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DITMAS PARK CARE CENTER

BROOKLYN, NY · Medicare-certified · 200 beds

In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall

Ditmas Park Care Center has a 5-star overall rating, with strong quality measures and staffing (4.81 hours per resident day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark) and no fines in the last 24 months. Its health inspection rating is 4 stars, and recent citations included infection control, food handling, and admission planning.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

4.8096 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: August 28, 2024Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.8096.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
1.34
Licensed practical nurses
0.74
Nurse aides
2.72
Weekend nursing
4.28

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 23%
Registered nurse turnover: 30%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

4%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

0%Steady

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

12.8%Improving

Residents with a urinary tract infection

0.9%Steady

Residents who lost too much weight

6.2%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0%Steady

Residents needing more help with daily activities

11.7%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

9%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

7.5%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0.2%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

0.6%Steady

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

12%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

8.3%Improving

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

88.5%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

81%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

47.6%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

41.4%Improving

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited May 2022 — limited pattern, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E

The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: D

The home failed to create and carry out a timely plan to meet a new resident’s most immediate needs after admission. Cited May 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 655 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: D

The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited May 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: D

The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited May 2022 — isolated incident, potential for harm.

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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.

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  4. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company
Occupancy
193.9 residents on an average day (97% of 200 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 44 years

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