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Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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46 Nichols Street,
Rutland VT 05701

(802) 775-2941

91.74% estimated occupancy ¹

Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Rutland, Vermont, a city with 20,802 people. This facility received an excellent grade of A- overall. This is even better than the city grade of B+ in Rutland, which is also well above average. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Vermont Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider 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.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Very few facilities received a better grade in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score weighs a host of subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 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 when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Switching gears to our fourth area, this facility was awarded an acceptable short-term care score. While this was not as dominant as several of its other scores, this is still not the end of the world. In our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 4.55% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.18% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.6% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 25.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 18.52% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.89% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 99.41% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 26.93% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of decline of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 29.15% of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 29.15% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.09% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 86.85% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation.