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Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center
600 Brookestone Meadows Plaza, Elkhorn, NE 68022 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Vetter Senior Living (22 facilities) · 140 certified beds
Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Elkhorn, Nebraska. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.94 hours per resident per day, above the Nebraska average of 4.17. Its most recent inspection on Apr 1, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Nebraska and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Nebraska avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.94 | 4.17 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.88 | 0.71 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.22 | 2.76 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.2% | 49.3% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 6.7 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the April 1, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 25, 2025
What inspectors found at Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 600 Brookestone Meadows Plaza
Elkhorn, NE 68022 - CMS certification #
- 285276
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 140
- Avg residents/day
- 127.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2007-11-20
- Chain
- Vetter Senior Living (22 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Vetter Senior Living
Vetter Senior Living operates 22 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Vetter Senior Living facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: cottage or villa.
Our individual, standalone spacious villas offer floor plans ranging from 1,700 to 2,200 square feet, featuring attached 2-car garages with private driveways, personal backyards, and full basements for maximum storage and storm safety.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency BROOKESTONE HOME HEALTH CARE (Medicare CCN 287154) lists this same street address. Ownership type: NON-PROFIT. Medicare certified since 08/10/2018. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Chi Health Lakeside, Omaha. 3.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Life Care Center of Elkhorn, Elkhorn. 2.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Brookestone Home Health Care, Elkhorn. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- U-Save Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 68022 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Kidney Care Omaha West, Omaha, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Omaha Harrison Dialysis, Omaha, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Omaha West Dialysis, Omaha, 6.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 68022.
Peaceful Hearts Hospice, LLC, office in Elkhorn, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Oncare Hospice, LLC, office in Omaha, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Tabitha Hospice-A Collaboration With Immanuel, office in Omaha, 7.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Unmc Physicians, Omaha. 2.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: inland flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center staffed?
Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center reports 4.94 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Nebraska average of 4.17.
Has Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center have?
Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center is certified for 140 beds.