Menig Nursing Home is a small hospital-based nursing home in Randolph Center, Vermont. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the United States. In our view, this facility should be a great choice for just about anybody. As you will find below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It would be hard to poke holes in this facility's profile.
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Menig Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
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Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. The nursing grade includes numerous subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received a virtually flawless government inspection. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. This was one of the few facilities to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our next area, this nursing home received a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final category, this facility was awarded an excellent short-term care grade. While this wasn't as impressive as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless one of our stronger grades we offer. Our short-term care grade is typically used to assess a facility's rehabilitation services. To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Menig Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Menig Nursing Home, 7.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Menig Nursing Home, 5.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Menig Nursing Home, 2.96% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Menig Nursing Home, 16.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Menig Nursing Home, 16.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Menig Nursing Home, 12.68% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Menig Nursing Home, 93.14% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Menig Nursing Home, 20.72% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Menig Nursing Home, 22.62% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Menig Nursing Home, 1.21 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Menig Nursing Home, 22.62 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Gifford Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 3.36 miles away44 South Main Street Randolph Vermont 05060Voluntary non-profit - Private(802) 728-4441
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis Berlin18.6 miles awayCentral Vermont Hospital / Renal Dialysis Unit 130 Fisher Road, Floor 3 / P.O.box 547 Barre Vermont 05641Dialysis Stations: 9 (802) 225-7033