Brookestone Meadows sits in Nebraska and serves people from many counties, including Madison, Platte, Butler, Seward, Saunders, Lancaster, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, and Cass, and it's only focused on skilled nursing, short-term rehab, long-term care, and sub-acute care, so people who need assisted or independent living find those options at The Villas at Brookestone Meadows, which is for folks aged 55 and over and lets seniors keep an active lifestyle without needing daily care, but the main building itself doesn't offer independent living, so that's a separate part of the campus with its own pace, and if someone does need skilled nursing, the staff at Brookestone Meadows includes RNs, LPNs, Med Aids, and CNs, all supported by four Medical Social Workers who help residents with psychosocial needs. People can come here for rehab after surgery or illness, and there's a big focus on getting people well enough to go back home through discharge planning, and their therapy teams offer speech, occupational, and physical therapies as well as intravenous therapy and restorative programs, and you even find home health aide services if needed.
There's medication management, skilled nursing, and full hospice care, plus supportive services like respite care for families needing a break, and staff get ongoing safety training, so there are safety measures in place to keep residents secure, offering help especially to those who need to age in place, though if someone's at risk for wandering or has complex behaviors, they may need a different setting, but for others, they can stay as long as needed. Right now, there's one female long-term care bed available in a companion room, which means it's a shared space, not private, and the center provides onsite vaccinations for ease. Pet lovers can bring their animals, which helps some people feel more at home, and everyone gets three meals a day, snacks, and weekly activities for social connection, and on the practical side, transportation is available during the week for $21 one way, which can be helpful for appointments in the area.
Brookestone Meadows features a swimming pool, which is unusual in this kind of setting, and the facility itself has won over 65 awards, including Silver and Bronze National Quality honors from AHCA | NCAL, a Five-Star Quality Rating from Medicare.gov, and it's earned a Great Place to Work recognition for the coming year, so there's some public evidence the care is well regarded, though no place is perfect and sometimes the fit depends on personal circumstances. The focus always stays on keeping people comfortable, helping them rehab or live as well as possible, and making sure people can return home or to a retirement community if that's the plan, and while awards and certifications give some assurance, the day-to-day experience really comes down to the staff's training and the programs in place, from restorative therapy to hospice, and the overall focus on quality and rehabilitation, which, based on recognition and services, should line up with what many people are looking for in skilled nursing or rehab care.
