Overview
Life Care Center of Wichita has a Medicare overall rating of 4 out of 5, above the Kansas average of 3.1. It ranks 5th of 22 nursing homes in Wichita. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (3 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 73% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on March 24, 2025, found 8 health deficiencies, fewer than the Kansas average of 9.5. 7 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.
Life Care Center of Wichita is a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 114 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1996. It is part of a continuing care retirement community.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 23%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- March 24, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 7
- 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 staff3.65 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.65 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.81 hrs
- Nurse aides2.19 hrs
- Physical therapists0.14 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 114
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- December 20, 1996
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes