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Avalon Nursing Home

57 STOKES STREET, WARWICK, RI, 02889

(401) 738-1200

31 licensed beds

★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections1/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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57 Stokes Street

Warwick, RI 02889

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CMS facility ID

415060

Care type

Nursing home

County

Kent

Facility name

Avalon Nursing Home

Street address

57 STOKES STREET

City / state / ZIP

Warwick, RI 02889

Phone

(401) 738-1200

About this facility — Avalon Nursing Home

Avalon Nursing Home is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Warwick, Rhode Island. It is licensed for 31 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Rhode Island (120 beds).

It is one of 20 senior care facilities in Warwick and 72 skilled nursing facilities across Rhode Island. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Avalon Nursing Home 39 times across 9 inspections in the last three years, including 4 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Kowalik, Colleen

Officer — since 2014

Kowalik, David

Direct owner · Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2014

Kowalik, Lisa

Officer — since 2014

Santoro, Ralph

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1980-02-01

CMS overall rating

2 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

10 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-05-30

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 4 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-03-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2026-04-01

F-0610

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

Corrected 2026-04-01

F-0943

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Corrected 2026-04-01

2025-05-30Health inspection7 citations

F-0577

D · No harm found

Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0658

E · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0692

G · Actual harm

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0761

D · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0812

D · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0921

E · No harm found

Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

Corrected 2025-06-20

F-0947

E · No harm found

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Corrected 2025-06-20

7 earlier / fire-safety inspections (29 citations)

2024-08-28Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2024-09-23

2024-05-31Health inspection6 citations

F-0623

B · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2024-06-17

F-0698

E · No harm found

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2024-06-17

F-0803

D · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Corrected 2024-06-17

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-06-17

F-0880

F · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-06-17

F-0940

E · No harm found

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.

Corrected 2024-06-17

2024-05-16Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0679

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2024-06-04

2023-05-10Health inspection9 citations

F-0558

D · No harm found

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0561

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0636

D · No harm found

Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0658

E · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0692

E · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0791

D · No harm found

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-05-12

F-0881

E · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2023-05-12

2025-05-30Fire-safety inspection5 citations

K-0345

D · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2025-06-20

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-06-20

K-0511

E · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2025-06-20

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2025-06-20

K-0923

E · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2025-06-20

2024-05-31Fire-safety inspection5 citations

E-0037

F · No harm found

Establish staff and initial training requirements.

Corrected 2024-06-17

E-0039

F · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2024-06-17

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2024-06-17

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-06-17

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2024-06-17

2023-05-10Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0211

E · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2023-05-11

K-0342

D · No harm found

Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection.

Corrected 2023-05-11

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 415060.

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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