The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing and Rehabi
99 Allen Street, Rutland VT 05701 · (802) 775-2331 · 89.6% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing and Rehabi is a large nursing home located in Rutland, Vermont. With an overall rating of B+, this looks like a very good facility. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 125 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility received an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively insignificant. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given high scores in the area of short-term care as well. As a result, we awarded it one of our highest scores in that area with a score of A-. Our short-term care grade is typically used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This place provides more services with registered nurses and physical therapists than most facilities we looked at. This is often a great sign. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Vermont in this area with 62.3 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. In computing our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving patients more often.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was long-term care. We awarded this facility a solid grade in that area, with a C. While this was not on par with several of its other grades, it is still not a major area of concern. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 99.6997 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.74 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing and Rehabi Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better