Brighton Place North is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-12-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (785) 233-5127 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Brighton Place North holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 78.3/100, placing it #4414 of 14703 facilities nationally and #72 of 297 in Kansas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Brighton Place North receives a reported average of 1 hour 54 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 1 hour 28 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 35.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $9,408. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $9,408, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 75.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Brighton Place North ranks 4414th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KS, it ranks 72nd out of 297 nursing homes. In Topeka, it ranks 5th out of 14 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,125 nationally and RN hours rank #11,955 nationally (#261 in KS). Our composite quality score of 78.3/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Topeka, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kansas/topeka/