Wingate Residences on the East Side

Is Wingate Residences on the East Side a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Wingate Residences on the East Side at One Butler Avenue, Providence, RI 02906 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01513, for 101 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.

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 Wingate Residences on the East Side find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 9 survey visits at Wingate Residences on the East Side since January 2023: 5 found deficiencies and 4 found none. The most recent, on June 16, 2026, was a survey — no deficiencies cited.

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on October 31, 2024 — deficiencies cited. 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, nurse review of residents, resident records and dietary 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; Wingate Residences on the East Side 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 Wingate Residences on the East Side →

Does Wingate Residences on the East Side offer memory care in Providence?

Yes. Wingate Residences on the East Side holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 20 licensed beds — about 20% of its 101 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; Wingate Residences on the East Side's unit is smaller than most, which some families prefer.

Where is Wingate Residences on the East Side located?

Wingate Residences on the East Side is at One Butler Avenue, Providence, RI 02906, 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: Arbor Hill, Capitol Ridge at Providence, Charlesgate Senior Living Center, Highlands on the East Side, Saint Elizabeth Court, Wingate Residences on Blackstone Boulevard.

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 Wingate Residences on the East Side compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 101 licensed beds, Wingate Residences on the East Side is larger than most among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 9 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 Wingate Residences on the East Side cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Wingate Residences on the East Side 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.

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.

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 Wingate Residences on the East Side?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Wingate Residences on the East Side — resident assessments and service plans, nurse review of residents 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?
• How often does the nurse review each resident, and is a nurse on site every day?
• Can family see care notes, and how quickly are changes documented?
• Who plans therapeutic diets, and how are menu changes and special diets communicated to the kitchen?
• 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?
• What happens if a resident runs out of private funds — do you participate in Rhode Island Medicaid?

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 Wingate Residences on the East Side work?

Before anyone moves into Wingate Residences on the East Side, 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 Wingate Residences on the East Side's 20-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.

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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