Halcyon at West Bay

Is Halcyon at West Bay a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. Halcyon at West Bay at 2783 West Shore Road, Warwick, RI 02889 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01515, for 169 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 Halcyon at West Bay find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 17 survey visits at Halcyon at West Bay since February 2023: 11 found deficiencies and 5 found none. The most recent, on May 29, 2026, was a survey — deficiencies cited (resident assessments and service plans, special care (dementia) unit requirements).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on June 10, 2025 — deficiencies cited (staff training, dietary services, medication administration and storage). 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, residential care services, staff training and medication administration and storage. 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 Kent County residence with posted reports has 4.5 survey visits with deficiencies over the same period; Halcyon at West Bay 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 17. All posted reports for Halcyon at West Bay →

Does Halcyon at West Bay offer memory care in Warwick?

Yes. Halcyon at West Bay holds a RIDOH Special Care Unit license for Alzheimer's and dementia care with 44 licensed beds — about 26% of its 169 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; Halcyon at West Bay's unit is larger than most.

At least one posted RIDOH report cited a Special Care Unit requirement — ask what was cited and what changed.

Where is Halcyon at West Bay located?

Halcyon at West Bay is at 2783 West Shore Road, Warwick, RI 02889, in Warwick, Kent County. Hospitals families there commonly use include Kent Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

Warwick is Rhode Island's second-largest city, stretching from T.F. Green Airport to the villages along Greenwich Bay; Kent Hospital on Toll Gate Road is the main acute-care hospital for Kent County.

There are 6 other licensed assisted living residences in Warwick: All American Assisted Living at Warwick, Brentwood by the Bay, Commonwealth House, Ethan Place, Greenwich Farms at Warwick, Tamarisk Assisted Living (The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk).

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 Halcyon at West Bay compare with other assisted living in Kent County?

With 169 licensed beds, Halcyon at West Bay is one of the largest among the 14 licensed assisted living residences in Kent County (number 1 by bed count); the county median is 87.5 beds.

9 of those 14 residences hold a Special Care Unit license and 4 hold a Limited Health Services license, for 1,286 licensed assisted living beds in the county.

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

How much does Halcyon at West Bay cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask Halcyon at West 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, with memory care at $7,000–$9,500/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 Halcyon at West Bay?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at Halcyon at West Bay — resident assessments and service plans, 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.

• How soon after move-in is the written service plan finished, and who reviews it when needs change?
• 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?
• Who administers medications on each shift, and how are errors and missed doses tracked?
• 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?
• Can we visit at mealtime and in the evening without an appointment?

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

How does moving into Halcyon at West Bay work?

Before anyone moves into Halcyon at West 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.
• Special Care Unit admission. Ask what criteria move a resident into Halcyon at West Bay's 44-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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