Berkshire Place: Resident Beaten With Cane, Assault Charge - RI
The victim wanted to press charges....
Latest reports, citations, and penalties from CMS data
The victim wanted to press charges....
The footboard had a seven-inch section of jagged, sharp-edged plastic....
Inspectors watched it happen on April 29, 2026....
Next to them, frozen diced carrots, same situation: open bag, open box....
The April 2026 complaint inspection found that the facility had switched to a new system for arranging durable medical equipment for residents heading home....
The meal that day was baked manicotti with tomato sauce....
The incident was reported to the Rhode Island Department of Health on April 17, 2026....
That was just one item on a list that grew longer the further inspectors walked through the facility's kitchen on the morning of April 27....
One resident, out of forty at the facility, was affected....
It took inspectors less than a day on site to find it....
Inspectors visiting the facility on April 27 and 28 found that sign still hanging....
State inspectors observed it happening in real time on April 28, 2026, starting just after five in the evening....
Two of those records had problems serious enough to document....
That was not the only time someone entered his room that evening and left without helping him....
Inspectors who visited on April 30 reviewed temperature logs going back to February and found the same problem meal after meal, week after week....
Her family member had formally asked that Housekeeper 26 be kept away from her, both from contact and from any care role....
The facility applied that schedule to medical records requests without distinguishing between paper copies and digital ones....
The aide, identified in inspection records only as Certified Nurse Aide #1, admitted everything....
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 42, was admitted to the facility on April 14....
The resident, identified in inspection records only as Resident 5, lives at Maple Crest Health Center on North 66th Avenue....