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Brookestone Acres is a skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Nebraska, focused on short-term rehabilitation, respite care, and hospice services with an emphasis on helping residents return home. It holds a 4.0 Google rating from 35 reviews, though no detailed reviewer feedback was provided.
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Brookestone Acres is a senior living community in Columbus, Nebraska offering Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care. Amenities include Gathering / Activity Spaces, Housekeeping and Laundry Service. Families rate it 4.0 out of 5 across 36 reviews.
Brookestone Acres is a skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Nebraska, providing short-term rehabilitation, respite care, and hospice services for seniors. The community is designed to serve patients requiring skilled nursing or rehabilitation, with a focus on helping residents regain daily life skills and return home or to retirement communities.
The facility employs team members trained to meet specialized individual needs and maintains a strong commitment to discharge planning to ensure patient success after leaving Brookestone Acres. The community is certified with both Medicaid and Medicare, accepting a range of payment sources and care circumstances.
Brookestone Acres has integrated state-of-the-art technology throughout the facility, including mobile resident charting that allows clinicians to capture patient data at the bedside in real time. This technology improves accuracy, decreases errors, and streamlines the care process, while enabling physicians to access patient information from any location. The system reduces administrative paperwork and allows staff to spend more time with patients and families.
The facility has received National Quality Awards recognizing excellence in care, earning Silver and Bronze recognition throughout the years. The community emphasizes rehabilitation, improvement of health outcomes, and motivation for patients to excel in therapy and recover independence in their daily activities.
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Help Me Choose4overall · 36 ratings combined
4★ on Google (36)
Jasmin
Apr 2026
I had made a complaint about my grandmother wanting to die, she went in for a broken bone. She was never in a life threatening condition, until she spent 3 weeks here. She declined, thy wouldn’t feed her, and she died within 3 weeks of their care and the Columbus hospital
Val Rathje
Oct 2025
When it comes to having to spend your remaining time on earth in a facility, Brookestone would be the place to consider. The atmosphere is pleasant and the staff is nothing but kind and caring.
Anne Hughes
Sep 2025
I appreciated every single staff member at Brookestone during my mom’s stay there. Kind, compassionate staff made for a comfortable stay for her.
Bernie Hergott
Aug 2025
Brookstone is an exceptional facility after hospitalization before my mother was able to come home. Excellent therapy. Facility warm and welcoming and so aesthetically pleasing with caring staff who were very customer service oriented. Highly recommend! It is so important to have a facility like this to care for our loved ones. One we are confident with gives such peace of mind for family. Thank you.
Tonya Davis
May 2025
Very clean welcoming facility. After a few hiccups with communication with nursing in the beginning of my mom's rehab stay, everything improved after speaking with the DON and Administration. After speaking with them our concerns and issues were addressed right away and there was major improvements made. I would recommend Brookestone to anyone in need. Their activities for the residents also are very inclusive and engaging.
3 inspection visits in the last three years, 34 citations on file. Inspections are conducted by state agencies on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Meet requirements for the use and maintenance of medical gas equipment.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Severity C of L: potential for minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 25, 2025
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Oct 31, 2024
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 17, 2024
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Oct 1, 2024
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedFound during a complaint inspectionCorrected Oct 1, 2024
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Severity F of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespreadCorrected Sep 7, 2023
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 7, 2023
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Severity E of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, patternCorrected Sep 7, 2023
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Severity D of L: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolatedCorrected Sep 6, 2023
Source: CMS Care Compare, public federal data covering certified nursing facilities, refreshed monthly. Citations range from A (least serious) to L (most serious) on the federal scope and severity scale. Most citations are corrected quickly; review the details and ask the community about anything that concerns you.
Brookestone Acres offers Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care.
Brookestone Acres is located at 4715 38th Street in Columbus, Nebraska.
Brookestone Acres is a skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Nebraska, focused on short-term rehabilitation, respite care, and hospice services with an emphasis on helping residents return home. It holds a 4.0 Google rating from 35 reviews, though no detailed reviewer feedback was provided.
Brookestone Acres had 3 government inspection visits in the last three years, with 34 citations on file according to CMS Care Compare data. The full history, including what each citation was for and whether it was corrected, is in the inspection section on this page.
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