Brookwood Gardens Rehabilitation And Nursing Cente is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-03-10. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (305) 246-1200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Brookwood Gardens Rehabilitation And Nursing Cente holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 73.6/100, placing it #6620 of 14703 facilities nationally and #424 of 694 in Florida. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Brookwood Gardens Rehabilitation And Nursing Cente receives a reported average of 3 hours 55 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 26 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 35 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 48.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $27,749. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $27,749, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 78.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Brookwood Gardens Rehabilitation And Nursing Cente ranks 6620th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 424th out of 694 nursing homes. In Homestead, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,345 nationally and RN hours rank #926 nationally (#49 in FL). Our composite quality score of 73.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Homestead, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/homestead/