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Our story

How we got here

The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.

Our story

Fifty-plus years in the Hills

Cooking class in the teaching kitchen
A resident playing the lobby piano
Balance class in the gym
A couple cooking supper together
Two residents on a bench by the front door
Walking the hall with a therapist
Chapter 01

1968: Eureka

A group of Greenwood County families opened the first Flint Ridge center so their parents wouldn't have to leave town.

Chapter 02

1984: El Dorado

A larger center with the first therapy gym in the group.

Chapter 03

1999: Augusta

A third center, closer to families commuting to Wichita.

Chapter 04

2012: Council Grove

When the town's only nursing home was set to close, Flint Ridge took it over and kept it open.

Chapter 05

2020: Telehealth

Specialist visits by video came to all four centers, saving residents thousands of highway miles.

Chapter 06

Today

Four towns, 210 beds and one admissions line that answers seven days a week.

  • 4towns in the Flint Hills
  • 210beds across four centers
  • 1968the first center opened
  • 6 daysof therapy a week in every building

Ratings & recognition · sample

  • Readers’ Choice · Best Nursing Home
  • Rural Health Association · Excellence Award
  • Regional Medical Center · Preferred Post-Acute Partner
  • Statewide Long-Term Care Association · Quality Recognition
  • Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
  • Orthopedic Surgeons Group · Preferred Rehab Partner
  • Hospice Alliance · Partner
  • Workforce Council · Training Partner
  • County Fair Boards · Community Partner
  • Nursing School · Clinical Site

Good care shouldn't be an hour away.

Call our admissions line any day. We'll check your Medicare and find a bed in the town that works for your family.