Adviniacare Newport, Llc
AdviniaCare Newport, LLC in Newport, RI — inspection on February 26, 2026.
Found 1 citation. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
for nutrition, Resident ID #1.
Additionally, the facility failed to follow the policy to reweigh residents to
reviewed, Resident ID #s 1 and 3.Findings are as follows:Review of a community reported complaint submitted to the Rhode Island Department of Health on 2/12/2026 alleges that Resident ID #1 has had a drastic weight loss.Review of a facility policy titled, Weight Assessment and Interventions reveals in part, .Monthly weights will be obtained each month or as ordered by physician.Weights will be recorded in the medical record.for each resident.any weight change of 5 [pounds] lbs in a month and 3lbs in a week since their last weight assessment should be retaken within 72 [hours] hrs for confirmation and verified by Nursing.1a)
Record review revealed Resident ID #1 was readmitted to the facility in October of 2025 and had diagnoses including but not limited to, hemiplegia ( a condition that causes weakness of the face, arm or leg on one side of the body), hemiparesis ( a condition that causes complete paralysis on one side of the body), and adult failure to thrive.
Record review of the resident's physician's orders revealed the following:8/18/2025 to present - monthly weight1/9/2026 to 2/2/2026 - weekly weights for 4 weeks
Record review of the resident's weights revealed the following:9/12/2025 - 130.6 lbs.11/7/2025 - 134.6 lbs.1/8/2026 - 121.2 lbs.1/16/2026 -117.4 lbs.1/20/2026 - 118.8 lbs.1/26/2026 - 120 lbs.2/18/2026 - 115.8 lbs.
Review of the weights failed to reveal evidence that weights were obtained during the months of October and December 2025, as ordered, by the physician.b) Additional record review failed to reveal that the resident was reweighed to ensure accuracy of the weights per the facility policy after the following weight losses occurred:13.4 lb. weight loss between 11/7/2025 and 1/8/20263.8 lb. weight loss between 1/8/2026 and 1/16/20264.2 lb. weight loss between 1/26/2026 and 2/18/20262)
Record review revealed Resident ID #3 was admitted to the facility in November of 2025 and had a diagnosis including but not limited to, type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Record review of the resident's physician's orders revealed the following:11/5/2025 to 12/1/2025- weekly weights for 4 weeks
Record review of the resident's weights revealed the following:11/5/2025 - 136.8 lbs.11/17/2025 - 144.6 lbs.12/2/2025 - 155 lbs.1/7/2026 -162.8 lbs.2/3/2026 - 168.8 lbs.The record failed to reveal that the resident was reweighed to ensure accuracy of the weights per the facility policy after the following weight gains occurred:7.8 lb. weight gain between 11/5/2025 and 11/17/202510.4 lb. weight gain between 11/17/2025 and 12/2/20257.8 lb. weight gain between 12/2/2025 and 1/7/20266 lb. weight gain between 1/7/2026 and 2/3/2026During a surveyor interview on 2/26/2026 at 11:00 AM with the Dietitian, she acknowledged that the facility failed to obtain reweights for the above residents per the facility policy.
She further acknowledged that they failed to follow the physician's order for Resident ID #1 by failing to obtain the resident's weight in October and December of 2025.During a surveyor interview on 2/26/2026 at 1:35 PM with the Director of Nursing Services, she was unable to provide evidence that Resident ID #1's weights were obtained per the physician's order in October and December of 2025.
Additionally, she was unable to provide evidence reweights were obtained for Resident ID #s 1 and 3, per the facility policy.
Any deficiency statement ending with an asterisk (*) denotes a deficiency which the institution may be excused from correcting providing it is determined that other safeguards provide sufficient protection to the patients. (See instructions.) Except for nursing homes, the findings stated above are disclosable 90 days following the date of survey whether or not a plan of correction is provided.
For nursing homes, the above findings and plans of correction are disclosable 14 days following the date these documents are made available to the facility. If deficiencies are cited, an approved plan of correction is requisite to continued program participation.
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