Wendell Ames
Executive Director
Wendell grew up on a wheat farm south of Iuka and ran the hospital foundation before coming to Wheatland in 2011. He gives most Saturday tours himself.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, caregivers and leaders who stay, and who know every resident by name.
Our team
The people at the front desk, the stove and the nurses’ station
Gloria Haskins, RN
Director of Nursing
Gloria has been a nurse in Pratt County for twenty-six years. She does every assisted living assessment and knows every resident's blood pressure by heart.
Rosa Delacruz
Resident Services Director
Rosa handles move-ins, paperwork and the hard conversations about money with patience and plain talk. She speaks English and Spanish.
Luis Ortega
Dining Services Director
Luis cooked at a supper club in Dodge City for twelve years. His fried chicken Sundays are the reason some families visit when they do.
Kayla Brooks
Life Enrichment Director
A Pratt Community College graduate, Kayla runs the calendar, drives the bus to ball games and has never lost a pinochle tournament she organized.
Rev. Samuel Okoye
Chaplain
Pastor Sam leads Wednesday chapel, visits anyone who wants company and sits with families when the news is hard. All faiths and none are welcome.
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.
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.