Every licensed setting in Addison County

Vermont licenses 4 senior-living settings in Addison County: 3 residential care homes, 1 assisted living residence and 1 nursing home, spread across 2 towns. 2 hold a state dementia designation and 1 takes a Vermont Medicaid residential payment.

Across those 2 Addison County towns, 1 setting offers skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation. These are licence records rather than vacancies: check opening, accepted level of need and current licence status with the Division of Licensing and Protection before touring anything.

  • Eastview at Middlebury, Middlebury — residential care home, memory care designated
  • Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehab Center, Middlebury — nursing home
  • The Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury — assisted living residence and residential care home, memory care designated
  • Shard Villa, Salisbury — residential care home, takes Vermont Medicaid

Hospitals and home health in Addison County

Addison County has 1 licensed hospital: Porter Hospital, Inc. in Middlebury. The discharge planning team at the general acute hospital is normally the fastest route to home health, equipment and a rehabilitation bed.

Addison County Home Health & Hospice of New Haven is the home health agency licensed to Addison County. Home health is clinician-ordered clinical care and is billed differently from the non-medical help most families are looking for.

What a Addison County plan should budget for

Vermont publishes no county-level cost data, so Addison County budgeting starts from the state medians — $103,137 a year for assisted living, $45.00 an hour for non-medical home care — and then turns on how many of the 4 local settings can actually meet the need. Where that number is small, waiting-list position and willingness to travel decide more than price comparison does.

Planning care in Addison County

Addison County combines a regional center in Middlebury with small towns and rural addresses. Families may compare providers reaching south from Chittenden County with local and central Vermont options.

Addison County is a useful way to organize calls, but the boundary is not a service guarantee. Home-care agencies may define territory by travel time, staffing and schedule; communities serving this part of Vermont still require their own assessment and a confirmed opening.

Communities and towns to include

A county-wide search may include Middlebury, Vergennes, Bristol, Ferrisburgh, New Haven. Families can widen a community search beyond the county when travel remains workable, while home-care coverage should always be confirmed for the exact service address.

  • Middlebury
  • Vergennes
  • Bristol
  • Ferrisburgh
  • New Haven

Before hiring home care in Addison County, ask this

  • Do you currently staff the exact Addison County address and requested schedule?
  • What minimum shifts, travel or weekend charges apply?
  • How do weather, distance and caregiver call-outs affect coverage?
  • Who employs, screens, trains and supervises caregivers?
  • Which requested tasks are outside your non-medical scope?

Before touring a community near Addison County, ask this

  • What is the current license category and legal business name?
  • Which apartment, services and assessed care level are included in the quote?
  • Who is present overnight and how are urgent needs handled?
  • What changes after reassessment?
  • Which deposits, refunds, transfer and discharge terms apply?

Addison County public-resource connection

Age Well serves all or much of Addison County. Because Vermont Area Agency on Aging territories include town exceptions, call the statewide Older Adults Helpline at 1-800-642-5119 to confirm the correct office and current programs for the address. Public benefits, eligibility and program decisions belong to the responsible organization.

Information needed to start a Addison County search

Share the town or Addison County ZIP code, broad care path, timing and preferred contact method. Keep diagnoses, medical records, medication lists, Social Security numbers, insurance documents and financial-account information out of an initial marketing form; a provider can explain an appropriate secure intake later.