The Bridge at Cherry Hill

Is The Bridge at Cherry Hill a licensed assisted living residence in Rhode Island?

Yes. The Bridge at Cherry Hill at One Cherry Hill Road, Johnston, RI 02919 holds an active Rhode Island Assisted Living Residence license, number ALR01378, for 96 beds, on the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) licensee list updated October 23, 2026.

Its current license dates to 1996, which makes The Bridge at Cherry Hill one of the longest continuously licensed residences in Providence County.

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 Bridge at Cherry Hill find?

RIDOH has posted reports from 10 survey visits at The Bridge at Cherry Hill since August 2023: 7 found deficiencies and 3 found none. The most recent, on May 6, 2026, was a survey — deficiencies cited (resident records, resident assessments and service plans).

The latest posted routine (biennial) licensure survey was on October 16, 2025 — deficiencies cited (staff training, resident rights, dietary 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 resident assessments and service plans, resident records, staff training 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 Bridge at Cherry Hill 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 10. All posted reports for The Bridge at Cherry Hill →

Does The Bridge at Cherry Hill offer memory care?

Not as a licensed Special Care Unit. The Bridge at Cherry Hill 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.

Where is The Bridge at Cherry Hill located?

The Bridge at Cherry Hill is at One Cherry Hill 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 Preserve at Briarcliffe.

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 Bridge at Cherry Hill compare with other assisted living in Providence County?

With 96 licensed beds, The Bridge at Cherry Hill is larger than most among the 35 licensed assisted living residences in Providence County (number 10 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 Bridge at Cherry Hill cost per month?

Rhode Island does not publish prices for individual residences, so ask The Bridge at Cherry Hill 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 The Bridge at Cherry Hill?

Start with the areas RIDOH has already cited at The Bridge at Cherry Hill — resident assessments and service plans, resident records 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?
• Can family see care notes, and how quickly are changes documented?
• What orientation and annual in-service training do aides complete, including dementia training?
• What personal-care help is included in the base rate, and how is a change in care level decided?
• 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?
• 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?

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

How does moving into The Bridge at Cherry Hill work?

Moving into The Bridge at Cherry Hill starts with an assessment of your parent's needs before admission; Rhode Island rules then require the administrator to complete a written service plan 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.

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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