Willowbrooke Court At Indian River Estates is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-11-25. 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 (772) 562-8700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Willowbrooke Court At Indian River Estates 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 (5★), 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 82.5/100, placing it #2606 of 14703 facilities nationally and #187 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 Willowbrooke Court At Indian River Estates receives a reported average of 4 hours 46 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 8 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 57 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. 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 $18,330. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $18,330, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Willowbrooke Court At Indian River Estates ranks 2606th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 187th out of 694 nursing homes. In Vero Beach, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,661 nationally and RN hours rank #1,347 nationally (#77 in FL). Our composite quality score of 82.5/100 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 Vero Beach, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/vero-beach/