CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Kansas

Atchison County, Kansas

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County inventory for Atchison County, Kansas is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Nursing-home inventory signature

3 nursing homes place Atchison County mid-pack on nursing-home inventory (3–4 homes) - 149 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Kansas cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

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County care plate

Sheet KS-ATCHISON-KANSAS · Atchison, KS

NH-SMALL · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 149 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,011/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,975/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (mid) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a mid-pack nursing-home book shows for Atchison County

Atchison County, Kansas is mid-pack on nursing-home inventory with 3 nursing homes and 149 licensed beds. Rated facilities average 3.3/5 (1 at 4★+, 1 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare maps 1 agency alongside that book.

CareScout 2025 Kansas medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,975/mo, semi-private nursing $8,669/mo, private nursing $9,064/mo, home health aide $6,435/mo, adult day $4,333/mo. Local Atchison County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Atchison County break as 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Dooley Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
0
2★
1
3★
1
4★
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5★
1

Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,975
Assisted Living / mo
$8,669
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,435
Home Care / mo
3.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Atchison, KS

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Dooley Center
    5★
  2. 2
    Medicalodges Atchison
    3★
  3. 3
    Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing
    2★

Nursing Homes in Atchison County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Dooley Center Atchison 5/5 44 Non profit - Corporation
Medicalodges Atchison Atchison 3/5 60 For profit - Corporation
Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Atchison 2/5 45 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Atchison County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Amberwell Health at Home Atchison 3.0

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Cost calculator for Atchison County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Kansas elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Kansas state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Atchison County.