Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare is a large nursing home in Burlington, Vermont. This facility appears to be ranked among the higher-rated facilities we assessed. A grade in this range requires first-rate scores across the board. Based on our assessment, you can not go wrong with this facility. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category ratings, which are also impressive.
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Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Awards
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
On top of performing well overall, this nursing home also earned nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a grade of B+. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.959595 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
The third category we analyzed was short-term care. This facility was awarded an impressive short-term care score, with a B+ in the area. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services To offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B
The last area we rated is this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even its weakest link would actually be a highlight for most facilities. We gave it a strong grade of B for nursing. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as reliable indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 3.92% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 4.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term residents which have suffered falls resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-minus
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 2.18% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 29.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 10.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 8.23% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 93.58% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 17.3% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 24.51% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-plus
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 24.51% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: C
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 14.75% of Patients
This datapoint measures 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: B-plus
In Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare, 81.1% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Vermont Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.98 miles away111 Colchester Ave Burlington Vermont 05401Voluntary non-profit - Other(802) 847-0000
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 16.23 miles away75 Beekman Street Plattsburgh New York 12901Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 562-7767
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Vermont Medical Center Inc4.09 miles away111 Colchester Avenue Dialysis Unit-Shep 4 Burlington Vermont 05401Dialysis Stations: 10 (802) 847-5269
- University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis South Burlington5.38 miles away35 Joy Drive South Burlington Vermont 05403CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (802) 847-3030
- h.k. Freedman Renal Center17.29 miles away91 Plaza Boulevard Plattsburgh New York 12901CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 566-7043
