LGBTQIA+-affirming senior living & care in Rhode Island

St. Germain is an assisted living community in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, operated by AldersBridge Communities, a Rhode Island nonprofit whose administrative offices are in East Providence. Assisted living means help with the activities of daily living, medication management and staff on site, in a residential rather than clinical setting. It is a step below skilled nursing and a step above independent living. AldersBridge publishes very little detail about this specific community. Amenities, pricing, availability and hours are all unpublished, and the street address is not given on the organization's page, so contact them directly before planning a visit.

The Loft at Linn is an affordable assisted living community in East Providence, Rhode Island, specializing in memory care for people with a dementia diagnosis. It is run by AldersBridge Communities, a Rhode Island nonprofit, in the former Linn Health and Rehabilitation building. It has 22 private studio apartments laid out in a secure circle. That layout is a deliberate design choice rather than an architectural quirk: walking is one of the most common and least harmful expressions of restlessness in dementia, and a circular floor plan lets a resident walk continuously without meeting a locked door or a dead end. Amenities include spa-style bathrooms, an activities room, a beauty and nail salon, a barbershop, transportation, behavioral health support, outpatient therapy, secure elevators and life-enrichment programming. A memory garden was listed as coming in 2025. The word affordable is the community's own. Pricing is not published, so ask specifically how it is funded and whether Rhode Island Medicaid participation applies to your situation.