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Woodridge Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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p.o. Box 550,
Barre VT 05641

(802) 371-4700

78.56% estimated occupancy ¹

Woodridge Nursing Home is in Barre, Vermont. We awarded this facility a first-rate overall rating of A-. As a matter of fact, this is actually the highest graded nursing home in Barre. We really can't say enough good things about this place. The best part of this facility's impressive report card was its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Vermont Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Barre, Vermont Awards 2019

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Short-term Care Quality

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Turning to inspections, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.

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Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we rated was long-term care. This nursing home was given a better than average long-term care rating this year, with a C. While this wasn't as elite as several of its other grades, this is still a decent score in this area. Long-term care scores are vital for individuals seeking personal care. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility gave the vaccine to a relatively low 84.275185 percent of its patients, which is well below average. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Woodridge Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 12.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 7.86% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 9.55% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 23.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 20.66% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 15.25% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may reveal worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 86.73% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 24.32% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 23.37% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 23.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 6.99% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 86.06% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.