Nursing home
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
422 E 18Th St, Weslaco, TX 78596 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Wellsential Health (67 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Weslaco, Texas. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.28 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on May 14, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation 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) | 3.28 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.17 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.10 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.6% | 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 Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation 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
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 14, 2025 · 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 · May 14, 2025 · 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 · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 14, 2025 · 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 · May 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2025 · 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 · Mar 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 14, 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 · Mar 14, 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
- 422 E 18Th St
Weslaco, TX 78596 - CMS certification #
- 676037
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 110.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2004-10-05
- Chain
- Wellsential Health (67 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Wellsential Health
Wellsential Health operates 67 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Wellsential Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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 31, 2009.
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
- Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Valley Grande Manor, Weslaco. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Promesa Home Health Inc, Weslaco. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 78596 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Weslaco Central, Weslaco, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Davita Weslaco Renal Center, Weslaco, 0.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Usrc Mid Valley Weslaco Dialysis, Weslaco, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 45 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 78596.
Ims Home Health & Hospice Care, Inc, office in Weslaco, 0.9 miles away, straight line
United Hospice Care Services LLC, office in Weslaco, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Maximum Quality Hospice LLC, office in Weslaco, 1.5 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Stephanie H Garcia Mdpa, Harlingen. 21.5 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
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective March 4, 1980), 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, 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 | 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
Is Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 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 Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.28 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have?
Weslaco Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 120 beds.