Home Editorial and Op-Ed State must help accelerate new nursing home models

State must help accelerate new nursing home models

UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Brian Huempfer, a physical therapist, works with Helen Kandiuk, a resident at Briarcliffe Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Johnston. The nursing home’s owner isn’t sure its current model of operation is sustainable. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM
UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Brian Huempfer, a physical therapist, works with Helen Kandiuk, a resident at Briarcliffe Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Johnston. The nursing home’s owner isn’t sure its current model of operation is sustainable. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

State leaders have begun to respond to the pleas for help from struggling nursing homes, but the money will only buy time for an industry in transition. That’s because the model of care that 35 years ago had 113 nursing homes in Rhode Island today is barely supporting 79. “The last nursing homes have been

Already a Subscriber? Log in

To Continue Reading This Article

Become a Providence Business News subscriber and get immediate access to all of our premier content and much more.

Learn More and Become a Subscriber
  • Critical RI business news and analysis updated daily.
  • 1 year of print (26 issues).
  • Unlimited access to all subscriber only content on our website, on any device.
  • Free email alerts.
  • Annual Book of Lists Print Edition.
  • All special issues produced during subscription term.

RELATED ARTICLES

NO COMMENTS

Copyright ©2026 Providence Business News. All Rights Reserved.
Exit mobile version