Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center is a 240-bed for-profit nursing home in Brooklyn, New York, part of Infinite Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.93 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the New York average of 2.15, and 21.6% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center
48 Cedar StreetBrooklyn, NY 11221
Kings 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 Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 1.93 hours per resident per day, 10% below the New York average. With about 232 residents a day, that works out to roughly 448 aide hours a day, or about 56 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 | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.93 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.43 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.21 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.85 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
21.6% of nursing staff at Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 31.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 28, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). 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. Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Infinite Care, 8 homes
- Legal name: Buena Vida SNF LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 9, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Buena Vida Rehab And Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Concord Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn | 1.3 | 140 | 2.14 | 3.29 | 38.2% | 2 | None |
| Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn | 1.3 | 240 | 2.07 | 3.30 | 28.2% | 3 | None |
| Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Brooklyn | 1.6 | 200 | 2.51 | 4.08 | 29.4% | 5 | None |
| Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential Brooklyn | 1.7 | 281 | 2.38 | 3.71 | 26.3% | 2 | $9,110 |
| Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitatio Brooklyn | 1.8 | 295 | 2.29 | 3.53 | 29.4% | 3 | None |
| Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Brooklyn | 2.1 | 225 | 2.18 | 3.31 | 30.1% | 3 | None |
| Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Brooklyn | 2.2 | 320 | 1.99 | 3.23 | 37.2% | 5 | None |
| Central Queens Rehab & Nursing Center Maspeth | 2.4 | 200 | 2.07 | 2.97 | 36.5% | 3 | 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.