Respite Care in Rhode Island

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What respite can cost in Rhode Island

Respite is short-term relief for a family caregiver, not a separate facility class with its own national price survey. The ranges below are derived from published Rhode Island figures for in-home care, adult day, and assisted living. They are planning estimates, not quotes.

In-home respite: about $40/hour from the local in-home monthly median (44 hrs/week survey standard). Roughly $320 for an 8-hour day, or $1,600 for a 40-hour week.
Adult day respite: about $70/day (monthly adult-day median ÷ 20 program days), or about $350 for a five-day week.
Facility short-stay (AL slice): about $259/day (local assisted-living monthly ÷ 30), or about $1,813 for a week. Communities often bill a higher short-stay rate; ask before booking.

Method: divide published monthly medians into hourly/daily slices as above. Full notes on our methodology page.

Rhode Island licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for Rhode Island are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in Rhode Island

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Rhode Island Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Rhode Island resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS). Rhode Island has no active 1915(c) elderly/disabled HCBS waiver on the Medicaid.gov factsheet. Elderly HCBS is delivered under state Medicaid LTSS / 1115 authorities — confirm current branded program names on EOHHS before publishing eligibility claims.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
211
Local health and human services referrals.
NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.

Cities in Rhode Island

Providers disclosing respite care in Rhode Island

No providers in Rhode Island currently carry an official respite care service flag.

Respite Care is a service disclosed on other licensed settings, not a separate facility directory. We only list providers when a state source field says so.

How we rank these

Frequently asked questions

Which cities in Rhode Island have respite care listings?

We track 36 Rhode Island cities for respite care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed respite care providers in Rhode Island are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Respite Care in Rhode Island. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/rhode-island/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Respite Care in Rhode Island." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/respite-care/rhode-island/.

These figures may be quoted and reproduced with attribution and a link back to this page. No permission needed. Methodology · Data sources · Who produces this · Corrections

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