Arbor Hill

Is Arbor Hill a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Arbor Hill at 153 Dean Street, Providence, RI 02903 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01483, for 53 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

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 Arbor Hill find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 13 survey visits at Arbor Hill since February 2023: 4 found deficiencies and 9 found none. The most recent, on July 31, 2026, was a survey — no deficiencies cited.

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on November 4, 2025 — deficiencies cited (dietary services, residential care 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, residential care services, resident rights and medication administration and storage. 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; Arbor Hill 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 13. All posted reports for Arbor Hill →

Does Arbor Hill offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. Arbor Hill 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 Arbor Hill located?

Arbor Hill is at 153 Dean Street, Providence, RI 02903, 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: Capitol Ridge at Providence, Charlesgate Senior Living Center, Highlands on the East Side, Saint Elizabeth Court, 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 Arbor Hill compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 53 licensed beds, Arbor Hill is smaller than most among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 24 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 Arbor Hill cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Arbor Hill 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.

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 Arbor Hill?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Arbor Hill — dietary services, residential care services and resident rights — 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?
• Can we take the residency agreement home before signing, and how are resident grievances handled?
• Who administers medications on each shift, and how are errors and missed doses tracked?
• 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?
• How many staff are awake on the overnight shift, and for how many residents?

Tour at different times of day, sit in on an activity, and take the residency agreement home to read before you commit.

How does moving into Arbor Hill work?

Moving into Arbor Hill 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.

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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