Meridian Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is a nursing home in Wichita, Kansas, offering memory care and skilled nursing. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering. Respite care is available for a short stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover, and the combination of care options may suit someone who needs both nursing oversight and supervised memory care.
The center has 106 beds, with Patrick Burke serving as administrator. Total nurse staffing is 3 hours and 45 minutes per resident each day, representing that amount of daily nurse time allocated per resident. Rehabilitation services include outdoor therapy in the secure, landscaped courtyard, so therapy sessions can take place outdoors within that setting.
Private rooms give each resident an individual room, while restaurant-style dining provides meals in a restaurant-style setting. A salon supports on-site personal grooming, and transportation to appointments provides rides for scheduled medical visits. Advanced wound care, IV therapy, pain management and treatment after surgery are also available as clinical services at the community.
Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid and private pay. Medicare applies to short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, Medicaid may help when savings do not cover a long stay, and private pay means paying directly. A Walk Score of 75 out of 100 means the area is very walkable, with most errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently.
