The Preserve at Briarcliffe

Is The Preserve at Briarcliffe a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. The Preserve at Briarcliffe at 54 Old Pocasset Road, Johnston, RI 02919 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01514, for 72 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026 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 The Preserve at Briarcliffe find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 6 survey visits at The Preserve at Briarcliffe since February 2023: 2 found deficiencies and 4 found none. The most recent, on February 4, 2025, was a biennial licensure survey and complaint/incident investigation — deficiencies cited (dietary services, residential care services).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on February 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 and residential care services. 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 Preserve at Briarcliffe 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 The Preserve at Briarcliffe →

Does The Preserve at Briarcliffe offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. The Preserve at Briarcliffe 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.

The Preserve at Briarcliffe 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 The Preserve at Briarcliffe located?

The Preserve at Briarcliffe is at 54 Old Pocasset Road, Johnston, RI 02919, in Johnston, Providence County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center and Rhode Island Hospital.

Johnston is a largely residential town west of Providence; the Old Pocasset Road area holds several senior communities close to Route 6 and I-295.

There are 3 other licensed assisted living residences in Johnston: Anchor Bay at Pocasset, Briarcliffe Gardens, The Bridge at Cherry Hill.

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 Preserve at Briarcliffe compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 72 licensed beds, The Preserve at Briarcliffe is about typical in size among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 18 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 Preserve at Briarcliffe cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask The Preserve at Briarcliffe 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 Preserve at Briarcliffe?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at The Preserve at Briarcliffe — dietary services and residential care 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 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?
• 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?
• 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?

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 The Preserve at Briarcliffe work?

Before anyone moves into The Preserve at Briarcliffe, 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 The Preserve at Briarcliffe 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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