The Friendly Home, Woonsocket
The Friendly Home, Woonsocket is a 126-bed nursing home in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1979-06-01. It averages 111.3 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at The Friendly Home, Woonsocket?
CMS lists 38 health-inspection deficiencies for The Friendly Home, Woonsocket, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is J; the most recent health inspection was 2025-12-19.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | F0692 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | G |
| 2025-12-19 | F0658, F0684, F0699, F0756, F0757, F0760, F0773, F0842, F0881 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | E |
| 2025-12-19 | F0690, F0740 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | D |
| 2025-08-06 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2025-05-22 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2025-03-31 | F0761 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D |
| 2024-12-30 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E |
| 2024-12-30 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D |
| 2024-10-04 | F0726, F0812, F0838 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies. | F |
| 2024-10-04 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E |
| 2024-10-04 | F0658, F0686, F0694, F0880 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2024-08-22 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2023-12-11 | F0689, F0835 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | J |
| 2023-12-11 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | E |
| 2023-12-11 | F0573 | Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. | B |
| 2023-10-30 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | J |
| 2023-10-30 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | G |
| 2023-10-30 | F0921 | Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. | F |
| 2023-10-30 | F0711, F0880 | Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2023-10-30 | F0686, F0757, F0777 | Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Provide or obtain x-rays/tests when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results. | D |
Why was The Friendly Home, Woonsocket fined 4 times?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | Fine | $65,340 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $15,593 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $15,593 |
| 2023-10-30 | Fine | $11,183 |
How is The Friendly Home, Woonsocket staffed relative to the RI average?
| Measure | This facility | RI average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.65684 | 3.71423 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 51.9 | 40.6 |
| Average number of residents per day | 111.3 | 98.3 |
Who owns The Friendly Home, Woonsocket?
The Friendly Home, Woonsocket is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name FRIENDLY EDEN OPERATIONS LLC.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | GELLIS, LOUIS | since 02/07/2023 |
| 5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTEREST | OPTIMUMBANK | since 01/31/2024 |
| CONTRACTED MANAGING EMPLOYEE | GIRACH, ALTAF, POLLACK, JOSEPH | since 01/31/2024 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | BOUCHARD, LINDSEY | since 01/31/2024 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | GELLIS, LOUIS, POLLACK, JOSEPH | since 02/07/2023 |
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