Nursing home
Avir at Houston
2310 S Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX 77077 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Avir Health Group (90 facilities) · 148 certified beds
Avir at Houston is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Houston, Texas. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 1.55 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Mar 20, 2025 cited 16 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $216,791In CMS records: 4 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 Houston 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) | 1.55 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.18 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 51.5% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 16.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | above 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: 3 fines totaling $216,791, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Avir at Houston
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 pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · 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
- 2310 S Eldridge Parkway
Houston, TX 77077 - CMS certification #
- 676066
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 148
- Avg residents/day
- 109.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2005-10-05
- 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 Houston using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Avir at Houston says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
We provide compassionate respiratory therapy, palliative services, and hospice coordination—ensuring comfort, dignity, and expert symptom management at every stage.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Residents enjoy private rooms furnished with sofas and chairs, expansive common areas, a welcoming lobby, and inviting spaces that encourage relaxation, connection, and independence.
(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.
- Aug 23, 2022: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 30, 2022. 2 violations cited (1 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $4,754 proposed, $2,852 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Concierge Park, LP. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $4,754 proposed, $2,852 now. To be fixed by Oct 4, 2022.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 4, 2022.
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 West, Houston. 2.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Continuing Care at Eagles Trace, Houston. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- World Health Services Inc, Houston. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 77077 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita West Oaks Dialysis, Houston, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Dairy Ashford Dialysis, Houston, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Westminster Dialysis, Houston, 1.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 90 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 77077.
Varco Hospice LLC, office in Houston, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Care 4 You Senior Services, office in Houston, 1.6 miles away, straight line
Southern Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Houston, 1.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sistla Krishna, MD, Houston. 6.8 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
- 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 low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire 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 | 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 | 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 Houston a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avir at Houston an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avir at Houston staffed?
Avir at Houston reports 1.55 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Avir at Houston had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 16 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avir at Houston have?
Avir at Houston is certified for 148 beds.