The Friendly Home
303 Rhodes Avenue, Woonsocket, RI, 02895
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 126 · avg 110 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 56.5% — higher than most Rhode Island nursing homesRhode Island avg: 40.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 41.7% — near the Rhode Island averageRhode Island avg: 38.7% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Rhode Island averageRhode Island avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $42,369 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 415044
- Certified beds
- 126 beds · avg 110 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Friendly Eden Operations Llc
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (6 on record)
- Altaf Girach
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2024
- Friendly Eden Reality Llc
Other · 100% · since 2024
- Lindsey Bouchard
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2024
- Optimumbank
5% or Greater Mortgage Interest · 80% · since 2024
- Joseph Pollack
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2023
- Louis Gellis
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
Recent change of ownership
January 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from Friendly Home Inc
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 38)
- E0658·Dec 19, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- E0881·Dec 19, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- E0842·Dec 19, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- E0773·Dec 19, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- E0760·Dec 19, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- E0757·Dec 19, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- E0756·Dec 19, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
- D0740·Dec 19, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20233 fines · $42K
Most recent events
- Oct 30, 2023Fine · $16K
- Oct 30, 2023Fine · $16K
- Oct 30, 2023Fine · $11K
Largest single fine on record: $16K.
Fire-safety citations
1 Life-Safety-Code citation on file. Most recent: Dec 19, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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