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Berlin Health & Rehab Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
Oct 18: B-Nov 18: B-Dec 18: B-Jan 19: CFeb 19: CMay 19: CJun 19: CJul 19: DAug 19: DSep 19: DJan 20: CMar 20: B-Apr 20: BMay 20: BJun 20: BJul 20: BAug 20: BSep 20: B-Oct 20: B-Jan 21: B-Feb 21: B-Mar 21: B-Apr 21: B-May 21: B-Jun 21: B-Jul 21: B-Aug 21: B-Sep 21: B-Oct 21: B-Nov 21: B-Jan 22: BFeb 22: BMar 22: BApr 22: B-May 22: B-Jun 22: B-Aug 22: CSep 22: C
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Berlin Health & Rehab Center's website

98 Hospitality Drive,
Barre VT 05641

(802) 229-0308

45.1% estimated occupancy 1

Berlin Health & Rehab Center is a large nursing home located in Barre, Vermont. This nursing home is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. As far as we can see, this nursing home would be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this facility's report card is is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This facility's overall grade was bolstered by the fact that it has received favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave them a strong score in that area, with a B+. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Additionally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received favorable short-term care marks this year. We gave them one of our more favorable grades in this category, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest score. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. The nursing score includes quite a few subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, nursing scores also consider quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we assessed is long-term care. Sadly, it received an F in this area, which is a rock bottom grade. This is clearly a major disappointment. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility provided the vaccine to just 88.489204 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Berlin Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 6.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 4.61% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 2.86% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 15.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 15.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 12.18% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some believe this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 95.68% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 18.04% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 23.81% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 1.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 23.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 13.96 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 78.83% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Dialysis

  • University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Berlin2.98 miles awayCentral Vermont Hospital / Renal Dialysis Unit 130 Fisher Road, Floor 3 / P.O.box 547 Barre Vermont 05641Dialysis Stations: 9 (802) 225-7033