Rutland Nursing Home

    585 Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing
    2.4ยท83 reviews

    Compassionate professional rehab and nursing

    I've had a very good experience here - the PT/OT team and therapy helped my loved one regain strength, and nurses/CNAs were caring and responsive. The unit is clean, welcoming, and feels home-like with great recreation, religious services, restaurant-style meals, and compassionate staff. My family is grateful for the professional, attentive care and would recommend this facility.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.43ยท(83)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      1.8
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      1.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong rehabilitation and PT/OT program
    • Skilled and effective therapy staff
    • Compassionate and dedicated CNAs and nurses
    • Responsive and collaborative dietitian services
    • Effective hospice and palliative care services
    • Engaging recreational and spiritual programming
    • Clean, organized units reported by some families
    • Proximity to hospital and clinical resources
    • Long-tenured and experienced staff presence
    • Specialized pediatric and tracheostomy-capable services

    Cons

    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in some areas
    • Chronic understaffing and inconsistent staff coverage
    • Delays in staff responsiveness and unreliable call-button systems
    • Inconsistent personal-care and incontinence management
    • Gaps in medication management and clinical coordination
    • Facility maintenance and infrastructure deficiencies (HVAC, hot water, elevators, building repair)
    • Weak family communication and administrative responsiveness
    • Limited and inconsistent dining quality and menu variety
    • Weak property-security and asset-control processes (allegations of theft)
    • Inadequate emergency-response and transfer-safety protocols

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a divided picture of care at this facility. Many families and former patients praise the rehabilitation services, therapy staff, and hospice program; others describe persistent operational and environmental issues that affect resident comfort and safety. The facility appears capable of delivering strong clinical rehabilitation and end-of-life care in many cases, while day-to-day operations (staffing, maintenance, and communication) show recurring weaknesses that merit scrutiny by prospective residents and families.

    Care and clinical coordination: Physical therapy and occupational therapy consistently receive positive comments for effectiveness and rehabilitation outcomes. Several reviewers noted timely, skilled therapists and aides who supported recovery and mobility. At the same time, there are recurring concerns about clinical coordination: medication-management gaps, inconsistent documentation, and occasional delays or failures in escalation of acute events. These patterns suggest variability in quality of clinical oversight and handoffs between departments. Families advising an admission often recommended establishing an advocate to help coordinate care and monitor clinical changes.

    Staff and responsiveness: Many individual staff members โ€” CNAs, nurses, therapists, and some social workers โ€” are described as caring, professional, and helpful. However, reviewers also describe chronic understaffing, inconsistent coverage, and long delays responding to call bells or resident needs. These operational gaps are associated with delayed assistance for toileting and bathing, missed turns/positioning, and slower response during urgent situations. Communication tone and responsiveness from administrative staff and social workers are also mixed, with multiple accounts of unsatisfactory follow-up on family concerns.

    Dining and activities: Comments on dining are mixed. Some families praised restaurant-style meals and collaborative dietitian involvement, including responsiveness to dietary questions and action on requests. Other reviewers described inconsistent meal quality, limited menu variety, and specific preferences (e.g., more fruit at breakfast). Recreational and spiritual programming receives favorable remarks in many accounts โ€” organized activities, religious services, and social opportunities were noted as meaningful โ€” but activity availability and engagement levels appear variable by unit and time period.

    Facilities and environment: A prominent theme is concern about building maintenance and sanitation. Reviewers cite pest-control concerns, mold and moisture issues, HVAC and hot-water/heat problems, and general maintenance deficits (e.g., broken tiles, elevator problems, worn rooms). While some units are described as clean and orderly, others are said to have cleanliness lapses and odor concerns. These inconsistencies point to uneven environmental standards across the campus.

    Safety, security, and administration: Multiple reviews raise safety-related issues such as falls, equipment positioning, unsecured beds/wheelchairs, and perceived weaknesses in emergency-response processes (including transfer and stroke/seizure response). There are serious allegations regarding missing personal items and asset security; these have been framed by several families as failures in property-control procedures. Administrative responsiveness is a recurring concern โ€” families report delayed investigations, unmet promises, and uneven communication with leadership. A small number of reviewers referenced regulatory complaints; prospective families may wish to review public inspection records and ask management about corrective actions taken.

    Notable patterns and guidance for families: The facility often provides high-quality rehabilitation and compassionate individual caregiving, but these strengths coexist with operational variability that can impact daily comfort and safety. Before placement, families should consider an in-person inspection during mealtimes and activities, ask for current staffing ratios, review medication and emergency protocols, ask about pest-control and maintenance logs, request documentation of asset-control procedures, and clarify how the facility communicates clinical changes to families. For short-term rehab or hospice needs the facility may be a strong option; for long-term placements, close monitoring and advocacy appear important to ensure consistent standards are maintained.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
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    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Rutland Nursing Home is located at 585 Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203.

    About Rutland Nursing Home

    OBH Rutland Nursing Home sits in Brooklyn, NY and has served a mix of people from different backgrounds for over 50 years, and you'll find that it's operated by the One Brooklyn Health System, working closely with Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing Rehabilitation, and Interfaith Medical Center. The care team has experienced nurses, social workers, therapists, and dietitians who give specialized help and round-the-clock care for anyone who might need nursing, rehabilitation, or even long-term support, plus they've got physicians who understand the complex needs for children and adults, including a dedicated 32-bed pediatric long-term care unit meant for children with severe developmental and metabolic problems, which is a rare find you don't see everywhere. You'll see therapists offering physical, occupational, recreational, and speech therapies using modern equipment, while licensed nurses give skilled nursing care, and you can tell they take care of a wide range of health needs, whether it's primary care, cardiac care, endocrinology, rehabilitation, memory care for Alzheimer's and dementia, or specialty medical fields like pediatrics, neurology, nephrology, infectious disease, and all types of surgeries such as cardiothoracic, face, head, and neck, just to name a handful, so if someone needs help with everyday needs, there's long-term care and even dietitians who plan meals for each person. Residents, including those in the nursing facility or in the special pediatric area, have daily social services-activities and programs-helping each person stay as active as possible, and memory care services serve people with Alzheimer's and dementia, plus you'll spot licensed nurses and pediatricians on-site every hour of every day, which is something families do value. With Genevieve Sorensen, RN, LNHA, watching over the long-term care as vice president, and Neil Pollack as administrator, the place seems organized and focused on health, but also on giving a welcoming space for both patients and visitors, taking into account not only medical conditions but overall comfort, and from what anyone can tell, they've really built a setting where both inpatient care and rehabilitation are priorities, making sure the therapy, the meals, and the activities suit each resident's medical and personal needs.

    People often ask...

    Rutland Nursing Home offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 585 Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

    No, Rutland Nursing Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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