Life Care Center of Wichita: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Life Care Center of Wichita is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Wichita, Kansas, part of Life Care Centers of America. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.16 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 20% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 37.8% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Life Care Center of Wichita
622 N Edgemoor StreetWichita, KS 67208
Sedgwick 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 Life Care Center of Wichita, nurse aides logged 2.16 hours per resident per day, 20% below the Kansas average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 249 aide hours a day, or about 31 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.16 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.94 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.60 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.35 | 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
37.8% of nursing staff at Life Care Center of Wichita left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Life Care Center of Wichita holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Life Care Center of Wichita
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Life Care Centers of America, 194 homes
- Legal name: Wichita Medical Investors, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 20, 1996
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Life Care Center of Wichita
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lincoln Care and Rehab Wichita | 1.9 | 45 | 2.77 | 3.77 | — | 1 | $40,104 |
| Horizon Post Acute Wichita | 2.0 | 75 | 2.83 | 3.84 | — | 1 | $43,188 |
| Mount St Mary Wichita | 2.0 | 24 | 3.41 | 5.08 | 31.0% | 5 | None |
| Great Plains Post Acute Wichita | 2.1 | 118 | 2.20 | 3.63 | 78.9% | 1 | $46,331 |
| Orchard Gardens Wichita | 2.2 | 80 | 1.68 | 2.63 | 66.1% | 1 | $20,677 |
| Larksfield Place Wichita | 2.9 | 80 | 2.76 | 4.55 | 33.9% | 5 | None |
| Center at Waterfront LLC Wichita | 3.0 | 80 | 2.79 | 5.02 | 61.6% | 3 | $8,281 |
| Regent Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Wichita | 3.1 | 84 | 2.76 | 4.70 | 48.9% | 5 | 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.