Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation is a senior living facility in Colchester, Vermont, which has a population of 17,107 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is among the top scores we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top quarter of all facilities in the United States. While we were impressed with this facility overall, we did want to let you know that there was an ownership change in the last year. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to confirm they maintain their high marks in the future.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Get pricing and details on Colchester senior living options.
Get PricingQuick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Therefore, it received one of our best scores in that category with an A+. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a high-end long-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 91.42857 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Does this page answer your questions about Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation?
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average short-term care score, with a B+ in the area. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we analyzed is nursing, in which this nursing home received a B-. This was this nursing home's weakest area. This is nevertheless not a major area of concern. In computing our nursing scores, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, we also considered some quality-based measures in this category. While this nursing home did not rank highly in terms of nursing hours per resident, it performed better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home fared better than average. This is generally a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented with better nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.9% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. More frequent bathing limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 16.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 9.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 10.4% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 93.73% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 17.78% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 20.29% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is important for patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 20.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 21.08% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 90.16% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Vermont Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.05 miles away111 Colchester Ave Burlington Vermont 05401Voluntary non-profit - Other(802) 847-0000
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Vermont Medical Center Inc3.05 miles away111 Colchester Avenue Dialysis Unit-Shep 4 Burlington Vermont 05401Dialysis Stations: 10 (802) 847-5269
- University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis South Burlington4.73 miles away35 Joy Drive South Burlington Vermont 05403CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (802) 847-3030