Woodridge Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Woodridge Nursing Home's website

p.o. Box 550,
Barre VT 05641

(802) 371-4700

77.64% estimated occupancy ¹

Woodridge Nursing Home is in Barre, Vermont. This is a decent facility with a B- overall grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Barre. This facility seems to have some things going for it. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category is short-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in the area of short-term care, where it earned an A-. This is far better than its overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Short-term care scores are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

In addition, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it earned an B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home's next best category was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are with patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This place averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is a very low figure. Lastly, although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to the next area, this facility really didn't perform well. With an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this was its weakest grade. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home didn't perform well in our measures relating to patient care. One of the data points we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 82.833786 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Woodridge Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 6.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 4.55% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which had a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 2.8% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic can be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 14.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 15.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 11.28% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression. Many argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 96.47% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 17.28% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 24.97% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 0.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 24.97 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Woodridge Nursing Home, 14.85 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.