There are 7 nursing homes located in East Providence, Rhode Island, servicing a population of 21,963 people. Impressively, this place's nursing homes received a first-rate city grade of A-. We were so impressed with East Providence that we ranked it as the highest rated city in Rhode Island. The best aspect of this city's impressive profile was its nursing homes' inspection scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this city performed remarkably well in terms of its inspection grade. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received nearly flawless inspection reports this year. Consequently, we awarded East Providence one of our best scores in that area with an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. In addition, we also wanted to emphasize that we gave East Providence an A for our short-term care rating. Wrapping up its quality profile, the city earned strong grades for our nursing and long-term care categories as well.