Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Brady West Rehab & Nursing
2201 Menard Hwy, Brady, TX 76825 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Ruby Healthcare (7 facilities) · 106 certified beds
Brady West Rehab & Nursing is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Brady, Texas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.26 hours per resident per day, above the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Sep 4, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $10,527In 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 Brady West Rehab & Nursing 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) | 4.26 | 3.40 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.44 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.57 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.3% | 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.
- Every deficiency from the September 4, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 26, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $10,527, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Brady West Rehab & Nursing
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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 4, 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 · Sep 4, 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 · Sep 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2024 · 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 · Aug 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2024 · 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 · Aug 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Aug 22, 2024 · 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 · Aug 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Apr 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Apr 12, 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
- 2201 Menard Hwy
Brady, TX 76825 - CMS certification #
- 676034
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 106
- Avg residents/day
- 31.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2004-10-01
- Chain
- Ruby Healthcare (7 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Ruby Healthcare
Ruby Healthcare operates 7 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ruby Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2014
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Brady West Rehab & Nursing 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 respite or short-term stays.
Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy from a dedicated interdisciplinary team, with daily care-team check-ins for short-term, long-term, and respite stays.
(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 Jan 29, 2014 to Apr 22, 2015. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,310 owed to 18 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $3,960. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Brady West Rehab & Nursing (Brady West SNF LLC). Case 1759324.
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
- Heart Of Texas Memorial Hospital, Brady. 3.4 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Menard Manor, Menard. 29.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hill Country Preferred Senior Care, Mason. 29.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Script Shoppe. 25.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 76825 as small town (small town core).
- Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 76825.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Scott And White Clinic, Copperas Cove. 81.3 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 October 15, 1981), 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Brady, TX, risk to homes is greater than 78% of communities in Texas and 87% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively moderate, 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 | 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 | See above |
| 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 Brady West Rehab & Nursing a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brady West Rehab & Nursing an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brady West Rehab & Nursing staffed?
Brady West Rehab & Nursing reports 4.26 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Brady West Rehab & Nursing had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brady West Rehab & Nursing have?
Brady West Rehab & Nursing is certified for 106 beds.