Brookdale South Bay

Is Brookdale South Bay a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Brookdale South Bay at 1959 Kingstown Road, Wakefield, RI 02879 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01473, for 80 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

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 Brookdale South Bay find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 6 survey visits at Brookdale South Bay since April 2023: 2 found deficiencies and 4 found none. The most recent, on June 17, 2026, was a survey — no deficiencies cited.

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on February 25, 2025 — no 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 dietary services, residential care services, staff training and resident assessments and service plans. 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 Washington County residence with posted reports has 3 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Brookdale South Bay 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 Brookdale South Bay →

Does Brookdale South Bay offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. Brookdale South Bay 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.

3 other residences in Washington County hold a Special Care Unit license: Brightview Commons, Carriage House at the Elms, Chestnut Cottage at the Elms. See the full memory care list for the rest of Rhode Island.

Where is Brookdale South Bay located?

Brookdale South Bay is at 1959 Kingstown Road, Wakefield, RI 02879, in South Kingstown, Washington County. Hospitals families there commonly use include South County Hospital.

South Kingstown, including the Wakefield and Peace Dale villages, is home to South County Hospital and the University of Rhode Island.

There is 1 other licensed assisted living residence in South Kingstown: Brightview Commons.

RIDOH also licenses a 57-bed nursing facility at the same address (Brookdale South Bay, license LTC00777), which can make a later move to skilled nursing less disruptive.

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 Brookdale South Bay compare with other assisted living in Washington County?

With 80 licensed beds, Brookdale South Bay is one of the largest among the 6 licensed assisted living residences in Washington County (number 2 by bed count); the county median is 33 beds.

3 of those 6 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 1 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 279 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Brookdale South Bay cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Brookdale South Bay for its written rate schedule. This site's 2026 research puts typical assisted living in the Providence metro at $5,500–$7,800/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 Brookdale South Bay?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Brookdale South Bay — dietary services, residential care services and staff training — 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?
• What orientation and annual in-service training do aides complete, including dementia training?
• How soon after move-in is the written service plan finished, and who reviews it when needs change?
• 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?

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 Brookdale South Bay work?

Before anyone moves into Brookdale South Bay, 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 Brookdale South Bay 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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