Family Health & Rehabilitation Center

    639 South Maize Court, Wichita, KS, 67209
    2.8 · 26 reviews
    • Skilled nursing
    AnonymousLoved one of resident
    3.0

    Beautiful facility, serious clinical lapses

    I liked the bright, modern facility - very clean rooms, spacious private suites with big windows, nice common areas, and a strong rehab/PT team; many staff were warm and my family appreciated the homemade meals. But I also saw serious problems: inconsistent and late meds, nurses missing symptoms and delaying tests, poor leadership/communication, staffing shortages, and occasional neglect of bathing and hygiene. Maintenance and safety issues (leaks, icy sidewalks, slow repairs) plus lost/damaged belongings and insurance-driven, early discharges made me uneasy. In short: beautiful, comfortable place with good therapy and caring people, but troubling clinical and management lapses mean I would be cautious.

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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

    2.85 · 26 reviews

    Overall rating

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

      2.7
    • Staff

      3.1
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      3.6
    • Value

      1.3

    Pros

    • Modern, attractive facility and grounds
    • Neighborhood 'house' model with four small-unit houses
    • Private, spacious rooms often with kitchenettes and large windows
    • Helpful, compassionate CNAs and many caring caregivers
    • Skilled and watchful nursing staff reported by several families
    • Thorough and effective rehab/PT teams frequently praised
    • Family-style dining and on-unit kitchens/dining areas
    • On-campus amenities (beauty shop, patios, attractive common areas)
    • Many reviews cite clean, well-decorated rooms and walk-in/roll-in showers
    • Homemade, nourishing meals reported by some families
    • Activities and events available according to several reviewers
    • Compassionate administration and attentive physicians/PAs in some cases
    • Responsive staff and good communication reported in multiple stays

    Cons

    • Inconsistent quality of care between shifts and stays
    • Chronic short-staffing and high staff turnover
    • Poor communication from management or difficulty contacting staff
    • Medication errors and other procedural lapses creating safety risks
    • Delayed or inadequate medical response and delayed hospital transfers
    • Food inconsistency: pre-packaged/frozen meals, cold or skimpy portions
    • Housekeeping and cleanliness problems in some units
    • Maintenance issues: leaks, broken doors, slow repairs, insulation problems
    • Safety hazards: icy/unshoveled walkways, frozen pipes, flooding, falls
    • Personal items lost, damaged, or stolen (hearing aids, watch)
    • Unmet care promises (bathing frequency, incontinence supplies, meds)
    • Early or insurance-driven discharges and chaotic rehab coordination
    • COVID lockdown and visitation restrictions negatively affected care for some
    • Management actions perceived as profit-motivated affecting patient care
    • Unreliable call light response and slow assistance for residents

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment across reviews is mixed and highly polarized. Many reviewers praise the facility's physical environment — a modern, attractive campus with a neighborhood-style layout of four connected houses, private spacious rooms (often with kitchenettes and large windows), nice common areas, patios and an on-site beauty shop. The design and amenities are repeatedly cited as strong selling points. Multiple families report clean rooms, roll-in showers, and decor that feels welcoming rather than institutional. For a substantial number of residents the therapy teams are highlighted as a major strength: physical and occupational therapists are described as thorough, knowledgeable, and helpful, and several families reported successful extended rehab stays with positive outcomes.

    Staff quality is a central and recurring theme, but reviewers describe it in contradictory ways. Many comments applaud CNAs, therapists, and some nurses as compassionate, hardworking, and attentive. Several reviewers specifically name caring staff, excellent doctors or PAs, and administration that was helpful. At the same time, an equally large set of reviews report chronic short-staffing, high turnover, and inconsistent staffing across shifts. Those staffing shortages are linked to overwhelmed aides, delays in responding to call lights, missed or late medications, missed baths, and insufficient continuity of care. This variability produces widely different experiences: some families describe responsive, communicative staff and regular updates on condition, while others describe difficulty contacting staff and poor communication from leadership or the Director of Nursing.

