Overview
Kansas Soldiers Home has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Kansas average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Fort Dodge. Its strongest area is staffing (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 6.3 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 99% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 1.3 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 7, 2025, found 12 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 48% of Kansas nursing homes have been fined.
Kansas Soldiers Home is a government-run facility with 56 certified beds, caring for about 49 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2009.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 7, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 12
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff6.28 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.26 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.29 hrs
- Nurse aides4.74 hrs
- Physical therapists0.00 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 56
- Average residents per day
- 49
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- September 17, 2009
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes