Centers for Living and Rehab Welcomes Brittany D. Canfield, DNP

BENNINGTON, VT—November 30, 2020— The Centers for Living and Rehabilitation (CLR), a part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), is pleased to welcome a new adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner, Brittany D. Canfield, DNP. Canfield will work with Margaret Thompson, ARNP, and Dr. James Poole, CLR medical director, to provide medical care to both long-term care residents and short-term rehabilitation patients at the Centers.

Canfield received her doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Massachusetts in May. She holds two bachelor’s degrees: one in nursing from the University of Maine and a second in kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts. She has worked as a registered nurse at the Central Vermont Medical Center’s walk-in clinic since September 2019 and served on the health system’s Coronavirus Mobile Testing team. Before that, she was a registered nurse at Family Medicine Waterbury in Waterbury, VT, and at Franciscan Home Care and Hospice in Meriden, CT. She is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification Board.

CLR is a skilled nursing facility that provides short-term rehabilitation and long-term residential care located at 160 Hospital Drive in Bennington, VT.  Those interested in learning more about CLR, pre-booking options for planned surgeries, respite care, or other services they provide are encouraged to call (802) 447-1547.

About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visit svhealthcare.org.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center provides exceptional care without discriminating on the basis of an individual’s age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.