History
The Samuel and Betha Schulman NH was founded in 1973 and the Schachne Institute was founded in 1994. Both Nursing Homes merged in 2000, thus creating the 5 Star rated, Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation. An organization of quality care in East Brooklyn.
Specialties
We are a 448 bed skilled nursing specialty facility. Our beds consist of 120 HIV, 28 ventilator dependent, 40 pulmonary care, 88 sub acute rehab, 44 Alzheimer's dementia and 128 clinically complex long term care. Our HIV unit is the only dedicated certifed HIV unit for long term care in Brooklyn. Our HIV physician staff is ID trained and all our staff is required to participate in specific HIV training every 6 months. Our vent unit was one of the first in Brooklyn, opening in 1994. Our pulmonary care unit was developed to accommodate the residents we had successfully weaned from ventilators. Our success rate for weaning YTD for this year is 73%. Our round the clock respiratory therapists and physician staff ensure quality care on every level throughout our facility. Our ability to care for clinically complex residents includes blood transfusions, IV therapies, wound care and more.