Bel Aire Center
Nursing Home Facility
35 Bel-Aire Drive, Newport, VT 05855
Bel-Aire Center is located on beautiful Lake Memphamagog in Newport, VT. We are a small, personal Center offering both Skilled Nursing services and Residential Care. We serve both LongTerm Care needs as well as ShortStay Rehabilitation needs. We are the only facility in our market area that offers on-site Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy services - this enables rehabilitation patients to receive treatment throughout the day which often results in a quicker recovery and return home. Our residential care unit offers private rooms for LongTerm stays or a transition to returning home. Our meal service experience is second to none, offering a variety of choices at each meal. At Bel-Aire, you are in the drivers seat when it comes to directing your recovery process.
Operated by Genesis HealthCare, which runs 507 communities in our directory.
Bel Aire Center is licensed for 58 beds.
Federal reporting puts occupancy at about 77% of its licensed beds.
Medicare rates this community 2 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Its most recent standard health inspection was in July 2025 and recorded 13 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 0.7 hours from a registered nurse. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 59%.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 31 problems at Bel Aire Center. 4 findings involved harm to a resident. 12 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home twice, a total of $286,973.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Caused harm to a resident, a pattern
Nursing and Physician Services
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
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Caused harm to a resident, one or a few residents
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Caused harm to a resident, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Caused harm to a resident, one or a few residents
Pharmacy Service
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Nursing and Physician Services
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Pharmacy Service
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, a pattern
Infection Control
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Resident Rights
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Quality of Life and Care
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Bel Aire Center offers assisted living, nursing home care, hospice care, respite care, and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type for-profit corporation
- Beds / units 58
- Occupancy 77%
- Nursing hours per resident/day 3.7
- Annual staff turnover 59%
- Last health inspection July 2025
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