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Berlin Health & Rehab Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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98 Hospitality Drive,
Barre VT 05641

(802) 229-0308

55.24% estimated occupancy 1

Berlin Health & Rehab Center is a large nursing home located in Barre, Vermont. This nursing home received an uninspiring overall grade of D in our grading scheme. This isn't the worse nursing home we looked at, but we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we want to point out its decent grade of B- in the category of short-term care. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of C. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, nursing ratings also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its patients.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's second worse score is long-term care, where it earned just a D in that category. This is a well below average grade. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated just 85.23985 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: D

The last category we looked at is inspections. This ended up being this facility's weakest link. We gave it a grade of just D in this category. Since this information is collected by independent government inspectors, we weight it heavily in our overall grade. Our inspection grades factor in many items found on the facility's inspection reports. If you see too many deficiencies on the reports, this is generally a bad sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to resident health or safety. Lastly, we also would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines amounting to over $100,000. This usually indicates that a bad performance spanned more than one year.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Berlin Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 6.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 2.95% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 0.4% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 21.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 18.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that 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, 6.31% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some believe that this is a measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 87.06% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 32.91% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 38.19% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

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

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 38.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 20.57% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Berlin Health & Rehab Center, 75.13% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.

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