Schulman & Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation

Schulman & Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation, located at 555 Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn, NY, is a non-profit nursing facility with 448 beds, which means they can care for quite a few people at once, and this place, being a division of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, has ties with One Brooklyn Health System, Brooklyn Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center, and Rutland Nursing Home; it offers skilled nursing care, lots of different types of rehabilitation, and a bunch of medical specialties, so someone going there might get help for all sorts of needs-from recovering after surgery to getting special care for HIV/AIDS, or even help for breathing problems, since it's one of the first places in Brooklyn to have a ventilator dependent unit, which started in 1994, and they got a pulmonary care team with round-the-clock respiratory therapists and a 73% ventilator weaning success rate this year; you'll also find a wide set of subspecialty services, things like cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, surgery of many sorts (general, thoracic, orthopedic, and so on), along with diagnostic imaging such as mammography, so the care there covers a lot, even some pediatric services for kids with things like heart or stomach problems and a certified HIV unit, which is rare for long-term care in Brooklyn; the care plan at Schulman & Schachne is pretty thorough because they look at each person's different needs, working with a staff that includes an administrator (Shennoy Wellington-Roberts, MS, LNHA), a Director of Nursing, registered nurses, and dietitian-eligible staff, and everyone's required to keep up with specialized training, especially on HIV care every six months, and the place itself is set up with modern features so folks are as comfortable as possible; people who stay there get all kinds of therapies and treatments, including help for things like Alzheimer's dementia, pulmonary troubles, and head or facial issues, plus they have a strong focus on helping people heal, restore function, and get back to living as independently as they can, which really shows in the recognitions they've received, like being a CMS 5-Star facility for five years, earning the Baldrige National Quality Awards at the bronze and silver levels, and getting rated Top National Nursing Home twice by US News and World Report, and CMS surveys haven't found any deficiencies there for two years in a row, which says a lot about their standards, since they do all this while trying to give every resident the attention and support that fits their needs through every step of care.