Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Merriam, Kansas, part of Recover-Care Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.90 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 30% below the Kansas average of 2.70, and 50.0% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
9700 W 62nd StMerriam, KS 66203
Johnson 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 Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 1.90 hours per resident per day, 30% below the Kansas average. With about 85 residents a day, that works out to roughly 162 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.90 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.39 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.01 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.77 | 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
50.0% of nursing staff at Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 28.6%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Oct 2, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 22 health deficiencies (Kansas average 9.5). CMS lists 10 fines totaling $74,562 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2024 | Fine | $14,043 |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Fine | $4,893 |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Fine | $14,679 |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Fine | $4,587 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Fine | $4,545 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Fine | $13,635 |
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. Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Recover-Care Healthcare, 27 homes
- Legal name: Recover-Care Merriam Gardens LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1981
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sharon Lane Health and Rehabilitation Shawnee | 0.5 | 78 | 2.36 | 3.58 | 32.6% | 5 | None |
| Brookdale Rosehill Shawnee | 1.9 | 92 | 1.81 | 3.94 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| Shawnee Post Acute Rehabilitation Center Overland Park | 2.0 | 101 | 2.67 | 4.11 | — | 2 | $28,558 |
| Garden Terrace at Overland Park Overland Park · abuse citation | 2.3 | 163 | 2.83 | 4.05 | 41.7% | 1 | $91,560 |
| Shawnee Gardens Healthcare & Rehab Center Shawnee · abuse citation | 2.3 | 130 | 2.34 | 3.68 | 74.2% | 1 | $80,905 |
| Aspen Health and Wellness Overland Park | 2.7 | 102 | 2.38 | 3.66 | 55.6% | 1 | $92,612 |
| Westchester Village of Lenexa Lenexa | 3.7 | 34 | 3.35 | 5.11 | 57.8% | 4 | None |
| The Village at Mission Prairie Village | 3.9 | 60 | 2.45 | 4.00 | 51.2% | 2 | $14,901 |
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.