Nursing home
Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes
7215 Windfern Rd, Houston, TX 77040 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Paradigm Healthcare (18 facilities) · 180 certified beds
Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Houston, Texas. Nurse staffing is 3.42 hours per resident per day, above the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Jan 9, 2026 cited 11 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus FacilityCMS has identified this facility for enhanced oversight.
- 3 fines totaling $265,534In 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 Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes 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) | 3.42 | 3.40 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.16 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.4% | 51.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 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 $265,534, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual 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 · Mar 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Mar 27, 2026 · 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 27, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 9, 2026 · 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 · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 9, 2026 · 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 · Jan 9, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 14, 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 · Aug 14, 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
- 7215 Windfern Rd
Houston, TX 77040 - CMS certification #
- 675085
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 132.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-09-12
- Chain
- Paradigm Healthcare (18 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Paradigm Healthcare
Paradigm Healthcare operates 18 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Paradigm Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Diabetes care
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes 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 diabetes care.
Diabetes Management
(page, checked Oct 15, 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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Nov 6, 2019.
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
- Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, Houston. 6.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center -, Houston. 1.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Advanced Home Health Services, Houston. 0.3 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 77040 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Jersey Village Dialysis, Houston, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Tanner Dialysis, Houston, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Inwood Dialysis, Houston, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 75 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 77040.
Capstone Hospice LLC, office in Jersey Village, 2.8 miles away, straight line
Doctor'S Choice Hospice, office in Houston, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars)
Canaan Land Hospice Care LLC, office in Houston, 6.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cs Pacs 3 Southwest, LLC, Houston. 6.4 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively high, 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 | 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
How is Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes staffed?
Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes reports 3.42 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes have?
Paradigm at Woodwind Lakes is certified for 180 beds.