The Loft at Linn

Is The Loft at Linn a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. The Loft at Linn at 30 Alexander Ave, East Providence, RI 02914 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01521, for 47 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

At about 2 years under its current license, The Loft at Linn has a shorter record to review than the long-established 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 The Loft at Linn find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 7 survey visits at The Loft at Linn since July 2024: 4 found deficiencies and 3 found none. The most recent, on April 30, 2026, was a biennial licensure survey — deficiencies cited (dietary services, resident records, resident assessments and service plans).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on April 30, 2026 — deficiencies cited (dietary services, resident records, resident assessments and service plans). 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, resident assessments and service plans, dietary services and resident records. 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; The Loft at Linn 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. All posted reports for The Loft at Linn →

Does The Loft at Linn offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. The Loft at Linn 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 The Loft at Linn located?

The Loft at Linn is at 30 Alexander Ave, 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, Tockwotton on the Waterfront, Winslow Gardens.

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 The Loft at Linn compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 47 licensed beds, The Loft at Linn is smaller than most among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 26 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 The Loft at Linn cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask The Loft at Linn 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 The Loft at Linn?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at The Loft at Linn — medication administration and storage, resident assessments and service plans and dietary services — 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?
• 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?
• 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?
• Is the residence licensed F1 or F2, and M1 or M2 — and what does that mean for my parent?

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

How does moving into The Loft at Linn work?

Moving into The Loft at Linn 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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