The nursing home failed to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors. Cited December 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 760 — 42 CFR §483.45(f)(2) — S/S: E
Nursing home report
STARR COUNTY NURSING AND TRANSITIONAL CARE
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX · Medicare-certified · 120 beds
In good standing
Non-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care has a 3-star overall rating, with strong health inspection and quality scores at 4 stars but a 1-star staffing rating. Reported nurse staffing is 3.11 hours per resident per day, below the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.1073 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 8, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.1073.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.46
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.82
- Nurse aides
- 1.83
- Weekend nursing
- 2.78
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 46%
Registered nurse turnover: 27%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
15.2%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
2.1%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
2%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
2.3%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
12.4%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
4.1%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
14.7%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.8%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
0%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
8.1%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.4%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
99.3%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.2%Steady
What the inspectors found
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited July 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited December 2025 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to reasonably accommodate each resident’s needs and preferences. Cited October 2024 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 558 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Part of WELLSENTIAL HEALTH · 68 homes · 2.6 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 100.4 residents on an average day (84% of 120 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 5 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.