Nursing home
Homestead Health Center
2133 S Elizabeth Street, Wichita, KS 67213 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 45 certified beds
Homestead Health Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wichita, Kansas. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.16 hours per resident per day, above the Kansas average of 4.07. Its most recent inspection on Aug 28, 2024 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $59,829In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Homestead Health Center 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) | 5.16 | 4.07 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.40 | 0.71 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.67 | 2.69 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.1% | 49.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $59,829, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Homestead Health Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 28, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 4, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 4, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Administration Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2022 - 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 · Dec 15, 2022
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
- 2133 S Elizabeth Street
Wichita, KS 67213 - CMS certification #
- 175487
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 45
- Avg residents/day
- 40.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2006-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Homestead Health Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2006
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Homestead Health Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Homestead Health Center provides round-the-clock licensed nursing care to meet the needs of residents whatever their level of care.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Our Rehabilitation unit offers large private rooms with television and phone service and dining area.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 1, 2006 to Sep 27, 2008. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $138 owed to 2 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Homestead Health Center. Case 1519571.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc., Wichita. 3.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Medicalodges Wichita, Wichita. 2.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- My Home Care LLC, Wichita. 1.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 67213 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Air Capital Dialysis, Wichita, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Wichita Dialysis Center, Wichita, 3.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc - Wichita, Wichita, 3.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 22 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 67213.
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, office in Wichita, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Rivercross Hospice LLC, office in Wichita, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Compassus Wichita, office in Wichita, 2.6 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Premier Hospitalists Of Kansas LLC, Bel Aire. 9.5 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
- Zone X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, 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 | See above |
| 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 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Homestead Health Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Homestead Health Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Homestead Health Center staffed?
Homestead Health Center reports 5.16 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kansas average of 4.07.
Has Homestead Health Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Homestead Health Center have?
Homestead Health Center is certified for 45 beds.