Vermont Elderly & Nursing Home Care Centers

Vermont handily has the highest adult day-care prices in the United States. But its nursing home and assisted living rates run below average for the Northeast.

 

Approximate number of facilities:

• Nursing homes: 40
• Assisted living residences: 118*

 

Types of care available:

• Adult day care
• Home care
• Home health-care
• Continuing-care retirement communities
• Assisted living residences
• Residential care homes
• Nursing homes

 

Estimated average prices:**

• Adult day care: $134 per day
• Home care: $21 per hour
• Home health-care: $22 per hour
• Assisted living: $ 4,178 per month
• Nursing home, semi-private room: $251 per day
• Nursing home, private room: $277 per day

 

State websites for seniors:

• Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living: Division of Licensing and Protection
• Assisted Living Residence Licensing Regulations (download)

 

Where to report elder abuse:

• In domestic/community care: 1-800-564-1612
• In nursing homes: 1-800-564-1612

 

Financial assistance (partial list):                 

• Green Mountain Care (Medicaid)
• Vermont State Health Insurance Assistance Program

 

Top-10 largest cities:

•  Burlington
•  Essex
•  Rutland
•  Colchester
•  South Burlington
•  Bennington
•  Brattleboro
•  Hartford
•  Milton
• Barre

 

Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***

 

Derby
Derby Green Nursing Home

 

Randolph
Menig Extended Care

 

Rutland
Mountain View Center Genesis Healthcare

 

Shelburne
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home

 

Windsor
Mt. Ascutney Nursing Home

 

*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.

**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.

***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.