Nursing home
Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation
5000 Thayer Dr, Killeen, TX 76549 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Avir Health Group (90 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Killeen, Texas. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.19 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Apr 17, 2025 cited 12 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 5 fines totaling $125,321In CMS records: 6 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 Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation 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) | 3.19 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.90 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 69.4% | 51.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 12.0 | 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: 5 fines totaling $125,321, 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation
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
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 · Mar 6, 2026 · 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 · Mar 6, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 26, 2026 · 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 · Dec 29, 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 · Dec 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 3, 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 · Sep 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 11, 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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 17, 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
- 5000 Thayer Dr
Killeen, TX 76549 - CMS certification #
- 676438
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 97.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2018-01-25
- 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 Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: private room.
Our facility features private rooms, a full therapy gym, salon, recreation room, religious services, and a convenient store open several times weekly.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoking only in designated areas.
Enjoy serene outdoor areas—complete with a fountain and seating—and a designated smoking section.
(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.
- Mar 2, 2023: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 26, 2023. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $30,132 proposed, $2,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Bell Nursing Operations, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(1)). Penalty $6,026 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Apr 6, 2023.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $12,053 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 6, 2023.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $12,053 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Apr 6, 2023.
- Sep 9, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 9, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $8,702 proposed, $2,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Bell Nursing Operations, 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 $4,351 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 2022.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $4,351 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Feb 18, 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
- Adventhealth Central Texas, Killeen. 4.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rosewood Heights, Killeen. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Texmed Home Health Inc, Killeen. 2.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 76549 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Killeen Kidney Center, Killeen, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Baylor Scott & White Killeen Dialysis West, Killeen, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Scott & White Killeen Dialysis Center, Killeen, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 22 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 76549.
Heart Of Texas Hospice, office in Killeen, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Embrace Hospice, office in Temple, 19.3 miles away, straight line
Baylor Scott & White Hospice - Temple, office in Temple, 19.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Scott And White Clinic, Copperas Cove. 15.7 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 low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, 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 | 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 | 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 Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation an overall rating of 1 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 Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation staffed?
Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation reports 3.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 12 deficiencies.
How many beds does Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation have?
Killeen Nursing & Rehabilitation is certified for 120 beds.