Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 45-bed for-profit nursing home in Russell, Kansas, part of Americare Senior Living. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.73 nurse aide hours per resident per day, about the same as the Kansas average of 2.70, and 31.0% nursing staff turnover (Kansas average 48.1%).
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
320 S Lincoln StRussell, KS 67665
Russell 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 Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.73 hours per resident per day, about the same as the Kansas average. With about 41 residents a day, that works out to roughly 111 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Kansas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.73 | 2.70 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.75 | 4.07 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.23 | 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
31.0% of nursing staff at Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Kansas average of 48.1% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Kansas average is 3.1.
About Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Americare Senior Living, 23 homes
- Legal name: Wheatland Nursing LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 4, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu Russell · no staffing data submitted | 0.2 | 23 | — | — | — | 1 | None |
| Wilson Care and Rehab Wilson | 21.1 | 40 | 2.64 | 3.68 | 65.1% | 3 | None |
| Via Christi Village Hays KS LLC Hays | 23.5 | 96 | 2.68 | 4.11 | 91.8% | 1 | $57,983 |
| Good Samaritan - Hays Hays | 25.4 | 45 | 2.38 | 4.06 | 28.8% | 5 | None |
| Redbud Village Plainville · abuse citation | 33.3 | 34 | 2.39 | 3.73 | — | — | $24,779 |
| Locust Grove Village La Crosse · abuse citation | 34.0 | 38 | 2.99 | 4.27 | 52.5% | 2 | $12,779 |
| Good Samaritan - Ellsworth Ellsworth | 35.6 | 43 | 2.44 | 3.64 | 52.6% | 5 | None |
| Azria Health Great Bend Great Bend | 35.7 | 85 | 2.33 | 3.46 | 47.4% | 2 | $59,830 |
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.