West Shore Health Center
109 West Shore Road
Warwick, RI 02889
Avalon Nursing Home is a 31-bed for-profit nursing home in Warwick, RI. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (average); the average in Rhode Island is 2.9. At its last full inspection (May 2025), inspectors found 10 problems, close to the Rhode Island average of 9.3. 1 citation in its recent inspections was for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. Nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 55 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Rhode Island average of 3 hr 43 min. It has had no federal fines in the last three years.
Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology
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Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Rhode Island average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
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Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Rhode Island average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Its overall Medicare rating is 3 stars now, the same as 3 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 2 to 5 stars and changed 18 times.
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.9 |
| Jan 2020 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Jan 2021 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Jan 2023 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Feb 2026 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.9 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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