St. Clare – Newport

Is St. Clare – Newport a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. St. Clare – Newport at 309 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01494, for 62 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 St. Clare – Newport find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 8 survey visits at St. Clare – Newport since January 2024: 3 found deficiencies and 5 found none. The most recent, on March 31, 2026, was a survey — no deficiencies cited.

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on January 8, 2026 — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, 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, resident records and nurse review of residents. 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; St. Clare – Newport 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 St. Clare – Newport →

Does St. Clare – Newport offer memory care in Newport?

Yes. St. Clare – Newport holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 26 licensed beds — about 42% of its 62 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; St. Clare – Newport's unit is close to the statewide norm.

St. Clare – Newport 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 St. Clare – Newport located?

St. Clare – Newport is at 309 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840, in Newport, Newport County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Newport Hospital.

Newport is the Newport County seat at the southern tip of Aquidneck Island, served by Newport Hospital on Friendship Street.

St. Clare – Newport is the only licensed assisted living residence in Newport on RIDOH's current list.

RIDOH also licenses a 50-bed nursing facility at the same address (St. Clare Home, license LTC00004), 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.

What are St. Clare Home's Medicare star ratings?

Medicare rates St. Clare Home 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 of 5 for health inspections, 4 of 5 for staffing and 1 of 5 for quality measures. Its last standard health survey was on May 21, 2026, with 6 health deficiencies cited.

The campus also holds a RIDOH nursing facility license at the same address (St. Clare Home, license LTC00004); these Medicare figures describe that nursing facility, not the assisted living residence.

Ratings from Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026. Star ratings, certified beds, survey dates, deficiency counts and penalties are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ own published figures (CMS Provider Data Catalog, Provider Information); we compute no rating of our own. They are federal inspection, staffing and quality measures, not resident reviews.

How does St. Clare – Newport compare with other assisted living in Newport County?

With 62 licensed beds, St. Clare – Newport is smaller than most among the 5 licensed assisted living residences in Newport County (number 4 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 St. Clare – Newport cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask St. Clare – Newport 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.

Newport 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 St. Clare – Newport?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at St. Clare – Newport — resident assessments and service plans, dietary services and resident records — 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?
• Can family see care notes, and how quickly are changes documented?
• How often does the nurse review each resident, and is a nurse on site every day?
• 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?
• 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?

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

How does moving into St. Clare – Newport work?

Before anyone moves into St. Clare – Newport, 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.
• Special Care Unit admission. Ask what criteria move a resident into St. Clare – Newport's 26-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 St. Clare – Newport 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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