    Clinical safety and operational reliability are prominent areas of concern. Multiple reviewers reported medication errors, procedural lapses, and delayed or inappropriate medical responses — in some cases serious enough to require emergency transfers or resulted in worsening infections. There are specific accounts of incorrect meds, incomplete prescription data, delayed blood work, and one report of post-transfusion bleeding requiring an ER and surgeon intervention. Related issues include promised care not provided (for example, bathing frequency promised but not delivered), lack of daily weight checks, failures to provide incontinence supplies, and inconsistent adherence to physician orders. Several reviewers expressed the view that management decisions (including early or insurance-driven discharges tied to billing cycles) compromised patient safety and rehabilitation outcomes.

    Food, housekeeping, and maintenance show wide variability. Some families praise homemade, nourishing meals and family-style dining in the houses, while others report pre-packaged or frozen food, cold meals, sparse portions, and cooks who 'aren't good.' Cleanliness and housekeeping are generally reported as good by many, but multiple reviews explicitly call out housekeeping lapses, rooms and units needing cleaning/painting, and slow maintenance response. Specific maintenance problems were mentioned repeatedly: leaking windows that let in cold air, heaters fixed slowly, broken doors, pipes freezing and bursting, room flooding, and unshoveled/icy walkways. These issues raise safety concerns and affect resident comfort. There are also troubling reports of lost, damaged, or stolen personal items such as hearing aids and watches.

    Activities and amenities receive mixed feedback. Several reviewers describe lots of activities and events and appreciate the neighborhood dining model, while a number of others say they saw no visible activities during their stay. COVID-era restrictions and lockdowns are cited as having exacerbated isolation and reduced normal programming for some residents. The pandemic also affected visitation and entry protocols; some families felt locked out or unable to advocate effectively during critical moments.

    A consistent pattern is the facility's dichotomy: a new, attractive physical plant and many dedicated front-line caregivers contrasted with operational weaknesses in management, staffing, communication, and clinical reliability. This creates a high variance in experiences — some families highly recommend the center based on excellent therapy outcomes, caring staff, and attractive facilities; others strongly advise against it due to medication mistakes, neglect, unsafe conditions, or perceived profit-driven discharge practices.

    For prospective residents or families: the most frequently cited strengths to expect are a modern facility with private rooms, a neighborhood dining model, good therapy staff, and many compassionate front-line caregivers. The most important cautions are to verify current staffing levels and turnover, ask about recent incidents involving medications or transfers, confirm how clinical communication is handled (including the Director of Nursing and on-shift charge nurses), and inquire about housekeeping/maintenance response times and winter weather/snow removal protocols. Visiting in person, meeting the therapy team, and asking for examples of how clinical errors are prevented and how discharge decisions are made will help determine whether the facility’s positive attributes are likely to be consistent for a given stay.

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    About Family Health & Rehabilitation Center

    Family Health & Rehabilitation Center sits at 639 S Maize Ct in Wichita and opened back in 2008, and since then it's focused on long-term care, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation for people who truly need it, and you can tell they take that ILEE philosophy-where they say caring is a privilege-pretty seriously, and that might be why US News and World Report named them a Best Nursing Home for Long Term Care, and they've also gotten awards like Best of Wichita 2022 in the Gold category, and those Silver Baldridge Awards in both 2024 and 2025. The care team here includes skilled staff and experienced therapists who are there all day and night, and the setting feels homey with private bedrooms and bathrooms, places to gather inside, as well as spaces for residents to enjoy activities that keep them moving and help them stay connected with each other, and they have meals provided so no one has to worry about cooking. Residents get skilled nursing services, assisted living help, and physical therapy, with personalized treatment plans for everything from diabetes monitoring to help moving safely from bed to wheelchair, and the therapies are aimed at helping each person regain health and function. There are studio, 1-bedroom, semi-private, and 2-bedroom rooms, and the whole place has 72 nursing facility beds, plus the pricing is split up by care level like high, medium, and low, with separate fees for respite, buy-in, and community, and they accept multiple payment types such as private pay, Social Security, veteran's benefits, and commercial insurance. The staff speaks English, and they aren't taking new patients right now, but the place offers wellness and preventive care programs, and has a solid focus on family health and community, with driving directions easy to get on their website, familyhealthandrehab.com, if you ever find yourself heading their way.

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