Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Garden Valley Retirement Village
1505 E Spruce Street, Garden City, KS 67846 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Frontline Management (9 facilities) · 62 certified beds
Garden Valley Retirement Village is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Garden City, Kansas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.35 hours per resident per day, below the Kansas average of 4.07. Its most recent inspection on Jun 12, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $9,978In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Garden Valley Retirement Village compares
This facility vs. the Kansas and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Kansas avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.35 | 4.07 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.30 | 2.69 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.0% | 49.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 10.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the June 12, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 2, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $9,978, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Garden Valley Retirement Village
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1505 E Spruce Street
Garden City, KS 67846 - CMS certification #
- 175175
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 62
- Avg residents/day
- 48.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1988-09-06
- Chain
- Frontline Management (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Frontline Management
Frontline Management operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Frontline Management facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Garden Valley Retirement Village says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite (Vacation) Services
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
For patients who can no longer remain at home because they may require 24-hour nursing care and monitoring
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Private Suites are Available
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency FRONTLINE AT HOME, LLC (Medicare CCN 178125) lists this same street address. Ownership type: PROPRIETARY. Medicare certified since 01/02/2020. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency FRONTLINE AT HOME, LLC (Medicare CCN 178135) lists this same street address. Ownership type: -. Medicare certified since 12/13/2022. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City, Garden City. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ranch House Senior Living LLC, Garden City. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Frontline At Home, LLC, Garden City. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 67846 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Garden City Dialysis Center, Garden City, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Garden City, Garden City, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 67846.
St Catherine Hospice, office in Garden City, 0.6 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- George Melone, MD, La Junta. 146.4 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective September 25, 2009), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Garden Valley Retirement Village a good nursing home?
CMS gives Garden Valley Retirement Village an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Garden Valley Retirement Village staffed?
Garden Valley Retirement Village reports 3.35 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kansas average of 4.07.
Has Garden Valley Retirement Village had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Garden Valley Retirement Village have?
Garden Valley Retirement Village is certified for 62 beds.