Brodie Ranch Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

BE CAREFUL
My mom who had a stroke at work in early November came to Brodie ranch after a week stay at the hospital for short term rehabilitation therapy. The reason I give this place 3 stars at least is for the therapy teams. It would not be fair to give this place a bad rap for the work that the CNAS And all the therapy people do. They are truly great individuals who want to ensure you’re making progress and they did everything they could for my mom during her time there. She honestly loved them as if they were family.
The night nurses we have had the most trouble with here, if you plan to send your loved one to Brodie ranch you must be VERY explicit about what you want in terms of care. There were many times where my mothers pain medication was simply not given on time and this caused her to have terrible pain episodes, we were often met with a lot of excuses and and fumbles when it came to getting her the right dose at the right time. While I understand my mother was one out of 18 other people in that hall and often the youngest one, her care was just as important. I was really upset that out of the 3 weeks she was there we had 3 separate instances with some night nurses who did not simply read her cart or wanted to be defiant and not administer her meds at the right time and in the right way. One time I was even called in the middle of the night by my mother who was about to be forced medication after a nurse screwed up the dosage for the night and wanted to give her pain meds 2 hours early. Honestly it’s a shame to have to see your own loved one being treated with such disrespect.
Bottom line: this place is how you view it, morning staff is stellar and quite amazing, they are some of the best of the best. But Brodie ranch needs to get their night people’s act together. They need to read charts and they need to look after their patients rather then just medicating them to make it through the night so that they don’t have to deal with them. I want this place to be a five star care facility so badly but sadly my moms care here was made harder by those who cared for her at night.

My 87 yr. old dad was at Brodie Ranch for Respitory rehab & care for about 6 weeks and he could not have received better care! The entire Respitory team, led by Jodi was extremely attentive, knowledgeable and personable. The nursing team — especially Pleasure, Bessie, Mario, Ivy & Ashley were the very best!!! The therapy group (Cindy, Rebecca & Jessica) worked wonders with all of his physical needs. He was able to get off the ventilator (removed the teach), eat real food and walk out on his own because of their professional care!!! He is at home & doing great! We loved the experience and we highly recommend Brodie Ranch should your loved one need specialized Respitory treatment. Way to go, team!!!

DO NOT SEND YOUR LOVED ONES TO BRODIE RANCH!!! If I could give zero stars I would. The day to day staff that cares for the patients is good, but the administration is awful. My husband was to be there for a short time to get some physical therapy. The therapy was not addressing his needs and only when I told them he would come home and continue with outpatient therapy did they start jumping through hoops. They also told me that taking him was considered against medical advice and that my insurance may not pay for any at home therapy. Naturally I was concerned about this statement and called my insurance company. They stated this was totally false.
We were also told during discharge that Brodie Ranch would fax the dr’s order for the physical therapy to the healthcare provider. After 4 days of waiting for a call, I contacted the healthcare provider. They had no record of my husband and when I told her which insurance I had she said they were out of network and that’s probably why nothing was done. Brodie Ranch never followed up with me to tell me that provider was out of network — just let the ball drop!