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Tanglewood Nursing & Rehabilitation

5015 Sw 28th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66614

Medicare lists this as a Special Focus Facility, a home with a history of serious quality issues that receives more frequent inspections.

Overview

Tanglewood Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 2.9 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 94% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.

Its most recent standard inspection, on October 17, 2024, found 25 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. All of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $227,440 in the past three years.

Tanglewood Nursing & Rehabilitation is a for-profit facility with 54 certified beds, caring for about 43 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2003.

Medicare ratings

Overall
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.

In Topeka9th of 14 facilities

Top 65%

Within 100 miles175th of 218 facilities

Top 81%

In Kansas250th of 293 facilities

Top 86%

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Inspections and penalties

Most recent standard inspection
October 17, 2024
Health deficiencies cited
25
Complaint-related deficiencies
25
Fines in the last 3 years
2 totaling $227,440
Payment denials
1
Total penalties
3

Staffing

Average hours of care each resident receives per day.

  • All nursing staff2.91 hrs
  • Registered nurses (RN)0.46 hrs
  • Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.41 hrs
  • Nurse aides2.04 hrs
  • Physical therapists0.01 hrs

Facility details

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Certified beds
54
Average residents per day
43
Participates in
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare/Medicaid since
April 12, 2003
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