Overview
Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Kansas average of 3.1. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Merriam. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 92% of nursing homes in Kansas (the state average is 4.1 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 12, 2026, found 18 health deficiencies, more than the Kansas average of 9.5. 3 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 9 fines totaling $60,927 in the past three years.
Merriam Gardens Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is a for-profit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 82 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1981.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 12, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 18
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 3
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 9 totaling $60,927
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 9
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.16 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.38 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.83 hrs
- Nurse aides1.95 hrs
- Physical therapists0.06 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 82
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- February 1, 1981
- 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