Tamarisk Assisted Living

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

Yes. Tamarisk Assisted Living at 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick, RI 02886 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01426, for 81 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.

Its current license dates to 2003, which makes Tamarisk Assisted Living one of the longest continuously licensed residences in Kent 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 Tamarisk Assisted Living find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 9 survey visits at Tamarisk Assisted Living since September 2023: 8 found deficiencies and 1 found none. The most recent, on June 22, 2026, was a follow-up survey — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, nurse review of residents, variance requirements).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on September 19, 2025 — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, dietary services, 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 resident assessments and service plans, variance requirements, nurse review of residents and reporting incidents to RIDOH. 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 Kent County residence with posted reports has 4.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Tamarisk 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. Showing the latest 8 of 9. All posted reports for Tamarisk Assisted Living →

Does Tamarisk Assisted Living offer memory care in Warwick?

Yes. Tamarisk Assisted Living holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 24 licensed beds — about 30% of its 81 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; Tamarisk Assisted Living's unit is close to the statewide norm.

Tamarisk Assisted Living 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 Tamarisk Assisted Living located?

Tamarisk Assisted Living is at 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick, RI 02886, in Warwick, Kent County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Kent Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

Warwick is Rhode Island's second-largest city, stretching from T.F. Green Airport to the villages along Greenwich Bay; Kent Hospital on Toll Gate Road is the main acute-care hospital for Kent County.

There are 6 other licensed assisted living residences in Warwick: All American Assisted Living at Warwick, Brentwood by the Bay, Commonwealth House, Ethan Place, Greenwich Farms at Warwick, Halcyon at West Bay.

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 Tamarisk Assisted Living compare with other assisted living in Kent County?

With 81 licensed beds, Tamarisk Assisted Living is about typical in size among the 14 licensed assisted living residences in Kent County (number 8 by bed count); the county median is 87.5 beds.

9 of those 14 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 4 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 1,286 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Tamarisk Assisted Living cost per month?

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

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 Tamarisk Assisted Living?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Tamarisk Assisted Living — resident assessments and service plans, variance requirements and nurse review of residents — 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?
• Do you operate under any RIDOH variance, and what conditions does it carry?
• How often does the nurse review each resident, and is a nurse on site every day?
• How do you notify families and RIDOH after a fall or other reportable incident?
• 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 Tamarisk Assisted Living work?

Before anyone moves into Tamarisk 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.
• Special Care Unit admission. Ask what criteria move a resident into Tamarisk Assisted Living's 24-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 Tamarisk Assisted Living 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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