Nursing home
Avir at Jeffrey Place
820 Jeffrey Dr, Waco, TX 76710 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Avir Health Group (90 facilities) · 95 certified beds
Avir at Jeffrey Place is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Waco, Texas. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.29 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Feb 6, 2025 cited 13 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $29,666In CMS records: 3 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 Jeffrey Place 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) | 3.29 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.31 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 61.3% | 51.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 13.0 | 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: 2 fines totaling $29,666, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Avir at Jeffrey Place
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
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 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · 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 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 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 · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 6, 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
- 820 Jeffrey Dr
Waco, TX 76710 - CMS certification #
- 455489
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 95
- Avg residents/day
- 69.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1984-06-22
- 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 Jeffrey Place using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2016
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Avir at Jeffrey Place 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) - Offers respite or short-term stays.
Our in-house team provides 24-hour comprehensive care for short-term, long-term, and respite stays, with no outsourced staff.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Along with on-demand meals and our beauty and barber shop, Avir at Jeffrey Place offers life enrichment activities, religious services, transportation services, and an Express Recovery Unit to help short-term patients get home sooner.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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 Feb 15, 2016 to Feb 14, 2018. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Jeffrey Place Healthcare (Senior Living Properties, LLC). Case 1844616.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ascension Providence, Waco. 1.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Greenview Nursing and Rehabilitation, Waco. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Waco. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- H-E-B Pharmacy. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 76710 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Brazos, Waco, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Greenway Kidney Center, Waco, 3.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Waco Lakeshore, Waco, 4.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 19 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 76710.
Gentiva, office in Waco, 0.4 miles away, straight line
Halcyon Home, office in Waco, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Compassus - Central Texas, office in Waco, 0.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Vesper Medical Care PLLC, Woodway. 2.5 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Jeffrey Place a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avir at Jeffrey Place an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avir at Jeffrey Place staffed?
Avir at Jeffrey Place reports 3.29 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Avir at Jeffrey Place had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 13 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avir at Jeffrey Place have?
Avir at Jeffrey Place is certified for 95 beds.