Douglas County, Kansas
County inventory for Douglas 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
5 nursing homes put Douglas County in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile among U.S. counties (≥5 homes) - 255 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Kansas cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.
County care plate
Sheet KS-DOUGLAS-KANSAS · Douglas, KS
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 5 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 255 beds
- STAR-MID 3.2★ avg
- HH-SMALL 1 HH
- RANK-HIGH #636/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Marshall
- AL-MID $5,975/mo
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 NH · 1/1 HH
Photo-finish peer: Marshall County, AL (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (high) 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 dense nursing-home book shows for Douglas County
Douglas County, Kansas sits in the upper nursing-home inventory tercile with 5 nursing homes and 255 licensed beds. Across 5 rated facilities, the CMS overall average is 3.2/5 (3 at 4★+, 2 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare also maps 1 Medicare-certified agency into this county book.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Kansas medians: 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 Douglas providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts across Douglas County break as 2 at 1★, 1 at 4★, 2 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (40% of 5 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Baldwin Healthcare & Rehab Center, LLC, Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, Lawrence Memorial Hospital SNF. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Douglas, KS
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 5★
- 2 5★
- 3 4★
- 4 1★
- 5 1★
Nursing Homes in Douglas County
5 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Healthcare & Rehab Center, LLC | Baldwin City | 5/5 | 60 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Lawrence Presbyterian Manor | Lawrence | 5/5 | 40 | For profit - Corporation |
| Lawrence Memorial Hospital SNF | Lawrence | 4/5 | 14 | Government - City |
| Medicalodges Eudora | Eudora | 1/5 | 65 | For profit - Corporation |
| Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community | Lawrence | 1/5 | 76 | For profit - Partnership |
Home Health Agencies in Douglas County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Visiting Nurses Association (vna) | Lawrence | 3.0 |
Read next for a dense Douglas inventory
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Douglas County, KS, both outside KS so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Kansas overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (5 here).
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 Douglas County.