Nursing home
Thompson House Nursing Home
80 Maple Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 43 certified beds
Thompson House Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Brattleboro, Vermont. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.68 hours per resident per day, above the Vermont average of 4.31. Its most recent inspection on Jan 8, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $161,475In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Thompson House Nursing Home compares
This facility vs. the Vermont and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Vermont avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.68 | 4.31 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.02 | 0.81 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.63 | 2.60 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 60.3% | 59.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 10.3 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 9, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 7, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $161,475, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Thompson House Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2023
Show all 7 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 80 Maple Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301 - CMS certification #
- 475050
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 43
- Avg residents/day
- 37.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-07-01
- Setting
- Rural
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2007
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Thompson House Nursing Home says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
With a dedicated team of LNAs and nurses providing 24/7 support, residents have the freedom to self-direct their daily routines while receiving compassionate care whenever needed.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 29, 2007 to Apr 28, 2009. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,406 owed to 24 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Thompson House (Brattleboro Mutual Aid Association, Inc.). Case 1545646.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Pine Heights at Brattleboro Center for Nursing & R, Brattleboro. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vna At Hcs Inc, Keene. 15.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 05301 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Monadnock Dialysis Center, Keene, 14.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 1 Medicare hospice tells CMS it serves ZIP code 05301.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Brattleboro. 0.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Thompson House Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Thompson House Nursing Home an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Thompson House Nursing Home staffed?
Thompson House Nursing Home reports 4.68 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Vermont average of 4.31.
Has Thompson House Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Thompson House Nursing Home have?
Thompson House Nursing Home is certified for 43 beds.