Adviniacare Summit Commons, Llc
AdviniaCare Summit Commons, LLC in Providence, RI — inspection on March 26, 2026.
Found 2 citations. 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
Review of a Quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment dated [DATE] revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status score of 14 out of 15, confirming the resident is cognitively intact and fully capable of expressing needs and concerns.During a surveyor interview on 3/23/2026 at 12:50 PM with the resident, s/he revealed that s/he had made multiple unsuccessful attempts to contact the facility's appointment scheduler to obtain a neurosurgical consultation for spinal injections, yet no appointment had been arranged.
Record review of the Continuity of Care - Post-Acute Facility document dated 10/24/2025 confirmed that, upon discharge, a referral to the spine center was placed to evaluate the need for spinal steroid injections.Further review of the record revealed a provider progress note dated 11/17/2025 which indicated the resident's ongoing chronic lower extremity weakness related to lumbar disc protrusions and reiterated the need for outpatient neurosurgical follow-up. An additional referral was placed at that time.Despite these clear and repeated physician ordered referrals, record review failed to produce any evidence the facility scheduled or facilitated the required follow-up appointment.During a surveyor interview on 3/24/2026 at 10:36 AM with the Unit Secretary, Staff B, in the presence of the Director of Nursing Services (DNS), she acknowledged responsibility for scheduling resident appointments but stated she was unaware of the resident's referrals to the spine center.
Both Staff B and the DNS were unable to provide evidence that the facility made efforts to arrange the neurosurgical consultation.
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LABORATORY DIRECTOR'S OR PROVIDER/SUPPLIER TITLE (X6) DATE REPRESENTATIVE'S SIGNATURE
415129 03/26/2026
Adviniacare Summit Commons, LLC 99 Hillside Avenue Providence, RI 02906
to exit a secured unit undetected and travel approximately two miles off premises, for an approximate
jeopardy to resident health or traverse a heavily trafficked roadway and cross four lanes of active traffic unattended.
This lapse of safety supervision placed Resident ID #1 at risk for more than minimal harm, serious injury, or death.