Prestige Care Center of Fairfield, also known as Sunny Brook, sits at 400 Highland Street in Fairfield, Iowa, and offers a wide range of care services like medication help, assistance with bathing, dressing, and moving around, with 12-16 hour nursing care and a 24-hour call system there to keep residents safe and supported, even through the night, and you'll find both short-stay and long-term options along with skilled nursing for those who've been in the hospital or need special care after surgery or illness, and there's palliative and hospice care for those who need it. The center operates as part of a Continuing Care Retirement Community, which means residents can move between different kinds of care levels while staying in the same place, and has 73 certified beds.
It's run by physicians and linked with Sunny Brook Living Care Center, and has ownership from Yisroel Kaplan and Ephram Lahasky, with a for-profit limited liability company structure. The facility provides help through physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and has programs for movement recovery, pain management, and orthopedic needs like knee and shoulder therapy, and there's a focus on patient well-being and a wide range of medical services to meet lots of different care needs. The staff works to keep things lively with an arts room, game room, activity rooms, a library, wellness and fitness rooms, and there are outdoor spaces like walking paths, gardens, and outdoor common areas plus movies, music programs, and daily activities that get residents together, and some are even run by the residents.
There are amenities in the rooms too, with private and semi-private spaces, private bathrooms, kitchenettes, Wi-Fi, high-speed internet, cable TV, phone lines, and air conditioning, and the staff tries to make things easier by offering housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, move-in coordination, and help for families. Residents enjoy meals made by a professional chef, restaurant-style dining, a regular dining room, and in-room dining too, with special diets for allergies or diabetes. There's parking, transportation services, and an alarm and emergency alert system for extra safety.
The center has had some problems, with 60 total deficiencies in inspections, including issues with safety and cleanliness, some failures in pharmacy services, and infection control deficiencies, and it had a nurse turnover rate of 61.4%, which is higher than the state average. The average number of nurse hours per resident per day is 3.38, a little lower than others in the state. Prestige Care Center accepts both Medicare and Medicaid, and is set up to try to give comfort, dignity, and support, but it's important to keep in mind its cited deficiencies and reported challenges.
