Brighton Place West
331 SW Oakley Street, Topeka, KS 66606 · Shawnee County · 50 certified beds · avg 49 residents/day · certified since Oct 3, 2014
Part of chain: RECOVER-CARE HEALTHCARE (27 facilities, chain avg rating 2.4★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Aug 28, 2025 · F-0740 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not provide necessary behavioral health care and services — support for residents' mental and emotional wellbeing, including conditions like depression and anxiety.
Why it matters: A resident's untreated mental health needs can worsen and take a toll on their physical health too.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Aug 29, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Oct 17, 2024 · F-0760 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication.
Why it matters: A serious medication error can cause real harm, hospitalization, or worse.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Nov 8, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (20)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2025 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not provide necessary behavioral health care and services — support for residents' mental and emotional wellbeing, including conditions like depression and anxiety. · from a complaint |
| Oct 17, 2024 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents free from significant medication errors — such as giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, or missing a critical medication. · from a complaint |
| Oct 17, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · from a complaint |
| Oct 17, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents reasonable access to and privacy in using ways to communicate, such as phones, mail, and email. Residents have the right to stay in touch with the outside world privately. · from a complaint |
| Oct 17, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents (and their representatives and the ombudsman, a state advocate for residents) proper advance notice before a transfer or discharge, including information about their right to appeal. · from a complaint |
| May 15, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have enough nursing staff each day to meet every resident's needs, or did not have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. Adequate staffing is one of the strongest predictors of good care. |
| May 15, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide activities that meet residents' needs and interests. Nursing homes must offer meaningful activity programs, not just leave residents idle. |
| May 15, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility's activities program was not run by a qualified professional. The person directing recreation and social activities must have proper training or credentials. |
| May 15, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents proper notice about what Medicare or Medicaid covers, or about charges the resident might owe for services that aren't covered. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give residents (and their representatives and the ombudsman, a state advocate for residents) proper advance notice before a transfer or discharge, including information about their right to appeal. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. |
| May 15, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep residents' medications free from unnecessary drugs. Residents should only take medicines they truly need, at the right dose, for a clear reason. |
| May 15, 2023 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not give residents reasonable access to and privacy in using ways to communicate, such as phones, mail, and email. Residents have the right to stay in touch with the outside world privately. |
| Dec 1, 2021 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Dec 1, 2021 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Dec 1, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (12 → 4).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | E |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | F |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | J ▲ |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $10,933.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | Fine | $10,933 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Kansas avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.70 | 4.58 | 3.95 | bottom 2% in Kansas; bottom 6% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.62 | 0.81 | 0.69 | bottom 35% in Kansas; top 45% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.46 | 4.05 | 3.50 | bottom 3% in Kansas; bottom 8% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.34 | 0.49 | 0.48 | bottom 27% in Kansas; bottom 40% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 59.5 | 48.1 | 45.8 | bottom 21% in Kansas; bottom 17% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 57.1 | 42.0 | 42.9 | bottom 27% in Kansas; bottom 26% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 2.41, RN 0.55, weekend 2.19. Staffing rating: 1/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiester, Rochelle | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2022 |
| Heston, Timothy | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2022 |
| Heston, Timothy | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/06/2025 |
| Kansas Healthcare Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| Mad Family Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| Morris, Stephanie | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2022 |
| Morris, Stephanie | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/06/2025 |
| MRC Revenue LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2022 |
| MRC Revenue LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/30/2025 |
| MRC SNF Management LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2022 |
| MRC SNF Management LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/30/2025 |
| Natr Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| Rarmna Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| Ratr Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| RNR Holdings LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
| Wetr Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/28/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "What mental health services do you provide on-site, and who delivers them?"
- "What systems do you use to prevent medication errors, and what happens when one occurs?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "How can my family member make private phone or video calls, and can we see where?"
- "If you ever planned to discharge or transfer my family member, how much written notice would we receive and how could we appeal?"
- "What is your nurse and aide staffing ratio on each shift, including nights and weekends?"
- "Can I see this month's activities calendar, and what do you offer residents who can't leave their rooms?"
- "Who runs your activities program, what are their qualifications, and can I see this week's activity calendar?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Park Nursing & Post Acute Center | 1.2 mi | Topeka, KS | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Topeka Presbyterian Manor | 1.4 mi | Topeka, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| The Healthcare Resort of Topeka | 2.9 mi | Topeka, KS | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Plaza West Healthcare and Rehab | 2.9 mi | Topeka, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Brighton Place North | 3.1 mi | Topeka, KS | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Tanglewood Nursing & Rehabilitation | 3.5 mi | Topeka, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | SFF |
| Brewster Health Center | 3.6 mi | Topeka, KS | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Legacy on 10th Avenue | 3.7 mi | Topeka, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Providence Living Center | 3.9 mi | Topeka, KS | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | SFF |
| Countryside Health Center | 4.2 mi | Topeka, KS | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 175547.