Nursing home
Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care
5260 Brand St, Rio Grande City, TX 78582 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Wellsential Health (67 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Rio Grande City, Texas. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.07 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Oct 17, 2024 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care 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) | 3.07 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.86 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 49.4% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care
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 that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 8, 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 · Dec 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · 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 · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2024 · 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 · Sep 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 26, 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
- 5260 Brand St
Rio Grande City, TX 78582 - CMS certification #
- 676495
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 101.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2020-10-29
- Chain
- Wellsential Health (67 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Wellsential Health
Wellsential Health operates 67 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Wellsential Health facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Starr County Memorial Hospital, Rio Grande City. 11.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rio Grande City. 10.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Una Bendicion Home Health LLC, Rio Grande City. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- H-E-B Pharmacy. 9.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 78582 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care Rio Grande City, Rio Grande City, 10.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc Rio Grande Dialysis, Rio Grande City, 11.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 34 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 78582.
Caridad Healthcare Inc, office in Roma, 15.0 miles away, straight line
A Neighborhood Hospice And Palliative Care, LLC, office in La Joya, 23.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Stephanie H Garcia Mdpa, Harlingen. 68.5 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Starr County, TX, risk to homes is greater than 74% of communities in Texas and 89% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole county, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care a good nursing home?
CMS gives Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care staffed?
Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care reports 3.07 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care have?
Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care is certified for 120 beds.