Sterling Village
204 W Washington Avenue, Sterling, KS 67579 · Rice County · 45 certified beds · avg 28 residents/day · certified since Jul 1, 1994
Part of chain: GRACE TEAM SERVICES (9 facilities, chain avg rating 2.6★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
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)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Jan 23, 2025 · F-0689 · triggered by a complaint
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
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: Feb 18, 2025 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Jan 4, 2023 · F-0689
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls.
Why it matters: This is one of the most common citations and directly relates to falls and injuries, which can be devastating for older adults.
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: Feb 2, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (18)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2025 | ▲ G · Actual 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. · from a complaint |
| Jan 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not employ enough qualified food and nutrition staff, including a qualified dietician, to properly run its food service. · from a complaint |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 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 |
| Jan 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | 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. |
| Jan 23, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | 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. |
| Jan 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| Jan 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not make sure its nurse aides had the skills needed to care for residents, including training in dementia care and abuse prevention. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | ▲ G · Actual 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. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | 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. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not give the resident or their representative written notice of how long it would hold the resident's bed during a hospital stay or approved leave. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Jan 4, 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. |
| Jan 4, 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. |
| Jan 4, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not try to gradually reduce doses of mood- and mind-altering medications or use non-drug approaches first, as required, or used 'as needed' psychiatric drugs without proper limits. |
| Jun 8, 2021 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Jun 8, 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 stayed about the same across the last two inspection cycles (9 → 7).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | E |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | G ▲ |
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 $24,206.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2025 | Fine | $24,206 |
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) | 5.36 | 4.58 | 3.95 | top 20% in Kansas; top 9% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.69 | top 34% in Kansas; top 22% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 4.92 | 4.05 | 3.50 | top 18% in Kansas; top 7% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.48 | top 35% in Kansas; top 29% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 33.3 | 48.1 | 45.8 | top 15% in Kansas; top 20% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 33.3 | 42.0 | 42.9 | top 34% in Kansas; top 33% 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 4.42, RN 0.72, weekend 4.05. Staffing rating: 5/5.
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: 2/5 · long-stay residents: 2/5 · short-stay residents: 1/5
Who owns this facility
Non profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agewise Living INC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 06/17/2016 |
| Aegis Therapies, INC. | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2018 |
| Aegis Therapies, INC. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/24/2025 |
| Agewise Living INC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/17/2019 |
| Ball, Monte | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Ball, Monte | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Bennett, Sheri | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2025 |
| Bland & Associates, P.C. | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2018 |
| Bland & Associates, P.C. | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/24/2025 |
| Decker, James | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2025 |
| Decker, James | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/24/2025 |
| Flint Hills Billing and Consulting LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 11/01/2018 |
| Flint Hills Billing and Consulting LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/24/2025 |
| Foster, Amy | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Foster, Amy | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Fulton, Erric | Individual | Managing Control - Governing Body | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Fulton, Erric | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/10/2020 |
| Grace Team LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/20/2019 |
| Grace Team LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/10/2025 |
| Grace, Ryan | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/20/2019 |
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 is your falls rate, and what specific steps do you take to prevent falls and supervise residents at risk?"
- "Do you have a qualified dietician on staff, and how involved are they in each resident's nutrition plan?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "Does a pharmacist review every resident's medications and chart monthly, and how are their concerns acted on?"
- "How do you monitor residents' weight and eating, and what happens when someone starts losing weight?"
- "What specific training do your nurse aides complete in dementia care and abuse prevention, and how often is it refreshed?"
- "If my family member goes to the hospital, how long will you hold their bed, and will we get that in writing?"
- "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?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 175299.