Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
506 S 7Th St, Carrizo Springs, TX 78834 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Nexion Health (52 facilities) · 100 certified beds
Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Carrizo Springs, Texas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.46 hours per resident per day, above the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Jul 18, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Whispering Springs 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) | 3.46 | 3.40 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 40.9% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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 Whispering Springs 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.
- Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · 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 · Jun 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 5, 2023 - 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 · May 5, 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
- 506 S 7Th St
Carrizo Springs, TX 78834 - CMS certification #
- 675373
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 48.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-02-17
- 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
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Dimmit Regional Hospital, Carrizo Springs. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avir at Cotulla, Cotulla. 38.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Lopez Health Systems Inc, Crystal City. 12.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- H-E-B Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 78834 as rural (rural area).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Carizzo Springs Kidney Disease Clinic, Carrizo Springs, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 15 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 78834.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Curana Health Medical Group LLC, San Antonio. 97.1 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 July 1, 1987), 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 high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very high, 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 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center staffed?
Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center reports 3.46 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have?
Whispering Springs Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is certified for 100 beds.