Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation is a senior living facility in Colchester, Vermont, which has a population of 17,107 people. This facility is among the highest-graded facilities we assessed. A grade in this range requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the nation. As you will see below, this place also performed well in our category grades. It's hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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
Grade: A
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home was awarded a superb grade of A in our long-term care area. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 89.94083 percent of its patients. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
We also would like to note the fact that this facility was given an impressive score of A in our short-term care area. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
Moving on to our next category, this facility also performed admirably in our nursing category. We gave it a grade of B+ for that area. This topped off a first-rate report card. There are several data points within this grade. Most of the factors relate to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 6.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 4.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which have suffered a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: F
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 2.86% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 15.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 15.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients which were prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-plus
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 12.18% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: C
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 95.68% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 18.04% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: C
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 23.81% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 1.05 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 23.81 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: F
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 13.96 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: A
In Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation, 78.83% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term patients who saw 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
