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Pines Rehab & Health Center

601 Red Village Road, Lyndonville, VT 05851 · Caledonia County · (802) 626-3367

60 certified beds, about 56 residents a day · For profit - Partnership · Medicare and Medicaid since 1994

Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
2 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 475044 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on February 11, 2026, inspectors cited 2 health deficiencies (the Vermont average is 7.9, the national average 9.2).

None of its 6 health citations since November 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.42 hours per resident per day, against 4.22 across Vermont and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.65 of those hours.

58.8% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Vermont average 55.4%).

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 6 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
0E
4F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
February 11, 2026Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. F
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 28, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on staff interviews and observations, the facility failed to consistently store food in accordance with professional standards for food service. There is a potential to affect all residents.
  2. F
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 28, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and policy review, the facility failed to prevent contamination of laundry by leaving wet clean laundry in the washing machine overnight. This has the potential to affect all residents in the facility.
February 26, 2025Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. F
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that dinnerware was sanitized and failed to maintain a clean kitchen environment, which has the potential to impact all residents in the facility.
  2. F
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview, and record review, the facility failed to implement an infection prevention and control program designed to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections related to Legionella prevention.
  3. D
    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
    F657 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to revise a care plan for 1 of 21 sampled residents (Resident #20) related to past trauma.
  4. D
    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
    F689 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 12, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents remained free of accident hazards related to falls and care plan interventions for 2 residents [Residents #55 & #3] of 25 sampled residents.
November 15, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeVermontUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.424.223.86
Registered nurses0.650.800.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.743.663.42
Nurse aides2.84
Licensed practical nurses0.93
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)58.8%55.4%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover54.5%39.9%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.09 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.69 on weekdays and 3.74 on weekends, 20% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 13.2% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.06 in April to June 2025 to 4.42 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.420.654.693.74 13.2%1 of 9056
Oct to Dec 20254.270.664.543.58 11.9%1 of 9257
Jul to Sep 20254.340.744.683.47 16.8%0 of 9257
Apr to Jun 20254.060.474.313.43 26.0%0 of 9157
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Vermont, Jan to Mar 20264.250.794.473.7123.2%0.2% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for Vermont

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Vermont, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$22.66$19.64 to $23.533,030
LPNs and LVNs$33.62$29.56 to $37.611,130
Registered nurses$46.86$39.53 to $50.587,410
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeVermontUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
18.219.313.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.40.70.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.92.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.75.93.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.11.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
14.417.414.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
6.85.34.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
34.619.915.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
20.922.023.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
18.717.912.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.71.51.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
4.52.91.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Pines Rehab & Health Center's Medicare short-stay residents. How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

US median of homes 51.5% · Vermont: 8 better, 3 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 23 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.9% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Vermont: 1 better, 0 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 38 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.1% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Vermont: 0 better, 0 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 26 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

55.9% this home

Median of homes: Vermont57.4% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 34 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

2.9% this home

Median of homes: Vermont0.4% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 35 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

9.6% this home

Median of homes: Vermont2.7% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 35 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Vermont97.6% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 13 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: PINE KNOLL NURSING HOME, INC.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Francis E Cheney Jr Estate5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization50%02/01/2024
Wells Fargo Bank, N.a.5% or greater mortgage interestOrganization09/24/2003
Russell, Patricia5% or greater security interestIndividual03/01/1998
Russell, PatriciaCorporate directorIndividual03/01/1998
Atwood, DaleCorporate officerIndividual07/15/2024
Bergeron, TravisCorporate officerIndividual01/23/2025
Cummings, HollyCorporate officerIndividual02/11/2025
Rice, WarrenCorporate officerIndividual02/11/2025
Russell, PatriciaCorporate officerIndividual03/01/1998
Bergeron, TravisOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/23/2025
Fatigati, MariaOperational/managerial controlIndividual10/24/2022
Russell, PatriciaOperational/managerial controlIndividual03/01/1998
Russell, PatriciaGeneral partnership interestIndividual03/01/1998
Francis E Cheney Jr EstateAdp of the SNFOrganization02/01/2024
Atwood, DaleAdp of the SNFIndividual07/15/2024
Bergeron, TravisAdp of the SNFIndividual01/23/2025
Cummings, HollyAdp of the SNFIndividual02/11/2025
Fatigati, MariaAdp of the SNFIndividual10/24/2022
Rice, WarrenAdp of the SNFIndividual02/11/2024
Russell, PatriciaAdp of the SNFIndividual03/01/1998

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 11, 2026: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  2. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 11, 2026: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
  3. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on February 26, 2025: "Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals."
  4. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on February 26, 2025: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."

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Common questions

What is Pines Rehab & Health Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Pines Rehab & Health Center 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 2 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Pines Rehab & Health Center get at its last inspection?
2 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on February 11, 2026. The Vermont average is 7.9.
Has Pines Rehab & Health Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Pines Rehab & Health Center accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Pines Rehab & Health Center?
CMS lists 20 owners and managers. Legal business name: PINE KNOLL NURSING HOME, INC.

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