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
- 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.
Top 65%
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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