Nursing home
Avir at Golfcrest
7633 Bellfort, Houston, TX 77061 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Avir Health Group (90 facilities) · 200 certified beds
Avir at Golfcrest is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Houston, Texas. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.28 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Apr 10, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $8,021In CMS records: 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avir at Golfcrest 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) | 3.28 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.92 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.4% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 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 $8,021, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Avir at Golfcrest
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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 · Aug 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · Feb 18, 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
- 7633 Bellfort
Houston, TX 77061 - CMS certification #
- 675791
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 200
- Avg residents/day
- 121.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1999-06-16
- Chain
- Avir Health Group (90 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Avir Health Group
Avir Health Group operates 90 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avir Health Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Avir at Golfcrest using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, 5 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Zip-Zone C
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Avir at Golfcrest says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Has a separate memory care unit, wing or neighborhood.
Secured Memory Care Unit
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Residents have access to private rooms, relaxing patios, a full-service salon, vibrant activity rooms, community dining, and faith services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Feb 24, 2023: unprogrammed, related to another inspection inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 10, 2024. 5 violations cited (2 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $7,154 proposed, $7,154 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Altamonte Care of Houston Southeast LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $6,026 proposed, $6,026 now. To be fixed by Aug 29, 2023.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 29, 2023.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)(ii)). Penalty $1,128 proposed, $1,128 now. To be fixed by Aug 29, 2023.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)(iii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 29, 2023.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)(ix)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 29, 2023.
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
- Hca Houston Healthcare Southeast, Pasadena. 6.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avir at Courtyard, Houston. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Vesta Home Care, Houston. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 77061 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Southeast Kidney Center, Houston, 1.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Usrc Gulfgate Kidney Center, Houston, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Lone Star Dialysis, Houston, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 47 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 77061.
Houston Hospice, office in Houston, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Harbor Hospice Of Central Houston, L.P., office in Houston, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars)
Harbor Hospice Medical Center - Houston Lp, office in Houston, 7.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Trumen Physicians And Associates PLLC, Houston. 4.1 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zip-Zone C on the Houston-Galveston hurricane evacuation ZIP-Zones. (Houston-Galveston Area Council, map updated Jul 30, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively high, 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 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avir at Golfcrest a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avir at Golfcrest an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avir at Golfcrest staffed?
Avir at Golfcrest reports 3.28 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Avir at Golfcrest had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avir at Golfcrest have?
Avir at Golfcrest is certified for 200 beds.