BENNINGTON, VT (September 13, 2024) – On September 12, 2024, iCare Health Network welcomed its newest location to the network, part of the MissionCare Health service line. The center was formerly known as Bennington Health and Rehab and was relaunched as of 12:01AM as MissionCare at Bennington. An informal ribbon cutting ceremony for residents and staff was held with a more formal event to be held in the coming weeks.
A 91 bed center in southwestern Vermont, MissionCare at Bennington will provide similar services to sister facilities 60 West in Rocky Hill, Connecticut and MissionCare at Holyoke in western, Massachusetts. The primary mission will be providing long term care services for Vermont residents who require a nursing home level of care, meet the Federal requirements to reside in a nursing home and have had difficulty finding placement in a traditional nursing home. These individuals are typically residing in a more restrictive and more costly location awaiting transition to where they will reside over the long term.
On behalf of iCare and MissionCare Health we want to express our thanks and appreciation to all of the State of Vermont folks whose vision made this a reality. We are truly honored to be entrusted with the care of some of the State’s most vulnerable individuals and a program this important.
In 2022, the State of Vermont issued a Request for Proposals for “Specialty Care in Licensed Long-Term Care Facilities”. The RFP sought a licensed and experienced provider to establish a nursing home to care for individuals who may have complex needs, be involved historically or currently with the justice system or be otherwise challenging to place in existing nursing homes despite their need for nursing home level of care.
In early 2023, iCare Health Network was identified as the provider of choice for Vermont and entered into an agreement to secure a functioning and licensed long term care center in which to operate the program. An ideal location in Bennington, Vermont was located and purchased by an entity affiliated with iCare and created for this purpose. A final contract for services was completed iCare assumed operation of the care center on September12, 2024.
The process for consideration and admissions is jointly managed by iCare and the Vermont Department of Aging, Disability and Independent Living (DAIL) in concert with the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections.
