Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation

    5015 SW 28th St, Topeka, KS 66614
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.91·(54)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.9
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      1.4
    • Amenities

      2.6
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Skilled and effective therapy and rehabilitation services
    • Support for transitions to home with coordinated discharge planning
    • Compassionate and dedicated bedside and therapy staff
    • Engaging activities program with outings and outdoor time
    • Friendly, family-oriented staff culture
    • Clean and well-decorated common areas and lobby
    • Administrative assistance with insurance and care coordination
    • Continuous quality-improvement program and a four-star CMS rating
    • 24-hour on-site care availability
    • Demonstrated functional gains and mobility improvement

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and workforce shortages
    • Slow or unreliable response to call lights and care requests
    • Inconsistent staff conduct and communication
    • Sanitation and cleanliness lapses in resident rooms and some common areas
    • Incontinence-care and hygiene-management gaps
    • Gaps in clinical monitoring and timely intervention
    • Medication-administration and medication-disposal concerns
    • Limited dietary accommodation and meal-service inconsistencies
    • Variable management transparency and complaint-resolution processes
    • Pest-control concerns in resident rooms

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews present a strongly mixed picture of care at this facility. Many reviewers praise the therapy program, noting skilled clinicians, measurable functional improvements, and successful transitions back to the community with supportive discharge planning. Several families and residents also describe compassionate and attentive staff, active programming (including patio time, outings, bingo and other activities), a welcoming lobby and decor, and administrative help navigating insurance — factors that align with the facility's continuous quality-improvement work and its four-star CMS rating.

    At the same time, a significant set of reviews raises operational concerns that could affect care consistency. The most common themes are inconsistent staffing levels and delays in responsiveness to call lights and requests for assistance. Reviewers describe situations that indicate gaps in clinical monitoring and timely intervention, including events that led to readmission or emergency transport. Medication handling and disposal were named as an area of concern in at least one serious allegation, and several comments suggest the need for closer oversight of medication administration processes.

    Sanitation and room-level maintenance are another recurring area of divergence. While common areas and parts of the building are often described as clean and pleasant, multiple accounts describe room-level cleanliness issues, odor concerns, missing bedside furniture, and pest-control concerns. Related operational weaknesses include inconsistent incontinence-care and bathing schedules, inconsistent food service and limited accommodation for specific diets (for example, requests for heart-healthy or diabetic meal options), and variability in kitchen/food-safety perceptions.

    Staff behavior and communication are described in both positive and negative terms. Many reviews highlight caring, dedicated CNAs, nurses and therapists who go above and beyond and who maintain strong family relationships. Conversely, other reviewers describe inconsistent staff conduct, rudeness, poor communication with families, and situations where staff training or supervision appears insufficient. Several reviewers attributed these problems in part to understaffing and to staff turnover or morale issues.

    Management and administrative responsiveness are likewise mixed. Some families commend administrators for proactive coordination with insurance, support for therapy access, and visible quality-improvement efforts. Others report frustration with complaint resolution, defensive administrative responses, and variable transparency when incidents occur. The combination of highly positive and highly critical accounts suggests that experience may vary across units, shifts, or time periods.

    For prospective residents and families, the pattern suggests areas to confirm during a tour: current staffing ratios and turnover rates, response-time expectations and call-light metrics, infection-control and cleaning schedules, dietary accommodation policies, medication-safety protocols, recent inspection and complaint history, and examples of outcome data from the therapy program. The facility shows clear strengths in rehabilitation and certain staff members or teams, but also presents operational risks that warrant targeted questions and close monitoring after admission.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation is located at 5015 SW 28th St, Topeka, KS, 66614.

    About Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation

    Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation sits at 5015 SW 28th Street in Topeka, Kansas, and folks know it for skilled nursing, short-term rehab, and long-term care, plus assisted living, independent living, and care for memory issues, so they really do cover a lot. The facility has 54 beds and stays open all day, every day, so help's around when you need it, and there's always a nurse or caregiver on hand. People there can get therapy for physical needs, speech, or help with living skills-even IV therapy and nutritional counseling are available. The leadership includes clinically trained department directors, which you don't see everywhere, and the staff offers personalized care for each resident, including medication help and special diets-meals come three times a day, with dietary needs handled. They have Wi-Fi, housekeeping, an emergency voice alert system in case someone gets hurt, therapy whirlpool baths, safe transportation, and 24/7 security.

    There's a home-like feel, especially for those in long-term care, and the building's got a big living room, a dining room, library, and a recreation room for things like games or reading. Programs for memory care get special attention, and those who need palliative or hospice care find support there too. The staff supports recovery and well-being with wellness and therapy programs, and folks can expect their medical, social, and emotional needs to get noticed-there's even a community newsletter and an ombudsman to help with any problems that come up. Family and residents can follow updates on Facebook, and the facility's won some honors, like being called a Top Nursing Home in Kansas and holding a 4-star rating. Tanglewood aims for individualized, quality care, with a focus on safety and comfort right alongside medical support.

    People often ask...

    Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 5015 SW 28th St, Topeka, KS 66614.

    No, Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation 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 numberN089019
    StatusActive
    Facility typeNursing Facility
    LicenseeTANGLEWOOD NURSING AND REHABILITATION

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