Schulman & Schachne Institute

    555 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11212
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Kind compassionate prompt hospice care

    I'm grateful for the kind, compassionate and prompt staff who gave attentive, comfortable hospice care after my loved one's stroke and seizure. My mom, Ms. Berum, prefers to be home, but she was well taken care of, the food was fine, and the support meant a lot - I still miss him.

    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

    4.00·(4)

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate hospice and palliative care
    • Kind, attentive frontline staff
    • Prompt responsiveness to requests
    • Comfortable, supportive resident care
    • Adequate meal quality
    • Individual staff members noted for strong family support

    Cons

    • Pest-control concerns in resident rooms
    • Maintenance and room-repair gaps
    • Inconsistent personal grooming and hygiene care
    • Limited family-staff communication about care plans
    • Variable clinical-care consistency and quality

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews reflect a mix of positive and negative experiences. Several families highlighted compassionate, attentive caregiving—particularly around hospice and end-of-life support—while others raised operational concerns about room condition, sanitation, and communication. The pattern suggests pockets of strong individualized care amid facility-level maintenance and care-consistency issues.

    Care and staff: Many accounts praise frontline caregivers for kindness, promptness, and emotional support; hospice services and specific staff members were singled out for compassionate attention. At the same time, there are recurring themes of inconsistent clinical-care quality and variability in personal-care routines, especially grooming and basic hygiene assistance. Family-staff communication about care plans and changes was described as limited in some cases, which can complicate coordination and trust.

    Dining and activities: Meal quality was generally described as adequate or "fine." There is limited information about organized activities or engagement programming in the summaries provided; absence of commentary on activities suggests they were not a prominent feature in these reports.

    Facilities and environment: Multiple comments point to room-condition and maintenance shortfalls and to pest-control concerns in resident rooms and possibly some common areas. These issues, along with sanitation-related concerns, indicate a need for stronger environmental oversight and routine maintenance to align the physical environment with the level of care staff otherwise strive to provide.

    Management and notable patterns: The reviews show a contrast between individual staff efforts (prompt, compassionate care, strong family support) and facility-level operational gaps (maintenance, sanitation, grooming consistency, and family communication). Families who experienced hospice care tended to report positive support, while others emphasized frustrations that center on cleanliness, room upkeep, and unclear communication about care. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility's demonstrated strengths in person-centered and hospice care against the noted operational concerns, and consider asking management about specific remediation plans for maintenance, pest control, grooming schedules, and communication protocols before placement.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Schulman & Schachne Institute is located at 555 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY, 11212.

    About Schulman & Schachne Institute

    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.

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    No, Schulman & Schachne Institute 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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