Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
320 S Lincoln St, Russell, KS 67665 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Americare Senior Living (23 facilities) · 45 certified beds
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Russell, Kansas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.42 hours per resident per day, below the Kansas average of 4.07. Its most recent inspection on Jun 26, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation 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) | 3.42 | 4.07 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.42 | 2.69 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.3% | 49.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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 26, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 9, 2025
What inspectors found at Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2023 - 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 · Oct 30, 2023 - Potential for harm
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2023 - 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 · Oct 30, 2023
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- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 5, 2022 - 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 · Apr 5, 2022 - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 5, 2022 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 5, 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
- 320 S Lincoln St
Russell, KS 67665 - CMS certification #
- 175286
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 45
- Avg residents/day
- 39.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-04-04
- Chain
- Americare Senior Living (23 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Americare Senior Living
Americare Senior Living operates 23 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Americare Senior Living 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
- Website says Works with hospice, transportation, pets allowed, secured outdoor area
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2009
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation 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.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
By coordinating Hospice Care with trusted local providers, we ensure comfort, dignity and peace in familiar surroundings—allowing families to focus on meaningful moments together.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
, Russell Regional Hospital just down the road, and scheduled transportation.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Of course, Wheatland Nursing Center is also pet friendly, providing you are able to care for your furry friend.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
At Wheatland Nursing Center, our residents enjoy numerous amenities that enhance quality of life, including our spacious community dining rooms, family rooms with big-screen TV, cozy kitchens and social areas, beauty salon and secure patios with scenic views of nature.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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 Feb 2, 2009 to Jan 30, 2011. Violations found: Minimum wage, Overtime. Back wages: $10,265 owed to 31 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Wheatland Nursing Center (Americare Systems, Inc.). Case 1597451.
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
- Russell Regional Hospital, Russell. 0.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Russell Regional Hospital Ltcu, Russell. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Good Samaritan Home Health Of Central Kansas, Hays. 25.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Dillons Pharmacy. 24.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 67665 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 67665.
Hospice & Palliative Care At Haysmed, office in Hays, 23.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Michael Reeh, MD, Hillsboro. 96.7 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 February 1, 2008), 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 high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado very 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 relatively 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 Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.42 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kansas average of 4.07.
Has Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have?
Wheatland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 45 beds.