Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home is a small nursing home located in Shelburne, Vermont. This facility is among the best facilities we found. In fact, it received our top grade. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as one of the top three facilities in Vermont. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar report card is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Unfortunately, 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.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our nursing score analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed was long-term care. Adding to its high-end profile, this nursing home also performed well in that area. In fact, we gave it a grade of of A in that category. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth category, this facility also performed well in the short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for this category. This topped off truly elite report card. In calculating these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 7.89% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 5.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 1.01% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 7.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term residents which were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 9.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 2.97% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 100% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 11.76% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 12.69% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 12.69% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 18.74% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home, 86.88% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- University of Vermont Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.88 miles away111 Colchester Ave Burlington Vermont 05401Voluntary non-profit - Other(802) 847-0000
- Elizabethtown Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.88 miles away75 Park Street Elizabethtown New York 12932Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 873-6377
Nearby Dialysis
- University of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis South Burlington6.84 miles away35 Joy Drive South Burlington Vermont 05403CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (802) 847-3030
- University of Vermont Medical Center Inc8.82 miles away111 Colchester Avenue Dialysis Unit-Shep 4 Burlington Vermont 05401Dialysis Stations: 10 (802) 847-5269
- Elizabethtown Center, LLC19.83 miles away75 Park Street Elizabethtown New York 12932Dialysis Stations: 8 (518) 873-2162