CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Kansas

Seward County, Kansas

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County inventory for Seward 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Seward County average 2.3 CMS stars (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes - 114 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Kansas medians.

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Sheet KS-SEWARD-KANSAS · Seward, KS

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 114 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,305/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,975/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (low) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What weaker CMS stars show for Seward County

CMS star quality runs softer in Seward County: rated homes average 2.3/5 (lower tercile, ≤2.5) across 3 nursing homes and 114 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

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 Seward County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (1 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans Government - County (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Southwest Medical Center SNF. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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2★
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3★
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4★
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5★
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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
2.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Seward, 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
    Southwest Medical Center SNF
    4★
  2. 2
    Good Samaritan Society - Liberal
    2★
  3. 3
    Wheatridge Park Care Center
    1★

Nursing Homes in Seward County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Southwest Medical Center SNF Liberal 4/5 18 Government - County
Good Samaritan Society - Liberal Liberal 2/5 45 Non profit - Corporation
Wheatridge Park Care Center Liberal 1/5 51 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Seward County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Health Watch Health Care of Liberal, LLC Liberal 3.0

Read next when stars run softer

Read CMS stars with Seward County's 2.3 average
Mid-pack context for Seward: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Seward County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Seward
Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Seward 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 Seward County.