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Brooklyn Community Estate

Registered name: Brooklyn Community Estates

Brooklyn, IA · Medicare-certified · 50 beds

In good standing
For-profit
Data as of July 1, 2026
5 of 5 overall

Brooklyn Community Estate (Brooklyn, IA) has an overall 5 out of 5 stars, with 5-star health inspection and quality ratings and 4-star staffing. It reported 3.48 nurse hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

3.4783 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: May 28, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.4783.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.48
Licensed practical nurses
0.41
Nurse aides
2.58
Weekend nursing
3.09

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 26%
Registered nurse turnover: 20%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

7.9%5.6%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

0%0%No change

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

0%0%No change

Residents with a urinary tract infection

4.4%0%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

2.5%7.9%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0%0%No change

Residents needing more help with daily activities

18.4%32.4%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

28.3%38.2%Worsening

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

17.5%25.6%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%

Residents with a long-term catheter

2.5%0%Improving

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

23.1%21.6%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

0%0%No change

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

97.7%

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

82.2%77.3%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

76.2%

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

85.1%

What the inspectors found

The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited May 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

View the original federal record

F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

    See what inspectors found
  3. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  4. INSPECTION

    Inspection completed with no recorded health deficiencies.

Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Occupancy
43 residents on an average day (86% of 50 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 16 years

Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.