The Dawn Hill Home For Rehab And Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-02-21. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (401) 253-2300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Dawn Hill Home For Rehab And Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.1/100, placing it #6863 of 14703 facilities nationally and #32 of 73 in Rhode Island. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at The Dawn Hill Home For Rehab And Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 4 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 57.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $33,765. 38 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $33,765, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 71.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Dawn Hill Home For Rehab And Healthcare ranks 6863rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.1/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within RI, it ranks 32nd out of 73 nursing homes. In Bristol, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,953 nationally and RN hours rank #5,312 nationally (#39 in RI). Our composite quality score of 73.1/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Bristol, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/rhode_island/bristol/