Ditmas Park Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-11-23. 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 (718) 462-8100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ditmas Park Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 91.7/100, placing it #384 of 14703 facilities nationally and #15 of 596 in New York. 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 Ditmas Park Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 14 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 23.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 15 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $39,100. 3 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 11.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ditmas Park Care Center ranks 384th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 91.7/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 15th out of 596 nursing homes. In Brooklyn, it ranks 2nd out of 40 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,720 nationally and RN hours rank #995 nationally (#33 in NY). Our composite quality score of 91.7/100 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 Brooklyn, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/brooklyn/