Heritage Grove Estates: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Heritage Grove Estates is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Topeka, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.59 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 53.5% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Heritage Grove Estates
1610 SW 37th StreetTopeka, KS 66611
Shawnee County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Heritage Grove Estates, nurse aides logged 2.59 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Kansas average. With about 60 residents a day, that works out to roughly 154 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.59 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.85 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.03 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.56 | 3.60 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
53.5% of nursing staff at Heritage Grove Estates left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 40.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 7, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $9,113 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2025 | Fine | $9,113 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Heritage Grove Estates holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Heritage Grove Estates
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: McCrite Retirement Association
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 1, 1988
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Heritage Grove Estates
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brewster Health Center Topeka | 1.1 | 97 | 4.09 | 5.70 | 53.1% | 5 | None |
| Tanglewood Nursing & Rehabilitation Topeka · SFF candidate | 2.6 | 54 | 1.98 | 2.78 | 71.2% | 1 | $227,440 |
| Providence Living Center Topeka · SFF candidate | 3.7 | 78 | 1.57 | 2.46 | 71.0% | 1 | $22,925 |
| Lexington Park Nursing & Post Acute Center Topeka | 3.7 | 90 | 2.99 | 4.52 | 39.5% | 5 | None |
| Legacy on 10th Avenue Topeka | 3.9 | 60 | 1.90 | 3.01 | 65.4% | 1 | None |
| Plaza West Healthcare and Rehab Topeka | 4.3 | 151 | 2.66 | 3.70 | 58.7% | 1 | $93,073 |
| Brighton Place West Topeka | 4.4 | 50 | 1.65 | 2.41 | 59.5% | 2 | $10,933 |
| Countryside Health Center Topeka | 4.4 | 97 | 1.19 | 1.86 | 38.6% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.