Nursing Homes in Vermont: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Vermont has 33 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 22 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.54 hours per resident per day, 9% above the US average of 2.32, and 55.4% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Vermont averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Bennington (4), Barre (3), Burlington (3). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Barre (3)
- Barton (1)
- Bennington (4)
- Brattleboro (2)
- Burlington (3)
- Glover (1)
- Greensboro (1)
- Ludlow (1)
- Lyndonville (1)
- Middlebury (1)
- Morrisville (1)
- Newport (1)
- Northfield (1)
- Randolph Center (1)
- Rutland (3)
- Saint Albans (1)
- Saint Johnsbury (1)
- Shelburne (1)
- Springfield (1)
- St. Albans (2)
- Vernon (1)
- Windsor (1)
Largest nursing home chains in Vermont
CMS links 16 of Vermont's homes to these 8 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in VT | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Allaire Health Services | 4 | 20 |
| Genesis Healthcare | 3 | 184 |
| Stellar Health Group | 3 | 7 |
| National Health Care Associates | 2 | 42 |
| Elderwood | 1 | 17 |
| Icare Health Network | 1 | 12 |
| Priority Healthcare Group | 1 | 12 |
| University of Vermont Health Network | 1 | 3 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release