Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing care

They put on a nice show when the family is around then the night shift comes and you could only see their real standards.

The building is new, modern and clean. This is where my positive feedback ends. We brought my father who was walking and talking and completely self sufficient for a simple IV therapy. The next morning I called to enquire about his condition and was told by the nurse that he was doing just fine. In the afternoon the doctor called aus telling that he wanted to transfer my dad to the ER as soon as possible because he has suffered a massive stroke. I asked what happened. The doctor said that he saw my dad in the morning and thought that he was admitted with the stroke… This is the caliber of the care and the medical staff there. Dr. Valentin has seen the patient for the first time and did not check the admission note. Hours later did he realize that this was a new diagnosis. While precious time was so negligently lost. So, the nurses did not check and Dr. Valentin was negligent and careless in his assessment. The head nurse had nothing coherent to say about the incident either. No one knew anything and frankly no one cared. I also found out, that the nurse had missed giving my dad a dose of blood thinner. The explanation was that they did not have it. This missed dose could also have been a contributing factor.
This place is a beautiful cemetery and not a place for recovery nor rehab. Shame on all of those who were absentmindedly involved in the care of my dad!
I hope that the Joint Commision on Accedditation gets to read my review and shuts it down so that there won’t be anymore victims!

This establishment is ridiculous. The doctor on staff doesn’t know anything about being a professional doctor. My grandmother fell from her bed and broke her spine it took them FOUR days to give her an xray. To make matters worse that «doctor» tells my grandfather that had he known how my grandmother would have reacted to falling that she should have fell earlier! What kind of person would tell someone that? Also, my grandmother has just been hospitalized for severe dehydration and drug overdose. For months my mother asked that doctor to check her blood to see if she was dehydrated. Beware of this place, because not only is the staff doctor incompetent but the nurses are too. They treat patients so poorly that my heart breaks; grandmothers and grandfathers literally crying because they need to use the bathroom or they need to shower and those nurses just treat it as whatever. Never did I think that this place would be a nightmare. I hope that you who reads this do not put your loved ones in this home. They deserve better!

Incompetent nurses. I had to guide them and tell them what to do.
Nurses were Literally laughing while I was filling out the paper work.
Death trap. Avoid at all costs.

The best Nursing home in Brooklyn. I recomend this place for your love ones. Its clean and the aids are very nice with the patients.

My father was a rehabilitation short term patient at the center for few months and I could not be more grateful for the care and attentiveness he received. My father was treated with at most respect, the treatments themselves were very effective and overall beautiful and clean environment. Nurses and administration staff always available and very friendly. I, 100% reccomend it to anyone who wants to feel like their loved ones are receiving the best care. Thank you so much!!!

I’ve had family stay here for short stay rehabilitation & for Long stay! This facility is simply one of a kind. It is beautiful inside out. From the employees at the admissions office all the way through the help throughout the facility. As well as gorgeous state of the art facility and amazing ocean side location with the ocean waves hitting along side of the walk way into the front doors. This nursing home has an easy accessible spacious parking lot just steps from the facility.
The nursing homes placements is as good as it gets as well. It is located in a Gorgeous and safe community of Manhattan Beach, secluded from the «city life» but yet just minutes away from all the major highways, public transportation and stores.
If you are put in an unfortunate situation where you need to place a loved one in a nursing home. This is the place to be.

Menorah Nursing home has been great experience for my mom mom is 92 years old and she needed short term care. The staff was very helpful and the nurses have been so great. Our family couldn’t ask for a better place for mom she is very happy with the choice that we made I highly recommend Menorah.

My review posting here is to inform everyone that may have a loved one that attends or thinking of sending a family member to Menorah Rehab & Nursing home, please, please do not send them there. Do your research and dont trust people when they say its good bc the location is convenient. Most of the ppl I have encountered there are downright nasty and rude animals who hate their job. If you have a loved one, you would want them spoken to with respect and compassion. I personally heard the way they speak and they are incompetent in taking care of the elderly. Their lack of knowledge in medical care have caused my loved one to make an extreme decline in his health and in 48 hrs became a completely different person. This is a dirty facility, understaffed, unprofessional and more. :’(Please do your research. I am begging you.

This place is AWESOME, my sister had knee replacement surgery at SUNY Downstate and it was a horrible experience, they don’t treat you like a human being. At Menorah, they treated her not only did they treat her like she was human, they treated her with dignity and respect, she was herself once she was there. I would highly recommend this place.

I can only speak as a RN from. a receiving geropsychiatric unit. Menorah is committed not only to physical needs but psychiatric needs which are crucial for the demented. Patients always arrive in pristine physical condition which speaks volumes about a facility especially when you are dealing with agitated dementias. i would highly recommend this facility.

We miss the leadership of Mike Monehan — a true man and Director exemplifying the utmost level of integrity, care and compassion for all of Menorah’s patient’s and families. Unfortunately, our personal experiences with Menorah’s current Director Gary K. have been horrid. If you are a client of Non-​Jewish heritage, be certain that stereotypes will be used when handling any issues you share with the administration. Integrity is non-​existent — for example, when you share a concern, a professional courtesy includes investigating and returning phone calls during a set time frame. This does not happen until attorney’s are called in to secure adequate responses to critical issues. They frequently lose patient’s valuables and never intend to replace them unless you appear to be wealthy and not on medicaid — these are the client’s they are most concerned about. Bureaucracy should not come into play when our main concerning is receiving the services we pay for — excellent care of our loved ones.

The hardest decision you will ever make-​to put a parent in a home. I am writing this because my family went through this traumatic experience and maybe this will help others, but if you are reading this it’s probable the decision is already made. My mom is wheelchair bound, and that means she needs services I/​we could not provide even though we desperately wanted to. But some things one might not think of are of importance also-​entertainment, company, oversight, cleaning, feeding, bedtime services, etc. The Menorah staff is patient, calm, fairly attentive. The building is immaculate, in a gorgeous, beach-​like setting: the beach is down the block, pizzaria & Chinese across the street, Sheepshead Bay two blocks away, KCC next door (free concerts). The daily-​yes, I said daily, entertainment (bingo, balloon tennis, lots of music) is chiefly Russian; the guest entertainment (not Russian) is excellent; they also provide High Holy Day services and have a full time rabbi, although it really is non sectarian;and they have trips. Lots of windows and light throughout, the lobby is much like a living room, there is an outdoor area, pt, a hairdresser, eye doctor, etc. The art department is EXCELLENT (clay, drawing, etc). Hey, there is even a mock casino/​library. It’s inconvenent to get to if you don’t have a car, but the kids next door at KCC bus it every day. But still, the population is elderly, some very sick, many less so. A nursing home is a difficult place to be, even if this is the best of homes. My mother feels the staff doesn’t listen to her complaints, not entirely true, but she has lost her privacy and autonomy, and that is true. I just wanted to put out that Menorah makes a hard decision less so. I personally toured about half a dozen Brooklyn homes, and read up on about twenty in the city. Good luck, all.