Union House Nursing Home
3086 Glover Street, Glover VT 05839 · (802) 525-6600 · 94.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Glover, Vermont, Union House Nursing Home is the only option we identified in this area. With an overall grade of B, this facility is one of the top 25 facilities in Vermont. This place truly has plenty working in its favor. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 44 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, this facility really excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Not many facilities fared better in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite insignificant. We weren't able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded high grades in the category of long-term care as well. Consequently, we awarded it one of our highest scores in that category with a area of A. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.98 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing grade features a number of subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these subcategories. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area is short-term care, which is the final category we looked at. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. Our short-term care grades are believed to be most critical for people in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 36.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Union House Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better