Nursing home
Kerens Care Center
809 Ne 4Th St, Kerens, TX 75144 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Creative Solutions In Healthcare (149 facilities) · 70 certified beds
Kerens Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Kerens, Texas. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.86 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Apr 10, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Kerens Care Center 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) | 2.86 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.39 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.8% | 51.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Kerens Care Center
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 basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 21, 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 · Apr 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 10, 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 · Apr 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 10, 2025 · 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 · Feb 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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 · Jul 30, 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 · Jul 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
- 809 Ne 4Th St
Kerens, TX 75144 - CMS certification #
- 675867
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 70
- Avg residents/day
- 41.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-03-14
- Chain
- Creative Solutions In Healthcare (149 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Creative Solutions In Healthcare
Creative Solutions In Healthcare operates 149 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Creative Solutions In Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Kerens Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2019, 10 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Jun 27, 2019: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Sep 26, 2019. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Kerens Care Center.
Details
- Other than serious: Sanitation (1910.141(a)(3)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Sanitation (1910.141(a)(5)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Jun 27, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Sep 26, 2019. 8 violations cited (2 serious, 6 other). Penalties: $6,047 proposed, $3,628 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Kerens Care Center.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(i)). Penalty $5,303 proposed, $3,182 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(5)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Portable fire extinguishers (1910.157(c)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(5)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)). Penalty $744 proposed, $446 now. To be fixed by Sep 23, 2019.
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
- Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana. 17.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cedar Lake Nursing Home, Malakoff. 13.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Cedar Lake Home Health And Hospice, Malakoff. 6.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Brookshire's Pharmacy. 12.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 75144 as micropolitan (micropolitan low commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Corsicana, Corsicana, 15.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 75144.
Cedar Lake Home Health And Hospice, office in Malakoff, 6.8 miles away, straight line
Arc Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Corsicana, 14.1 miles away, straight line
Enhabit Hospice, office in Kemp, 18.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Healthtexas Provider Network, Waxahachie. 37.4 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Kerens, TX, risk to homes is greater than 59% of communities in Texas and 79% 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 relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Kerens Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Kerens Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Kerens Care Center staffed?
Kerens Care Center reports 2.86 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Kerens Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Kerens Care Center have?
Kerens Care Center is certified for 70 beds.