Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab is a 98-bed nonprofit nursing home in Middlebury, Vermont. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.81 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% above the Vermont average of 2.54, and 33.3% nursing staff turnover (Vermont average 55.4%).
Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab
30 Porter DriveMiddlebury, VT 05753
Addison County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab, nurse aides logged 2.81 hours per resident per day, 11% above the Vermont average. With about 95 residents a day, that works out to roughly 268 aide hours a day, or about 34 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Vermont avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.81 | 2.54 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.24 | 0.88 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.92 | 4.22 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.31 | 3.66 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.3% of nursing staff at Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab left over the year CMS measured, against a Vermont average of 55.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 36.4%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 27, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Vermont average 8.1). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab holds 5 of 5 overall; the Vermont average is 2.9.
About Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Helen Porter Nursing Home, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 26, 1970
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Elderwood at Ticonderoga Ticonderoga | 17.0 | 84 | 1.85 | 3.01 | 48.6% | 2 | $4,516 |
| Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home Shelburne · staffing data not validated | 25.0 | 33 | — | — | 58.5% | 4 | None |
| Essex Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Elizabethtown | 25.8 | 100 | 1.98 | 3.25 | 81.9% | 3 | None |
| Mayo Healthcare Inc. Northfield | 27.1 | 50 | 2.73 | 4.38 | — | 4 | None |
| Menig Nursing Home Randolph Center | 28.1 | 30 | 2.60 | 4.26 | 47.6% | 4 | $76,500 |
| Rutland Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Rutland | 28.5 | 103 | 2.29 | 3.88 | 36.8% | 4 | $32,708 |
| The Pines at Rutland Center for Nursing & Rehabili Rutland | 29.6 | 125 | 2.17 | 3.83 | 43.0% | 4 | $8,512 |
| Mountain View Center Genesis Healthcare Rutland | 29.9 | 158 | 2.05 | 3.73 | 53.6% | 3 | $40,350 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.