Brookfield Rehab and Specialty Care Center

Brookfield Rehab and Specialty Care Center is a very-large nursing home located in Brookfield, Wisconsin. With an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. Based on our ratings, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. While this nursing home has performed respectably, we did want to let you know that there was an ownership change in the last year. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to see whether their performance goes up or down under new ownership.

We would like to point out that this nursing home's nursing grade exceeded its overall score. This nursing home earned a B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. In computing our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. Finally, this facility appears to be above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this area. It fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Another one of this facility's higher category grades was in the area of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It was above average in this area with 50.5 percent of its residents returning home.

The next category we looked at was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a solid grade of C. In computing these long-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.54 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.

This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it just a just D in this category. Inspection scores relate to a nursing home's inspection reports. Our inspection scores factor in many items found on the facility's inspection reports. If you find severe deficiencies on the inspection reports, this is generally the worst sign. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they created a risk to patient safety or health. Finally, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received large government fines recently totaling over $100,000. This typically indicates that a facility's bad performance has been an issue for more than one year.