Crystal Lake Rehabilitation And Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-09-01. 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) 568-3091 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Crystal Lake Rehabilitation And Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 52.6/100, placing it #13675 of 14703 facilities nationally and #71 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 Crystal Lake Rehabilitation And Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 58 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 66.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 15 fine(s) totaling $306,656. 11 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 15 fine(s) totaling $306,656, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 17. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 231.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Crystal Lake Rehabilitation And Care Center ranks 13675th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within RI, it ranks 71st out of 73 nursing homes. In Pascoag, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,313 nationally and RN hours rank #2,250 nationally (#18 in RI). Our composite quality score of 52.6/100 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 Pascoag, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/rhode_island/pascoag/