Green Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation

We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility has received near flawless health inspections recently. We gave them an A+ in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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.

Contributing to its dominant resume, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for that category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. This nursing home's vaccination statistics weren't as impressive as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.41917 percent of its patients. We would like to see some improvement in this area in the future. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.22 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When determining a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the levels of training of the nurses. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the vast majority of facilities. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning residents to avoid bed sores.

The last area we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B. Although this turned out to be its least impressive category score, this is nevertheless an impressive score. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this nursing home. It outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 56.9 percent of its patients returning home.