<p>Nursing homes in Rhode Island are increasingly failing to meet federal requirements that govern patient care, including preventable deaths. Deficiencies cited by federal regulators at the state’s nursing homes increased 138 percent from <a class="" href="https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/findings/search?search=&amp;states=%5B%22Rhode+Island%22%5D&amp;affiliate=%5B%5D&amp;start=2022-01-01&amp;end=2022-12-31&amp;def_type=%5B%5D&amp;ss=%5B%22J%22%2C%22K%22%2C%22L%22%5D&amp;def_cat=%5B%5D&amp;def_tag=%5B%5D&amp;toggle=text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2022</a> to <a class="" href="https://projects.propublica.org/nursing-homes/findings/search?search=&amp;states=%5B%22Rhode+Island%22%5D&amp;affiliate=%5B%5D&amp;start=2023-01-01&amp;end=2023-12-31&amp;def_type=%5B%5D&amp;ss=%5B%22J%22%2C%22K%22%2C%22L%22%5D&amp;def_cat=%5B%5D&amp;def_tag=%5B%5D&amp;toggle=text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023</a>.</p>


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