs.

If Saint Elizabeth Court 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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