Brooklyn Community Estates

On top of performing well overall, this facility also received a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our highest scores in that area with a grade of A+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility also was awarded an impressive long-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Turning to the third category, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

The next area we analyzed ended up being this facility's weakest area. However, even in its worst category we still gave it a respectable grade of C for our nursing category. In computing a nursing home's nursing score, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in a few of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did well in this statistic.