Brattleboro healthcare
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital anchors local care, while complex needs may travel
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital lists 61 licensed beds, emergency services, more than 150 board-certified clinicians, and Medicare and Medicaid participation. The hospital report also identifies limits: no trauma center, no inpatient pediatric services, and no cardiac catheterization lab.
A retiree should confirm the local primary-care panel, specialists, pharmacy, therapy, home health, insurer network, appointment times, and regional referral. The local health office, Brattleboro Retreat, Grace Cottage Hospital, and skilled-nursing facilities add to the wider care setting, but each service needs its own verification.
Access to care
2 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
2
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Good
- Hospital Access
- Excellent
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 0
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 18.9 mi
Confirm the first local door
Ask the hospital, health office, primary-care practice, and insurer how ordinary, urgent, and complex needs are routed from the proposed home.
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Moderate
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 7
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 28
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Keep pharmacy and therapy close
Map prescriptions, imaging, laboratory, therapy, rehabilitation, groceries, and the ride home. Those steps may be used more often than a hospital admission.
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 4
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 1
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 2
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 2
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 7
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 3.6 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 3.6 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 210
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 3
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 5
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 3.6 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 33.9%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 2
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Very Good
3 of 5 stars · 3.6 mi away
Thompson House Nursing Home (475050) · 3.6 mi away
Plan after a regional referral
Include travel, a companion, weather, lodging, medicine, recovery space, and the route back when care moves beyond town.
Brattleboro in everyday life
Could Brattleboro work for you?
What may work well
- A 61-bed general hospital is located in town.
- Emergency care and more than 150 board-certified clinicians support a meaningful local base.
- Public health, senior, skilled nursing, and regional services add depth.
What to think about
- No trauma center or cardiac catheterization lab is listed in the 2026 report.
- Specialist panels, wait times, networks, and home-health capacity need confirmation.
- Flood and winter conditions can change access to care.
Turn local hospital access into a full care route
Verify local clinicians
Check primary care, specialists, pharmacy, therapy, home health, nursing, and insurance-network participation.
Ask what leaves town
Confirm trauma, cardiac, oncology, surgery, and other referral destinations, then price travel and companion needs.
Try the winter route
Drive or ride to the hospital, clinic, pharmacy, and home when snow, ice, parking, and daylight make the trip harder.
Plan ongoing support
Include prescriptions, rehabilitation, transportation, home help, family visits, and recovery after a long appointment.
Questions retirees ask
What hospital is in Brattleboro?
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital is a 61-bed general hospital at 17 Belmont Avenue with emergency services and more than 150 board-certified clinicians reported in Vermont's 2026 report.
Does it have a trauma center?
The 2026 Vermont report says no trauma-center services and no cardiac catheterization lab. Confirm where those needs would be handled.
Are local care services enough for every retiree?
The town has a useful base, but complex needs, network coverage, wait times, prescriptions, home help, and regional travel must be checked for the household.
What should be included in the care route?
Include clinician, pharmacy, laboratory, therapy, hospital, referral, insurance, transport, winter access, companion help, and the return home.
Brattleboro has a practical local care base with clearly defined limits. A good move plan connects the hospital, clinician, pharmacy, insurance, regional referral, and winter route before the need becomes urgent.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for Primary Care Access, HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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