The Wheatlands Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
The Wheatlands Health Care Center is a 54-bed nonprofit nursing home in Kingman, Kansas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.45 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 28% above the Kansas average of 2.70, and 36.5% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
The Wheatlands Health Care Center
750 W Washington StKingman, KS 67068
Kingman 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 The Wheatlands Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 3.45 hours per resident per day, 28% above the Kansas average. With about 46 residents a day, that works out to roughly 158 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.45 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.42 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.63 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.51 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.10 | 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
36.5% of nursing staff at The Wheatlands Health Care 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 0.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 4, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. The Wheatlands Health Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About The Wheatlands Health Care Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Kingman County Retirement Home Association
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 1, 2011
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near The Wheatlands Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Prairie Sunset Home Inc Pretty Prairie | 10.8 | 43 | 3.68 | 5.09 | 20.8% | 5 | None |
| Hilltop Manor Nursing Center Cunningham | 16.8 | 45 | 3.01 | 4.33 | 68.9% | 3 | $23,520 |
| Cheney Golden Age Home Cheney | 18.8 | 40 | 3.15 | 4.18 | 38.3% | 3 | None |
| Mennonite Friendship Communities Inc South Hutchinson | 27.6 | 100 | 2.80 | 3.98 | 36.4% | 5 | $14,498 |
| Attica Long Term Care Facility Attica · abuse citation | 28.9 | 48 | 3.05 | 3.95 | 36.2% | 3 | None |
| Medicalodges Goddard Goddard | 29.6 | 60 | 2.29 | 3.77 | 46.8% | 3 | None |
| Hutchinson Operator, LLC Hutchinson | 31.7 | 45 | 2.67 | 4.04 | 72.2% | 1 | $15,918 |
| Diversicare of Hutchinson Hutchinson | 31.8 | 73 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 38.5% | 4 | $8,376 |
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.