Overview
Providence Living Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Kansas average of 3.1. It ranks 9th of 14 nursing homes in Topeka. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 2.6 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 96% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 18, 2025, found 24 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. 3 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $57,445 in the past three years.
Providence Living Center is a for-profit facility with 78 certified beds, caring for about 67 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1997.
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.
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 18, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 24
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 3
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 2 totaling $57,445
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff2.63 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.42 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.58 hrs
- Nurse aides1.63 hrs
- Physical therapists0.01 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 78
- Average residents per day
- 67
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 1, 1997
- 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