Burlington Health & Rehabilitation
300 Pearl Street, Burlington VT 05401 · (802) 658-4200 · 72.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Burlington Health & Rehabilitation is a large nursing home located in Burlington, Vermont. With an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. This nursing home is just about as bad as it gets. 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 nursing home's category grades, nursing grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 126 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
Although this facility's overall score was rock bottom, it didn't perform as poorly in the area of nursing. We awarded it a B- for that area. In determining our nursing scores, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. With 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, this nursing home surpassed the national average. We also look at the skill levels of nurses and add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in two of the major datapoints we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are typically good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to learn that this facility received a reasonably solid short-term care grade this year. We gave it a grade of B- in that area. In our short-term care grade, we strive to craft a fair gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This place provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. On top of performing well in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it also fared well in this area with 57.8 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out this place's inspection grade where it received an F. This typically means we found some red flags on the government inspections. When a place has this bad of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. This facility had one category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more severe deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies found by inspectors had potential to cause actual harm to residents. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was long-term care. This facility received an abysmal grade of F in that category. Facilities that don't fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. This nursing home's vaccination statistics were not as impressive as its nursing hours. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 73.454544 percent of its residents. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.94 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Burlington Health & Rehabilitation 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