With a population of 163,415 people, Topeka, Kansas is relatively large metropolitan area. There are 15 nursing homes in the city, which gives you plenty of options to choose from. The nursing homes in this city received a good city grade of B. This is as good or better than the city grade of the average city in the nation. This place's nursing homes are better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major areas discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available in the next paragraph.
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, many of the facilities in Topeka performed spectacularly well in our inspections category. In fact, some of the nursing homes in the city received virtually flawless inspection reports this year. As a result, Topeka received one of our highest scores in that area with an A-. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Topeka also received one of our better scores in the area of long-term care, with a B. Wrapping up its profile, we awarded the city a B for its short-term care score and a grade of B in nursing. We found this place to be very competent everywhere we looked.