Franklin County Rehab Center is located in Saint Albans, Vermont. This city has 14,449 people. This nursing home turns out to be an A+ rated facility, which is our top score. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as the top nursing home in Saint Albans. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Franklin County Rehab Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
To pair with a strong overall grade, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for inspections. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
This facility also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A. Very few facilities fared better in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home was given a first-rate score of A in our short-term care category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is considered to be a solid assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
Turning to our last area, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. We awarded it an A for this area. This completed a straight A report card. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franklin County Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: C
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 9.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients that have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 1.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 4.91% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 12.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 10.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: D
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 19.32% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents showing signs of depression. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 100% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 21.23% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 18.06% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 18.06% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 12.5% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Franklin County Rehab Center, 80.34% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northwestern Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.25 miles away133 Fairfield Street Saint Albans Vermont 05478Voluntary non-profit - Other(802) 524-5911
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis St. Albans0.26 miles away7 Crest Road, Suite 78 Saint Albans Vermont 05478Dialysis Stations: 9 (802) 847-5008
