CCN 475027 · Bennington County, Vermont
Bennington Health & Rehab
2 Blackberry Lane, Bennington, VT 05201
Bennington Health & Rehab is a 91-bed for-profit nursing home in Bennington, Vermont, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1973. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 80.3 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $3.9 million in October 2017 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 91
- Average residents per day
- 80.3 (88.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Bennington Care Center, LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 6, 1973
- Chain or affiliated group
- Icare Health Network (12 facilities, chain average 2.9 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Vermont median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 7 at 1, 6 at 2, 6 at 3, 9 at 4, 4 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.10 | 4.11 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.71 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 63.8% | 58.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.2% | 88.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $242,044 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Dec 10, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Bennington Health & Rehab meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Care Center, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/12/2024 |
| Plaza Investment TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 43% | 09/12/2024 |
| Bennington Care Center, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Bennington Health Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Icare Health Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Breault, AllisonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Brickley, JesperIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Davis-Barron, TabithaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Dix, CindyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Faucher, JaimeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Plausse, MichaelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
| Wright, ChristopherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/12/2024 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2017 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Revera - Bennington Health & Rehab, 91 beds. Lender at endorsement: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC | $3,938,000 | Ended Oct 30, 2020Prepayment | 02622008 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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