Advena Living on Woodlawn

    1600 S. Woodlawn, Wichita, Kansas 67218
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Professional caring staff, welcoming community

    I've been very pleased - new management and admin have brought in a professional, caring staff and the place feels brighter and much improved. Residents are friendly and active, the team genuinely makes people feel at home; it's a wonderful, welcoming community.

    Current/former resident
    Jul 2026

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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

    2.45·(38)

    Overall rating

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

      1.4
    • Staff

      2.5
    • Meals

      1.3
    • Amenities

      2.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Friendly and helpful caregiving staff
    • New management implementing operational improvements
    • Dedicated and engaged staff members in certain areas
    • Resident camaraderie and social interaction
    • Available rehabilitation services
    • Welcoming, home-like atmosphere for some residents

    Cons

    • Inconsistent medication-management and pharmacy coordination
    • Unreliable meal-service continuity and food-quality control
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in resident and common areas
    • Insufficient staffing levels and inconsistent staff presence
    • Gaps in clinical responsiveness and incident-response processes
    • Poor family and administrative communication and paperwork handling
    • Financial management and documentation deficiencies, including allegations of theft
    • Staff professionalism and conduct
    • Facility maintenance and rehabilitation-area condition issues

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed but predominantly critical picture of care and operations at the facility. Key recurring themes are problems with clinical and operational consistency, alongside reports that a recent management change has produced visible improvements in some areas. Families and visitors describe both positive experiences with individual staff members and broader concerns about how the facility is managed and maintained.

    Care quality and safety: Reviewers describe inconsistent medication management and delays in getting prescriptions to the pharmacy, as well as missed or delayed medication administration. There are also accounts that suggest weaknesses in incident-response processes and timeliness of clinical attention after falls or other events. Several comments raise concerns about delays in personal-care tasks such as bathing and assistance with incontinence, indicating gaps in routine care delivery and monitoring.

    Staffing and communication: Chronic staffing shortfalls and uneven staff presence are a frequent theme, which reviewers link to brief or transactional staff interactions and inconsistent follow-through. Communication between the facility and families is another common issue: unreturned calls, delayed callbacks, incomplete administrative paperwork, and a lack of timely notifications about changes in resident status or new admissions were noted. There are also reports raising questions about staff professionalism and conduct, including specific complaints about supervisory behavior.

    Dining, activities, and programming: Many reviewers cite unreliable meal service, food shortages, and poor food quality; some reports describe activities being reduced or removed for budgetary reasons. Conversely, a subset of reviewers noted improvements in atmosphere and programming after management changes and highlighted social engagement among residents as a positive element.

    Facilities and sanitation: Multiple reviews reference sanitation and pest-control concerns as well as odor issues in resident and common areas. The condition of certain spaces, including the rehabilitation area, was described as run-down by some, while others observed efforts to refresh or brighten the environment under new leadership.

    Management and financial practices: Management responsiveness is described variably: several reviewers praise a new administration for active changes and improved oversight, while others allege significant shortcomings in financial management and documentation, including claims of money missing from resident accounts and a lack of receipts or transparent accounting. Given the seriousness of those claims, the presence of both corrective action and continuing concerns is a notable pattern.

    Overall assessment: The pattern of feedback indicates operational instability — inconsistent clinical processes, staffing shortages, sanitation and dining problems — coupled with some promising signs of improvement under new management. Prospective residents and families should weigh the reports of caring individual staff members and recent positive changes against the documented operational weaknesses. Those considering this facility may want to seek up-to-date information from the provider about staffing levels, medication and pharmacy procedures, sanitation and pest-control protocols, activity programming, and financial accountability measures before making a placement decision.

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    Location

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    Advena Living on Woodlawn is located at 1600 S. Woodlawn, Wichita, Kansas, 67218.

    About Advena Living on Woodlawn

    Advena Living on Woodlawn is a senior living community at 1600 S Woodlawn Blvd in Wichita, Kansas, and it offers many care options like assisted living, independent living, memory care, and nursing home services for older adults. The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, KanCare MCO payer sources, Hospice, and private pay, which can help with the cost, and it has a capacity for up to 93 residents with 80 dedicated nursing facility beds. Historical ratings for the facility have shifted over time, ranging from F to C for overall grades and often showing D or F in long-term care quality, while short-term care grades have mostly been at a C level lately, and this shows the facility has had variable quality scores in recent years and months.

    The community offers rooms that come with a bed, television, bedside table, and armoire or closet, though residents can bring their own furniture if they want, and private rooms are available. Families can use the gathering rooms and residents can spend time in the fenced backyard or on the outdoor patio. Free wireless internet and basic cable come with every room, and if someone wants, they can get extended cable and movie channels for extra. Advena Living on Woodlawn is pet-friendly, lets people have flexible meal times with menus that fit personal needs, and provides housekeeping, laundry, beauty and barber services to help with daily living.

    A team of registered nurses, LPNs, CNAs, aides, and other medical staff are on the floor around the clock, with a physician on-call and personalized care plans made for each resident, and therapy professionals give occupational, physical, and speech therapy daily, including on weekends, and the facility also offers respiratory therapy and a transition team focused on return-to-home services and post-acute care goals after a hospital stay. The staff handles specialty care like stroke recovery, amputee recovery, cardiac therapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, mental health, nutritional counseling, and hospice care, and respite care is available too, so caregivers can get a break when needed. Home healthcare, transportation to local medical appointments, and paid transportation services are part of the package.

    Advena Living on Woodlawn prides itself on being a continuing care retirement community, which means it supports long-term residents, short-term rehab stays, and those wanting to move from hospital to home, all under one roof, and the facility specializes in flexible, person-centered, and member-directed care that respects resident choices and preferences. There are dedicated spaces and services for memory care and support for people with cognitive challenges, and daily activities cover parties, "happy hour," community trips, and a full calendar of events so residents can stay active and social if they enjoy that. The facility focuses on making everyone feel welcome, creating a home-like setting with a safe and comforting environment, and leadership and staff are always on hand for questions or help.

    People often ask...

    Advena Living on Woodlawn offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1600 S. Woodlawn, Wichita, Kansas 67218.

    No, Advena Living on Woodlawn 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 numberN087052
    Facility typeNursing Facility
    LicenseeORCHARD GARDENS, LLC

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