Elmhurst Extended Care has three floors — we call them neighborhoods — with each specializing in a particular type of care. On these three neighborhoods, you will find the elders and caregivers who make up the caring community that is Elmhurst Extended Care.
Willow Bend
Willow Bend (for Short Term Rehabilitative Care) is a caring community designed for individuals who are recovering from surgery or suffering an illness and need rehabilitative care.
Cedar Winds (for Alzheimer's/Dementia/Memory Care) is a caring community designed for individuals who need continuous, long-term care but who also require special attention because they are experiencing mild or moderate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Your surgery was a success. You don’t need further hospital care but you’re not quite ready to go home...Read More
March 2012
Four associates from Elmhurst Extended Care have been named as certified Eden mentors at Elmhurst Extended Care. . . Read More
January 2012
Elmhurst Extended Care has become the first long-term care facility to achieve Milestone 2, a set of specific personal, organizational and physical transformations prescribed by the Eden Alternative. . . Read More
September 2011
Two Elmurst team members have been recognized for excellence at the Rhode Island Health Care Associations Distinguished Service Awards. . . Read More
May 2011
Elmhurst Extended Care recently celebrated a pair of significant achievements: Principle 6 of the Eden Alternative and Milestone 1 in the The Path to Mastery: The Art of Creating a Caring Comminity. . . Read More
Awards & Accolades
2011 Rhode Island Health Care Association Distinguished Service Awards Indira Hernandez, CNA (Distinguished Certified Nursing Assistant of the Year)Janet Somerville (Therapy Resources Management Spirit Award)
Cheryl Fitzgerald, MSN, ANP-C, GNP-C, Director of Clinical Services, received the 2011 State Excellence Award from the National Association of Nurse Practitioners
2010 Rhode Island Health Care Associations Distinguished Service Awards Salla Fall, CNA (Distinguished Certified Nursing Assistant of the Year) Deborah Lambert, RN (Long Term Care Nurse of the Year Award) Heather Siravo (Therapy Resources Management Spirit Award)
We're proud to be the only Eden-certified community in Rhode Island!
Too often elders living in a nursing home suffer from 3 plagues identified by the founders of the Eden Alternative - loneliness, helplessness and boredom. The Eden philosophy is designed to change this situation by putting the “home” back into nursing home. Learn More About The Eden Alternative.