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Bennington Health & Rehab

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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2 Blackberry Lane,
Bennington VT 05201

(802) 442-8525

49.1% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Bennington, Vermont, Bennington Health & Rehab is one of four facilities there. This nursing home proved to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to be a solid choice for quite a few people. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary nursing score, which we will address in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

The main reason this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an elite nursing grade. In fact, we gave this facility a grade of A. Our nursing score is based on a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care. For this reason, we awarded it a score of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our highest scores. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The third area we analyzed was long-term care. This nursing home's received a bottom of the barrel long-term care grade where it received an F. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 89.01734 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit less than what we expected. Surprisingly, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

In the last category of inspections, this facility did not fare well. It received an F in our inspection category. This ended up really pulling this facility's overall grade down as we heavily weight this category. For places with poor inspection grades, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This nursing home had 3 deficiencies by CMS. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received significant government fines in recent years of over $50,000. This generally suggests that inspectors became fed up after multiple years of bad government inspections.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Bennington Health & Rehab Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 7.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 1.16% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 3.77% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 14.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 27.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 15.19% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 87.9% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 31.25% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 33.54% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 33.54% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 13.92% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Bennington Health & Rehab, 69.61% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Bennington, VT

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Bennington, Vermont has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.33 miles away100 Hospital Drive Bennington Vermont 05201Voluntary non-profit - Private(802) 442-6361

Nearby Dialysis

  • Southwestern Vermont Renal Center0.35 miles awaySvmc 100 Hospital Drive Bennington Vermont 05201Dialysis Stations: 9 (802) 440-6020
  • North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite of Bmc12.33 miles away71 Hospital Avenue North Adams Massachusetts 01247Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 664-5100