The Friendly Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-06-01. 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) 769-7220 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Friendly Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.1/100, placing it #9914 of 14703 facilities nationally and #45 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 Friendly Home receives a reported average of 3 hours 43 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 27 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 11 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 50.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $42,369. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $42,369, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 193.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Friendly Home ranks 9914th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within RI, it ranks 45th out of 73 nursing homes. In Woonsocket, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,996 nationally and RN hours rank #6,394 nationally (#47 in RI). Our composite quality score of 66.1/100 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 Woonsocket, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/rhode_island/woonsocket/