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Noon dinner and evening supper in the dining room
Sunday dinner at long tables, fried chicken twice a month and pie every day.
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Chapter 01 — East side, a block off Highway 54, Pratt, KS
Senior living · Pratt, Kansas
The harvest is in. Come on home to Wheatland.
Independent and assisted living apartments on the east side of Pratt, with Sunday dinner at long tables and the same faces at the nurses' station year after year.
Since 1971
Four churches, a co-op and one good idea.
In 1971 four Pratt congregations and the grain co-op pooled money so the county's retired farmers wouldn't have to move to Wichita to grow old. They built twenty-four apartments on a quarter block of Ninnescah Street and called it Wheatland. Half the town showed up for the ribbon cutting.
We've grown to sixty-two apartments, added assisted living in 1998 and a sunroom that faces west so residents can watch the weather roll in. What hasn't changed is the board: neighbors, still. They answer to Pratt, not to a company in another state.
— Wendell Ames, executive director
- 1971the year our first apartments opened
- 62independent and assisted apartments
- 11years, average tenure of our nurses
- 2hot and cold water towers in view
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Help with bathing, dressing and grooming
On your schedule, by aides who know your routine.
By care level
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Sunroom coffee hour every morning
Where the weather, the markets and the Beavers' chances get discussed.
IncludedPhoto tour
Around the Commons
Rooms & suites
Apartments with room for the good furniture
Every apartment has a kitchenette or full kitchen, a walk-in shower and a window big enough to see the sky.
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Garden studio
One bright room with a kitchenette, a walk-in shower and a window over the raised beds.
- Kitchenette
- Walk-in shower
- Independent or assisted
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One-bedroom apartment
A full kitchen, a living room with a sliding door to the patio and a bedroom with space for two dressers.
- Full kitchen
- Patio access
- Washer and dryer hookups
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Two-bedroom apartment
Our largest floor plan, with a second bedroom most couples turn into a den or a sewing room.
- Two bathrooms
- Ceiling fans
- Covered parking
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Prairie cottage
Four duplex cottages on the north lawn, each with a front porch, a single garage and a yard someone else mows.
- Front porch
- Attached garage
- Independent living
Sample family reviews
What families tell us
Dad farmed north of town for fifty years. He moved here grumbling and now he's the one telling new residents which table gets the best view of the storms.
Mom moved from independent to assisted living last spring and only had to move down the hall. Same friends at lunch, same nurse. That was everything to us.
Rosa sat at our kitchen table and went through the long-term care policy line by line. We'd had it for twenty years and never understood it.
Sunday fried chicken. That's my review.
I live four hours away in Kansas City. Gloria calls me after every doctor visit without being asked, and I get the newsletter with Mom's quilt in it.
I was alone on the farm after Earl passed. Here I eat with six women I've known since grade school. We're louder than the men's table.
They let Grandpa keep his old feed-store chair in his apartment. It doesn't match anything. He's never been happier.
Our team
The people at the front desk, the stove and the nurses’ station
Wendell Ames
Executive Director
Gloria Haskins, RN
Director of Nursing
Rosa Delacruz
Resident Services Director
Luis Ortega
Dining Services Director
Insurance & payment
Paying for senior living
Money questions come first for most families. Here's the honest picture.
Private pay
Most residents pay monthly from savings, pensions, Social Security or the sale of a home. No entrance fee, a thirty-day notice and a written agreement.
Long-term care insurance
Many policies cover assisted living care. We'll help you file the claim and send the monthly paperwork your insurer asks for.
KanCare (Kansas Medicaid)
The Frail Elderly waiver may help cover assisted living care services for people who qualify. It doesn't cover room and board. Ask about our KanCare apartments.
Veterans benefits
The VA pension with Aid and Attendance may help eligible wartime veterans and surviving spouses. The county veterans service officer can help you apply.
For families
For families
Moving a parent off the farm is a big chapter. Here's how we help.
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Before the move
Rosa makes a floor-plan drawing of your parent's apartment so you can decide what furniture comes, and she has a list of Pratt movers who've done this before.
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The first month
Kayla pairs every new resident with a neighbor for meals and outings. Most families tell us the second week is when things click.
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Staying in touch
Gloria calls after any fall, hospital visit or medication change. You'll get a monthly newsletter and an invitation to every party.
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Visiting
Come any time. Stay for a meal for a few dollars, or book the guest apartment if you're driving in from out of state.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Sample: Family satisfaction survey, 2025
- Sample: Kansas community partner recognition
- Sample: Fifty years serving Pratt County
Work close to home
Good hours, real benefits and a staff that sticks around. Ask about CNA training.
Visit
Find us on Ninnescah Street
- 905 Ninnescah Street
Pratt, KS
Pull right up to the front doors under the canopy. Overflow parking is across the street at the church lot, and they don't mind. - (620) 555-0152
- Text us
- visit@wheatlandcommons.example
- WheatlandCommonsPratt
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 5p
- Sunday toursBy appointment
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
There's always a chair at the long table.
Call Wendell, book a tour online, or just stop by on your way through town. The coffee's been on since six.