Nursing home
The Vosswood Nursing Center
815 S Voss Rd, Houston, TX 77057 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities) · 224 certified beds
The Vosswood Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Houston, Texas. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Jun 20, 2023 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Vosswood Nursing 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) | — | 3.40 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.44 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.01 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 51.5% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 The Vosswood Nursing 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
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jun 20, 2023 - 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 · Jun 20, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 20, 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
- 815 S Voss Rd
Houston, TX 77057 - CMS certification #
- 675080
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 224
- Avg residents/day
- —
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1992-09-29
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Life Care Centers Of America
Life Care Centers Of America operates 194 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Life Care Centers Of America facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around The Vosswood Nursing Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2021, 2 violations cited
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
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 Aug 20, 2022.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Oct 22, 2021: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jan 4, 2022. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $9,749 proposed, $5,850 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Four Star Medical Investors, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(5)). Penalty $5,803 proposed, $3,482 now. To be fixed by Dec 6, 2021.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(i)). Penalty $3,946 proposed, $2,368 now.
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
- Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital, Houston. 3.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Buckingham, Houston. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- St Marys Home Health Inc, Houston. 0.6 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 77057 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Houston Galleria Dialysis, Houston, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Blalock Dialysis Center, Inc, Houston, 2.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
West Houston Dialysis Center, Houston, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 64 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 77057.
Constellation Hospice Tx, office in Houston, 0.6 miles away, straight line
Life New Look Hospice LLC, office in Houston, 1.2 miles away, straight line
Briargate Healthcare Services Inc, office in Pearland, 1.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Jeffrey Lee, MD, Houston. 0.6 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set; inside the regulatory floodway. 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, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively 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 | 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is The Vosswood Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Vosswood Nursing Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has The Vosswood Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Vosswood Nursing Center have?
The Vosswood Nursing Center is certified for 224 beds.