The Rating Trap
Ellery Care · unbiased Texas nursing-home data
five-star homes, flagged
Texas has 133 five-star nursing homes. 50 of them carry at least one serious red flag anyway.
The overall star rating leans heavily on self-reported data. A home can earn five stars and still carry an abuse flag, a jeopardy citation, or a six-figure fine.
43% of Texas's highly-rated homes carry at least one red flag. The rating is a starting point — not the answer.
Every home's flags, staffing, fines, and drugging rate are on its free report card — the full picture the star rating flattens.
How Texas's top-rated homes really score, plus a free report card for every home.