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Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's website

520 Prospect Place,
Brooklyn NY 11238

(718) 636-1000

94.12% estimated occupancy 1

Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very-large nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. We awarded this nursing home a strong overall rating of B. After grading the other nursing homes in Brooklyn, this seems to be a better option than most of them. Even in a city offering 40 nursing homes, this nursing home should be a quality selection. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Not many facilities fared better in this area. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among this nursing home's other achievements is its top-shelf long-term care score. It received one of our most impressive grades in that category, with a score of A-. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.15572 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next most favorable area is short-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this category. With our short-term care category, we try to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The last area we rated is nursing, ended up being this facility's weakest category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in that area. This was one of just a couple of weak points on an otherwise strong profile. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this place's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Although this place didn't excel in nursing hours, it surprised us in some of the quality-based metrics in the nursing category, such as avoiding major falls. This facility was above average in this datapoint, which is one redeeming quality we found in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.48% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.11% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 9.36% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 98.32% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 18.71% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.77% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.77% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.94% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 94.74% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Brooklyn, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Hospitals

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  • University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate )Acute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away445 Lenox Road Brooklyn New York 11203Government - State(718) 270-1000
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Nearby Dialysis

  • Brooklyn Dialysis Center LLC0.21 miles away915 Dean Street Brooklyn New York 11238CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (347) 915-2140
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  • Fms-Nephrocare0.74 miles away1402 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn New York 11216CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (718) 771-6961
  • Rogosin Kidney Center - Bklyn1.15 miles away506 6th St Buckley 7 - Dialysis Brooklyn New York 11215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (718) 780-5800
  • Davita Wingate Dialysis1.24 miles away550 Kingston Ave Brooklyn New York 11203Dialysis Stations: 20 (718) 221-5342
  • New York Dialysis Services Inc.1.29 miles away595 Degraw Street Brooklyn New York 11217CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 49 (718) 852-0197
  • Brooklyn Hospital Center Ii1.38 miles away19 Rockwell Pl Dialysis Unit Brooklyn New York 11217CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 260-2722