Winslow Gardens

Is Winslow Gardens a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Winslow Gardens at 40 Irving Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01372, for 82 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

Its current license dates to 1996, which makes Winslow Gardens 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 Winslow Gardens find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 7 survey visits at Winslow Gardens since May 2023: 3 found deficiencies and 4 found none. The most recent, on January 2, 2026, was a complaint/incident investigation — deficiencies cited (medication administration and storage, residential care services).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on May 20, 2025 — deficiencies cited (personnel records, resident assessments and service plans, medication administration and storage). 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 medication administration and storage, residential care services, personnel records and resident assessments and service plans. 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; Winslow Gardens 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 Winslow Gardens →

Does Winslow Gardens offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. Winslow Gardens 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 Winslow Gardens located?

Winslow Gardens is at 40 Irving Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914, in East Providence, Providence County. Hospitals families there commonly use include The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

East Providence, including the Riverside village, sits across the Seekonk River from Providence's East Side, a short drive over the Washington or Henderson bridges.

There are 4 other licensed assisted living residences in East Providence: Anchor Bay at East Providence, Bella Villa Assisted Living, The Loft at Linn, Tockwotton on the Waterfront.

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 Winslow Gardens compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 82 licensed beds, Winslow Gardens is about typical in size among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 14 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 Winslow Gardens cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Winslow Gardens 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.

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 Winslow Gardens?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Winslow Gardens — medication administration and storage, residential care services and personnel records — and ask what changed after each Plan of Correction; then cover overnight staffing, the full rate schedule and what would force a move.

• 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?
• Do you complete criminal background (BCI) checks and annual evaluations for every staff member?
• How soon after move-in is the written service plan finished, and who reviews it when needs change?
• 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 Winslow Gardens work?

Before anyone moves into Winslow Gardens, 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.

If Winslow Gardens 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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