Brooklyn Community Estates: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brooklyn Community Estates is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Brooklyn, Iowa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.58 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Iowa average of 2.51, and 25.7% nursing staff turnover (Iowa average 44.0%).
Brooklyn Community Estates
406 North StreetBrooklyn, IA 52211
Poweshiek County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Brooklyn Community Estates, nurse aides logged 2.58 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Iowa average. With about 43 residents a day, that works out to roughly 111 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Iowa avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.58 | 2.51 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.41 | 0.56 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.74 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.48 | 3.82 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.09 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
25.7% of nursing staff at Brooklyn Community Estates left over the year CMS measured, against a Iowa average of 44.0% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 28, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Iowa average 6.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Brooklyn Community Estates holds 5 of 5 overall; the Iowa average is 3.1.
About Brooklyn Community Estates
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Brooklyn Community Estate Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 1, 2009
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Brooklyn Community Estates
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Montezuma Specialty Care Montezuma | 11.8 | 41 | 2.21 | 3.30 | 51.6% | 3 | None |
| St Francis Manor Grinnell | 13.6 | 78 | 3.25 | 4.85 | 27.6% | 5 | None |
| Belle Plaine Specialty Care Belle Plaine | 14.3 | 46 | 2.07 | 3.02 | 54.8% | 4 | None |
| Mayflower Home Grinnell | 14.5 | 40 | 3.23 | 4.65 | 40.5% | 5 | None |
| Sunny Hill Care Center Tama | 17.9 | 57 | 2.11 | 3.00 | — | 1 | $24,756 |
| Accura Healthcare of Toledo Toledo | 18.7 | 55 | 2.31 | 2.89 | 56.5% | 3 | None |
| Rose Haven Nursing Home Marengo | 20.8 | 58 | 2.48 | 3.29 | 52.1% | 3 | $10,062 |
| Keystone Nursing Care Center INC Keystone | 22.1 | 55 | 2.76 | 3.75 | 38.6% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.