Local conditions
| 90°F+ days a year | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Freezing days a year | 65 |
| Hospital drive time | 0-15 minutes |
| Hospital area | Morrisville |
| Nearest hospital | Morrisville, 2 miles |
| CMS-certified homes | 1 |
| Licensed facilities | 3 |
| Nursing homes | 1 |
NOAA climate station: Morrisville Stowe State Airport, about 2 miles from the center of Morristown.
How Morrisville compares next door
Morristown sits within a 0-15 minute drive of the nearest hospital, but it's one of only 10% of Lamoille County's 10 towns that close — most of the county is farther out. The town carries 3 of the county's 4 licensed senior-living settings, nearly the entire county supply, which matters directly for neighboring Stowe, covered elsewhere on this site, which has no licensed setting of its own at all and would be drawing on Morristown's instead.
Getting started
It serves a wide rural catchment including Hyde Park, Johnson, Elmore and the Stowe area, where the housing market pushes most practical senior options down the valley.
Home-care coverage
Coverage thins quickly toward Eden, Belvidere and Wolcott, and the Lamoille valley's road network means distance in miles understates distance in minutes.
How far to search
Burlington is about an hour over the Notch or around it, and the Notch road closes in winter.
- Lamoille County guide
- Central Vermont
- All Vermont areas
Costs
Lamoille County prices sit near the middle of the Vermont range, though Stowe's property market pulls some local costs upward.
Compare Morrisville against Waterbury and Barre before assuming local is cheaper.
Winter and transport
Green Mountain Transit runs Lamoille County services including links toward Stowe and Waterbury.
VT 100 is the spine and is generally maintained; the Smugglers' Notch road is seasonal and should never be part of a care plan.
Questions for providers
Do you cover the northern Lamoille towns, and how do you handle a Notch closure or a storm that cuts the valley?
The first week
Confirm which hospital the household actually uses.
Copley is local, but some Lamoille families are already connected to Burlington, and that relationship usually determines where a discharge sends them.
Licensed settings
A tally of the state's licence list puts 3 senior-living settings in Morrisville and 1 more in Lamoille County, 4 in total.
0 carry a dementia designation; 3 take Medicaid.
Hospital and home health
Morrisville is in Lamoille County, and the county's general acute hospital is Copley Hospital, Morrisville.
When something is needed quickly, home health, equipment, a rehabilitation bed, its discharge planners are normally the shortest path.
Home health for Lamoille County is licensed to Lamoille Home Health and Hospice in Morrisville.
It is clinical care on a clinician's order with its own billing, and distinct from the non-medical help a Morrisville household usually needs first.
Resources
Lunch tables and Meals on Wheels in Lamoille County
Morrisville's Lamoille County Senior Center serves meals on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at noon, and on Wednesday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm with a choice of two meals and dessert.
Johnson's senior center serves on Tuesday and Thursday at noon.
Meals on Wheels of Lamoille County, based at 21 Munson Avenue, prepares over 1,100 meals a week for delivery Tuesday to Friday, with freezer meals for weekends and holidays, and asks callers on 888-5011 to order by 9:30 am the day before.
Its Wednesday hub is a place to drink coffee, play cards and talk.