Menig Nursing Home is a facility located in Randolph Center, Vermont, which has 1,679 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is very good grade. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the nation. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Menig Nursing Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
215 Tom Wicker Lane,
Randolph Center VT 05061
98.33% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was superb in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Very few nursing homes performed better in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to offering very favorable levels of nursing care, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. This combination proved to be effective as this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the final area, this nursing home received an acceptable short-term care grade. While this wasn't quite as elite as several of its other scores, this is still not the end of the world. Our short-term care scores are probably most meaningful for people requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Menig Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Menig Nursing Home, 6.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Menig Nursing Home, 4.66% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Menig Nursing Home, 2.47% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents who suffered from a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Menig Nursing Home, 14.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Menig Nursing Home, 15.21% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Menig Nursing Home, 11.74% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Menig Nursing Home, 96.94% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Menig Nursing Home, 16.94% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Menig Nursing Home, 24.28% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Menig Nursing Home, 0.91 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Menig Nursing Home, 24.28 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
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