Local conditions
| Probate court | Rutland Probate Division, 83 Center Street in Rutland |
|---|---|
| Average hospital distance | 10.6 miles |
| Towns near a hospital | 10.7% |
| Transit stops | 291 |
| CMS-certified homes | 3 |
| Licensed facilities | 17 |
| Memory care designated | 5 |
| Nursing homes | 3 |
How Rutland compares next door
Rutland County covers 28 towns, more than any other county on this site, with hospital distances ranging from 1 mile in Rutland City itself to 20 miles in Pawlet — a 19-mile spread inside one county. Rutland City alone holds 10 of the county's 15 licensed senior-living settings, so an address near Pawlet is both the farthest from a hospital and the farthest from the county's own concentrated supply.
Senior care in Rutland County
Rutland County combines a regional service center with mountain and lakeside towns, so travel time, staffing and family access can differ meaningfully between them.
Senior centers and meals across Rutland County
In Rutland the Godnick Adult Center at 1 Deer Street hosts regular programmes listed on the community calendar.
The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging is the area agency for the county, which it shares with Bennington, and for Rutland County rides it directs callers to Marble Valley Regional Transit at 802-747-3502.
Home health and hospice from Rutland
The VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region has served vulnerable populations for 80 years, since 1946.
It was founded in Rutland, has its office at 7 Albert Cree Drive (802-775-0568), and describes more than 250 home health aides, rehabilitation therapists, social workers and visiting nurses.
Its hospice nurse can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and it offers skilled nursing and home health care throughout Bennington, Franklin and Rutland counties.
Bayada Home Health Care also has an office in Rutland.
Rutland is the county's healthcare hub: Rutland Regional Medical Center is on Allen Street, and the city's three nursing homes, The Pines, Mountain View Center and Rutland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, are all within about a mile and a quarter of it.
Senior centers across Rutland County
The Godnick Adult Center, at 1 Deer Street in Rutland, serves senior meals on Mondays and Thursdays at noon and takes reservations on a sign-up sheet at the center.
Farther out, the Young at Heart Senior Center in Poultney and the senior center in Brandon, on 802-247-3121, run their own meals and programmes for their own valleys.
Because the county is large and hilly, a household's nearest meal site may be in the next town rather than in Rutland.
The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging keeps the current list of sites and days for Bennington and Rutland counties.