Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home
200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 05482 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 33 certified beds
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Shelburne, Vermont. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.90 hours per resident per day, above the Vermont average of 4.31. Its most recent inspection on Jan 21, 2026 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Wake Robin-Linden 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) | 5.90 | 4.31 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.80 | 0.81 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.44 | 2.60 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 63.6% | 59.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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 January 21, 2026 inspection was corrected by February 10, 2026
What inspectors found at Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 2, 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
- 200 Wake Robin Drive
Shelburne, VT 05482 - CMS certification #
- 475056
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 33
- Avg residents/day
- 27.9
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1998-02-11
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Transportation, 1 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2019
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wake Robin-Linden 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.
- Provides transportation.
Transportation within Wake Robin
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - 1 meals a day.
One main meal each day
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
There are several steps in the process including a financial review, becoming a depositor, and then after accepting an offer for a home (apartment or cottage) a person would need to successfully complete a health assessment.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Entrance fee: charged.
There is an entrance fee and monthly fee for each home at Wake Robin based upon square footage and number of occupants.
(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 Jan 17, 2019 to Jan 16, 2021. Violations found: Overtime, Child labor. Back wages: $143 owed to 5 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $6,219. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Wake Robin (Wake Robin Corporation). Case 1932540.
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
- Univ. Of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington. 9.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Premier Rehab and Healthcare at Burlington, Burlington. 8.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Uvmhn Home Health And Hospice, Colchester. 12.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 1.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 05482 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis South Burlington, South Burlington, 6.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
University Of Vermont Medical Center Dialysis, Burlington, 9.0 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 05482.
Uvmhn Home Health And Hospice, office in Colchester, 12.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Vermont Medical Center Inc, Burlington. 9.0 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors 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 low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, 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 relatively 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 Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home staffed?
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home reports 5.90 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Vermont average of 4.31.
Has Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home have?
Wake Robin-Linden Nursing Home is certified for 33 beds.