Harris Health Care Center North

    60 Eben Brown Ln, Central Falls, RI, 02863
    2.8 · 14 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    2.0

    Excellent rehab but unsafe nursing

    I had a mixed but mostly negative experience. The rehab team was excellent-top-notch care, pleasant rehab and some staff were respectful and smiling-but everyday nursing was severely understaffed and unresponsive, with long waits for bedpans, hot conditions, diapering/commode issues, and unsafe discharge decisions that sent my grandma back to the hospital. Food was poor. Overall I wouldn't trust them for long-term care despite a few good staff and solid rehab.

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    2.79 · 14 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.0
    • Staff

      2.7
    • Meals

      2.0
    • Amenities

      2.8
    • Value

      2.8

    Pros

    • Some staff described as patient
    • Some staff described as respectful and smiling
    • Pleasant rehab experience reported
    • Top‑notch care reported by some reviewers
    • Great for rehabilitation (multiple mentions)
    • Positive resident experience noted by some
    • Daily sponge baths provided
    • Good customer service/education (Spanish review)
    • Food acceptable/okay (reported by some)

    Cons

    • Insufficient staffing levels
    • Long waits for basic assistance (e.g., bedpan)
    • Hot/uncomfortable facility environment
    • Inadequate mobility assistance and unsafe transfers
    • Residents left unattended; ambulance transfer reported
    • Residents diapered inappropriately or told to use own commode
    • Unresponsive or negative staff attitude (many reports)
    • Serious safety concerns suggesting risk to residents' health
    • Discharge coordination and responsiveness problems
    • Inconsistent and sometimes poor food quality
    • Overall inconsistent and highly variable care quality

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment in these reviews is highly mixed but leans toward serious concern. Multiple reviewers praise the rehabilitation services and identify individual staff members who are patient, respectful, and pleasant; some even report "top‑notch" care and a positive resident experience. At the same time, there are recurring and severe negative reports about staffing, responsiveness, and safety that are repeatedly emphasized. The most alarming items include long waits for basic care (for example waiting for a bedpan), incidents that resulted in residents being sent to the hospital by ambulance, and explicit statements that safety problems constitute a risk to life. These negative accounts create a strong counterbalance to the positive rehabilitation comments and suggest significant variability in the facility’s ability to provide consistent, safe care.

    Care quality and safety: Reviews show a split picture. On the positive side, several reviewers had pleasant rehab experiences and felt their relatives received excellent therapeutic attention. Conversely, there are multiple reports of basic care failures: residents being diapered inappropriately, being told to use their own commode even when not strong enough to walk, long waits for assistance, and at least one case where a resident required ambulance transport and returned to the hospital. These are concrete safety concerns rather than minor grievances, and they point to systemic issues—most likely driven by staffing shortages and inconsistent staff training or oversight.

    Staff and staffing patterns: Staff behavior is described in contradictory terms. Some reviewers highlight patient, respectful employees who smile and provide good bedside manner; others describe unresponsive workers, negative attitudes, and an overall sense that there are "some good staff" amid many poor performers. The frequent mention of "not enough staff" and delayed responses implies chronic understaffing or poor staff allocation. Understaffing plausibly explains many of the reported problems (delays with bedpans, diapering issues, daily sponge baths instead of full care routines, poor discharge handling). These patterns indicate that residents’ experiences depend heavily on which staff members are on duty and how well the facility is staffed at any given time.

    Facilities, hygiene, and daily care: Reviews mention a hot environment in the facility, which affects comfort and could worsen health for vulnerable residents. Daily sponge baths were reported—this could be interpreted as attentive hygiene for some residents, but in the context of other complaints (staff shortages, delayed assistance), it may reflect limited time for full care or substitutions when staff are overstretched. The specific complaint that a resident was diapered and told to use her own commode while not strong enough to walk suggests concerning lapses in appropriate care planning and dignity of care.

    Food and dining: Comments about food vary from "horrible food" to "food ok." This inconsistency mirrors the overall pattern: some residents (or their families) find the dining adequate while others find it unacceptable. Because dining experiences are mixed, food quality may fluctuate with staffing, menu cycles, or meal service practices.

    Administration, discharge, and communication: Multiple reviewers reported problems with discharge processes and unresponsive staff during transitions of care. These are important operational concerns because poor discharge coordination can lead to adverse outcomes and readmissions. The presence of at least one positive Spanish review noting "Excelente educacion, buena atencion al cliente" indicates that some aspects of customer service or family education may be well handled for certain interactions, but the frequent mention of discharge and responsiveness problems suggests inconsistent administrative performance.

    Patterns and takeaways: The dominant pattern is variability. For some residents—particularly those admitted for rehabilitation—the facility appears to deliver solid, even excellent care. For others, especially where basic assistance, timely response, or safety is required, experiences can be poor and, in some cases, dangerous. Staffing shortages and inconsistent staff attitudes emerge as root contributors to many complaints. Dining and environmental comfort (heat) are additional, though less universal, concerns. Prospective residents and families should weigh the strong positive reports about rehab against the serious safety- and staffing‑related negatives, and they should ask the facility specific questions about staffing ratios, incident/transfer histories, emergency protocols, discharge processes, temperature control, and how they handle mobility‑limited residents to better assess whether the facility’s strengths align with their needs.

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    About Harris Health Care Center North

    Harris Health Care Center North sits in Central Falls, Rhode Island, as a small 32-bed, for-profit skilled nursing and rehab home, and folks say it's earned awards like "Top Nursing Home in Rhode Island" and "Best Nursing Home in Central Falls" in 2019, which tells you someone appreciates the care, even though it's had its share of deficiencies like issues with pressure ulcer care, some infection controls, and medication errors, according to government reports, but that's how these places go sometimes and they're watched pretty close by the state and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The place takes both Medicare and Medicaid, and it's managed by Chad Harris-Charles Harris owns it outright-since back in 2004, and you'll find 10 private rooms and 11 semi-private spots, with resident rooms including cable TV, telephones, and Wi-Fi, plus a big TV in the common area and a movie night on a 7-foot screen, which helps folks pass the time. Nurses here, from RNs to LPNs to CNAs, give about 3.19 hours of care per resident each day, and you get all kinds of therapy-physical, occupational, speech, and even recreational-along with rehab after surgery or injury, and they do palliative care too. There's no Continuing Care Retirement Community program, so it's not one of those places where you can age in place all the way through, but they do offer respite stays, memory care programs, and help for people with pressure ulcers, plus IV and inhalation therapies when needed. The dining room tries to make meals feel special with tablecloths and fresh flowers, and you can pick from a full menu during longer breakfast, lunch, and dinner windows-residents can choose when to eat within those times. Activity runs daily from morning until nine at night, with everything from Wii Bowling and group games to outings like sporting events, zoo or park trips, barbecues, and family days, with staff working to keep things lively using resident choices as a guide. Residents get assigned to the same caregivers as much as possible, and there's a full-time social worker for one-on-one visits, which some folks appreciate when they're feeling down or need help. There's both a resident council and a family council so people can give feedback or air out concerns, and the management says they keep a family-like tradition focused on meeting residents' needs in a "Culture Change" home-like setting, where people get some say in their daily life. The facility got a B+ rating for long-term care and an A-minus for short-term care, which suggests care is steady but not perfect. Harris Health Care Center North runs 24/7, provides both private and semi-private rooms, and does its best to offer comfort, routine, and therapy to folks who need help with daily living or complex skilled nursing care.

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