Newport County, Rhode Island
County inventory for Newport County, Rhode Island is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Nursing-home inventory signature
6 nursing homes put Newport County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 515 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Rhode Island cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet RI-NEWPORT-RHODE-ISLAND · Newport, RI
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 6 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 515 beds
- STAR-MID 3.2★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-HIGH #569/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Faulkner
- AL-MID $7,781/mo
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 NH · 1/1 HH
Photo-finish peer: Faulkner County, AR (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (high) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.
What a dense nursing-home book shows for Newport County
Newport County, Rhode Island sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 6 nursing homes and 515 licensed beds. Across 6 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 3.2/5 (2 at 4★+, 3 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Rhode Island medians: assisted living $7,781/mo, semi-private nursing $12,106/mo, private nursing $13,383/mo, home health aide $7,627/mo, adult day $1,408/mo. Local Newport providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Newport County break as 3 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 6 homes). Named 4★+ examples include John Clarke Senior Living, Village House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Newport, RI
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 3★
- 4 2★
- 5 2★
Nursing Homes in Newport County
6 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clarke Senior Living | Middletown | 5/5 | 60 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Village House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | Newport | 5/5 | 95 | For profit - Corporation |
| St Clare Home | Newport | 3/5 | 50 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Grand Islander Center | Middletown | 2/5 | 146 | For profit - Corporation |
| Heatherwood Rehabilitation and Health Care Center | Newport | 2/5 | 114 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Royal Middletown Nursing Center | Middletown | 2/5 | 50 | For profit - Partnership |
Home Health Agencies in Newport County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting Nurse Home and Hospice | Middleton | 3.0 |
Read next for a dense Newport inventory
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Newport County, RI, both outside RI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Rhode Island overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (6 here).
Continue on the Rhode Island elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Rhode Island state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Newport County.