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Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home
301 E Yuma Ave, Mcallen, TX 78503 · Map
Government - State · Part of Texvet (9 facilities) · 160 certified beds
Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Mcallen, Texas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.54 hours per resident per day, above the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Oct 4, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $12,675In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home compares
This facility vs. the Texas and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Texas avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.54 | 3.40 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.22 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.1% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $12,675, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 301 E Yuma Ave
Mcallen, TX 78503 - CMS certification #
- 676063
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 160
- Avg residents/day
- 153.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2005-07-14
- Chain
- Texvet (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Texvet
Texvet operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Texvet facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs State Veterans Home
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2016
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Paying with Medicaid and other programs
Federal and state programs
- State Veterans Home. Listed as a State Veterans Home (ALFREDO GONZALEZ TEXAS STATE VETERANS HOME) in the national directory that VA links to. Beds listed: Nursing Care: 160. State Veterans Homes are state-owned; VA surveys them each year and pays part of the cost of care for eligible veterans. (State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory), as of Aug 14, 2024)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 18, 2016 to Apr 17, 2018. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours), Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Alfredo Gonzalez Veterans Home (Touchstone Strategies LLC). Case 1846814.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 17, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 11, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home.
- May 6, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Aug 26, 2021. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $4,476 proposed, $2,686 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $4,476 proposed, $2,686 now.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Mcallen. 0.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- McAllen Transitional Care Center, Mc Allen. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Infinity Care Home Health LLC, Mcallen. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 78503 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Valley Mcallen, Mcallen, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Driscoll Children'S Valley Dialysis Center, Mcallen, 0.8 miles away, straight line
Davita Jackson Meadows, Mcallen, 0.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 32 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 78503.
Superior Hospice Of Mcallen LLC, office in Mcallen, 0.8 miles away, straight line
Atex Hospice, office in Mcallen, 3.6 miles away, straight line
Harbor Hospice Of Mcallen Lp, office in Mcallen, 4.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Stephanie H Garcia Mdpa, Harlingen. 35.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective November 2, 1982), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | See above |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home staffed?
Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home reports 3.54 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home have?
Alfredo Gonzalez Texas State Veterans Home is certified for 160 beds.