High Plains Retirement Village

    607 Court Pl, Lakin, KS 67860
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living

    Good care, friendly staff, recommended

    I've had a good experience here - the staff are friendly, my mother gets good care, and they helped my grandpa get the support he needed. I'd recommend this facility.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Reviews

    4.25·(20)

    Overall rating

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    • Care

      2.5
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      4.3
    • Amenities

      4.3
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, compassionate staff
    • Effective assistance with care coordination
    • Positive individualized care experiences

    Cons

    • High monthly rates
    • Inconsistent care quality
    • Gaps in quality-assurance relative to cost

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews for High Plains Retirement Village present a mixed picture. Several family members described positive, personal experiences—staff were characterized as friendly and helpful, and some residents received attentive care that families found satisfactory. At the same time, other reviewers expressed significant dissatisfaction, producing a pattern of inconsistent impressions about the facility’s overall performance.

    Care and staff: Staff interactions are a clear strength for many families; reviewers noted courteous, supportive employees and examples of staff helping residents and family members access necessary support. However, there is an opposing signal about clinical and day-to-day care: some comments indicate concerns about the consistency and reliability of care delivery. This suggests variability in frontline performance or uneven supervision that may lead to different experiences depending on unit, shift, or individual caregiver.

    Dining, activities, and facilities: The review set contains little specific information about dining, activities, or physical amenities. Because those areas are not described in detail, prospective families should request current menus, activity calendars, and a walk-through of living spaces during a visit. Observing meal service and participating in an activities session can help assess match with a resident’s preferences and needs.

    Management and cost: Cost is an explicit concern—one reviewer described the monthly rate as extremely high. When high fees are paired with uneven care experiences, it raises questions about perceived value and the facility’s quality-assurance processes. Prospective residents should ask management for a clear fee breakdown, policy on care-level changes, and examples of how the facility monitors and addresses care-quality variation.

    Notable patterns and recommendations: The principal pattern is variability—positive reports about staff and individualized help coexist with serious dissatisfaction about care and value. Families considering High Plains Retirement Village should tour the community, meet direct-care staff, request references from recent move-ins, review contract terms closely, and ask about staffing ratios, oversight mechanisms, and how the community addresses care concerns. These steps will help clarify whether the facility’s strengths align with a prospective resident’s expectations and needs.

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    Location

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    High Plains Retirement Village is located at 607 Court Pl, Lakin, KS, 67860.

    About High Plains Retirement Village

    High Plains Retirement Village sits right inside Kearny County Hospital LTCU at 607 Court Place, Lakin, Kansas, where folks aged 55 and over find everything from independent living apartments to skilled nursing, memory care, and assisted living services, and since they're part of a hospital campus, medical help is always close at hand with doctors, nurses, therapists, a dental clinic, and pharmacy all right there. There's a big focus on whole-person and whole-family care, which means staff look after not just health needs but also things like movement, social life, and emotional support-they've got daily activities like birthday parties, board games, holiday events, outdoor outings, volunteering, and even pet therapy and virtual reality games, and if getting outside is important, residents can enjoy raised garden beds, an outdoor patio, or the attached screened-in porch. Assisted living residents get help with everyday things like bathing, dressing, taking medicine, and moving from a bed or wheelchair, while staff trained with regular dementia care classes watch closely over folks in the memory care unit that uses secured doors and focused, individualized programs for Alzheimer's and dementia, and if someone needs long-term care, there are both private and shared rooms plus a full menu of nursing and therapy services like help with diabetes, injections, incontinence, and physical or occupational therapy. Every apartment has a kitchen or kitchenette, an emergency call system, individual thermostats, lots of handicap-accessible appliances and bathrooms, and you can decorate your space the way you want, and if you'd like to bring along a pet, that works in assisted living with a deposit. Residents get their meals cooked by professional staff-those get planned for nutrition and taste-plus weekly housekeeping, laundry, shopping trips, meal delivery when sick, guest meals, and transportation for errands or doctor appointments, all to keep life simpler. The community's big on making social life easy with communal spaces like a shared dining hall, living rooms, a library, internet and TV, a beauty salon, and regular spiritual activities, and people meet monthly to give input at the resident council meetings. The village is non-profit with oversight by an all-volunteer board, and every new resident and family can meet with staff, tour the facility in-person, and figure out the right level of care, since High Plains Retirement Village offers lots of options for independent living, assisted living, memory care, and specialized nursing, right there in the heart of Lakin with everything from shopping to restaurants nearby.

    People often ask...

    High Plains Retirement Village offers independent living and assisted living.

    The full address for this community is 607 Court Pl, Lakin, KS 67860.

    No, High Plains Retirement Village does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Kansas, the Department for Aging & Disability Services licenses adult care homes and assisted living facilities and posts the statements of deficiency from its surveys.

    License numberN047002
    Facility typeAssisted Living Facility
    LicenseeKEARNY COUNTY HOSPITAL

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