Nursing home
Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
705 Ne Georgia Avenue, Sweetwater, TX 79556 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Nexion Health (52 facilities) · 96 certified beds
Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Sweetwater, Texas. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.52 hours per resident per day, above the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Dec 12, 2024 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare 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) | 3.52 | 3.40 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.20 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.2% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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 March 26, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 27, 2026
What inspectors found at Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
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 · Mar 26, 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 · Mar 26, 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 26, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 26, 2026 · 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 · Mar 26, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 12, 2024 · 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 · Dec 12, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 12, 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 · Oct 19, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 19, 2023
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
- 705 Ne Georgia Avenue
Sweetwater, TX 79556 - CMS certification #
- 455509
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 96
- Avg residents/day
- 78.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-04-17
- Chain
- Nexion Health (52 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Nexion Health
Nexion Health operates 52 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Nexion Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Mar 1, 2024.
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
- Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sweetwater Healthcare Center, Sweetwater. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Rolling Plains Home Health, Sweetwater. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walmart Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 79556 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Rolling Plains, Sweetwater, 0.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 9 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 79556.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Concord Medical Group Of Texas PLLC, Eastland. 91.6 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 June 19, 1989), 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 Sweetwater, TX, risk to homes is greater than 86% of communities in Texas and 91% 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 moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center staffed?
Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center reports 3.52 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have?
Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is certified for 96 beds.