Every licensed setting in Orleans County

Vermont licenses 8 senior-living settings in Orleans County: 4 residential care homes, 0 assisted living residences and 4 nursing homes, spread across 6 towns. 1 holds a state dementia designation and 4 take a Vermont Medicaid residential payment.

Across those 6 Orleans County towns, 4 settings offer 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.

  • Maple Lane Nursing Home, Barton — nursing home
  • Maple Lane Retirement Home, Barton — residential care home, takes Vermont Medicaid
  • Craftsbury Community Care Center, Craftsbury — residential care home, memory care designated, takes Vermont Medicaid
  • Michaud Memorial Manor, Derby Line — residential care home, takes Vermont Medicaid
  • Union House Nursing Home, Glover — nursing home
  • Greensboro Nursing Home, Greensboro — nursing home
  • Bel Aire Center, Newport — nursing home
  • South Bay Home, Newport — residential care home, takes Vermont Medicaid

Hospitals and home health in Orleans County

Orleans County has 1 licensed hospital: North Country Hospital and Health Center in Newport. The discharge planning team at the general acute hospital is normally the fastest route to home health, equipment and a rehabilitation bed.

Orleans Essex VNA Association and Hospice of Newport is the home health agency licensed to Orleans County. Home health is clinician-ordered clinical care and is billed differently from the non-medical help most families are looking for.

What a Orleans County plan should budget for

Vermont publishes no county-level cost data, so Orleans 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 8 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 Orleans County

Orleans County families often anchor searches around Newport while accounting for substantial rural travel. Confirm exact routes, start times and winter backup before treating home-care coverage as dependable.

Orleans 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 Newport, Derby, Barton, Craftsbury, Irasburg. 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.

  • Newport
  • Derby
  • Barton
  • Craftsbury
  • Irasburg

Before hiring home care in Orleans County, ask this

  • Do you currently staff the exact Orleans 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 Orleans 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?

Orleans County public-resource connection

Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging serves all or much of Orleans 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 Orleans County search

Share the town or Orleans 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.