Berlin Health & Rehab Center
98 Hospitality Drive, Barre VT 05641 · (802) 229-0308 · 63.26% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Berlin Health & Rehab Center is a large nursing home located in Barre, Vermont. With an overall rating of B, this facility is a fine option. We actually ranked it as the top nursing home in Barre. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 141 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this proved to be a quality facility is it received a very impressive short-term care rating. In fact, short-term care is its best category. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. With our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. 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 looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of facilities in the country in this area with 55.4 percent of its patients able to return home. This is a better rate than most nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. It received one of our best grades in that area with a score of B+. Few nursing homes with an overall score in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. When determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which was above average. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, we gave this nursing home a D for the area of long-term care. This is the facility's worst category rating. Sadly, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. One of the data points we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 91.034485 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.65 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Berlin Health & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better