HOME CARE FACTS
State Profile FY 2004

STATE PROFILE

1. Service Profile:

The total number of Vermonters served in FY 2004 was 21,813. The total number of home visits made in was 888,178.

Total Served for All Home Visiting Programs

People Served

21,813

Total Visits Made

888,178

2. Agency Profiles:

There were twelve Medicare-certified home health agencies in Vermont in 2004. All twelve were independent, not-for-profit voluntary agencies. Four agencies (Chittenden, Alliance, Rutland, and Bennington) had legal affiliations with their local hospitals. Two of the four were subsidiary corporations of the parent corporation. Caledonia is legally affiliated with the Northern Counties Health Care. Two agencies were accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) and ten by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. (One agencies have since switched from JCAHO to CHAP).

      Agency Size by the Number of Home Visits Made    

Number of Visits

Number of Agencies

Percent of Total Visits

50,000 visits of fewer

6

     20.6%

50,001 – 75,000

1

       7.3

75,001- 100,000

2

     19.7

100,001 – 125,000

1

     13.4

125,001 – 150,000

1

     15.9

More than 150,000

1

     23.1

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Updated 11/29/2006

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