Fairwinds Residential Care Home sits over on Mechanic Street in North Bennington, Vermont, and serves adults who need extra help with daily living and want a little company all in a home-like setting, and it has space for up to eight residents, with private and semi-private rooms that're furnished and have lots of light from the windows, some closets for belongings, and features meant to keep folks safe and comfortable. The staff at Fairwinds provide non-medical care and companionship, and they help with things like dressing, bathing, toileting, and grooming, plus they handle home-cooked meals three times a day and special diets for things like diabetes or hypertension if folks ask for that, and they also do the laundry and housekeeping. There's nursing supervision and medication is monitored and given as needed, and trained aides are available to help if more assistance is needed, such as support for insulin shots, two-person transfers, or around-the-clock caregiver services. Folks can get help arranging rides to doctor's visits, shopping, or spiritual services, and Home Care services offer a bit more support when needed.
In the home, residents can use the recreation rooms, a book room, and a garden area, and they have a hot tub and a health or steam room, a barber or salon area, and sometimes a traveling stylist comes in. There's music, craft, and physical activity programs, plus organized events like movie nights, tabletop games, and social evenings, and there are pet therapy and music therapy programs, though pets can't actually live there with the residents. Fairwinds Residential Care Home is open every day from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, with 24-hour patient care for anyone who needs it, and there's supervision for those who need memory care, hospice care, or respite care. Each resident has a care plan made just for them to ensure individual needs are met.
There's been two inspections since 2014, one in 2015 and another in 2018, and during those visits, inspectors found issues mostly with food safety, staff services, medication management, and how they handle moving or discharging residents. The facility was cited 9 times over those inspections with varying severity from C to F, for things like food storage, care practices, and paperwork, but there've been no fines and no complaints on record between 2014 and 2019. Fairwinds holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and is a Level 4 Residential Care Home, providing supportive daily care while promoting as much independence for seniors as possible, and it's a well-established, comfortable home for folks wanting balanced support in their later years.
