Nursing home report

BROOKDALE WESTLAKE HILLS

AUSTIN, TX · Medicare-certified · 90 beds

Needs attention

For-profitChain member

3 of 5 overall

Brookdale Westlake Hills (Austin, TX) has a 3-star overall rating, with strong staffing and quality scores but a weaker health inspection score. It reports 4.79 nurse hours per resident per day versus the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and it had $7,800 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty flag.

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Health inspections

Staffing

4.794 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: December 3, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $7,800recent federal penalty

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.794.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses: 0.76
Licensed practical nurses: 1.29
Nurse aides: 2.74
Weekend nursing: 4.35

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 31%

Registered nurse turnover: 38%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

—10%—

Residents with a fall causing major injury

—10.7%—

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

—9%—

Residents with a urinary tract infection

—0%—

Residents who lost too much weight

—2.1%—

Residents who were physically restrained

—0%—

Residents needing more help with daily activities

—13.6%—

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

—10.6%—

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

0%1.1%Worsening

Residents with a long-term catheter

—0%—

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

—13.4%—

Residents with depressive symptoms

—0%—

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—100%—

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

—100%—

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—90.5%—

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

94.8%99.1%Improving

What the inspectors found

The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited August 2023 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.