Garden Terrace Healthcare Center Of Houston
7887 CAMBRIDGE STREET, Houston, TX, 77054
Federal Quality Data
Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed March 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Life Care Centers Of America
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 45 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 40.8% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 27.3% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $154,564 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 144272
- Service type
- Medicare Only
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Memory-care capacity
- 120 beds · state-certified
- Bed type breakdown
- 120 Medicare-only
- Current license effective
- January 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- March 24, 2028
- Initial license date
- May 26, 2006
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Cambridge Medical Investors, Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Operator / manager
- Life Care Centers Of America, Inc
- Administrator
- Ms. Chrissy L Roper
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Life Care Centers of America chain — 194 facilities across 26 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.5 / 5.
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Rulkiya Washington
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2021
- Joan e Thurmond
Corporate Officer · since 2000
- Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
Operational/managerial Control · since 1997
- Cindy s Cross
Corporate Officer · since 1994
- Forrest l Preston
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 99% · since 1994
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 15)
- K0695·Dec 9, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0628·Jun 19, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- K0686·Jul 10, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- E0803·May 23, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- D0693·May 23, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D0842·Nov 1, 2023Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- H0755·Nov 1, 2023Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E0726·Nov 1, 2023Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $49K
- 20241 fine · $54K
- 20231 fine · $52K
Most recent events
- Dec 9, 2025Fine · $49K
- Jul 10, 2024Fine · $54K
- Oct 5, 2023Fine · $52K
Largest single fine on record: $54K.
Fire-safety citations
6 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jun 19, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Mar 1, 2026.
About this community
Garden Terrace Healthcare Center of Houston is a 120-bed Medicare-only nursing home in Harris County, managed by Life Care Centers of America and licensed through March 2026. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 2-star health inspection rating and 3 fines totaling $154,564 since its last reporting period. Staffing rates 4 stars and quality measures rate 5 stars. The facility holds state memory-care certification through March 2026 and is operating at roughly 37% of licensed capacity.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 4 stars — placing it among roughly the top 9% of Texas nursing homes on this measure. Each resident receives about 238 minutes of nursing care per day, compared to the 241-minute threshold for a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here need more hands-on care than at a typical facility, so those minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
About 4 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff, meaning turnover is better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. RN turnover follows the same pattern: approximately 3 in 10 registered nurses left over the same period, also in the low tier for Texas.
Three CMS fines totaling $154,564 appear in the record. The state median for fined facilities in Texas is about $20,699; this facility's total is roughly 7.5 times that figure. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all in this period.
The health inspection rating is 2 stars, against an overall rating of 3 stars. The quality measures rating is 5 stars — the highest tier — covering outcomes such as rehospitalization rates, pain management, and mobility for both long-stay and short-stay residents.
The facility is operating at roughly 37% of its 120 licensed beds, with about 45 residents on a typical day. The facility also carries a 2-star health inspection rating and $154,564 in fines — two signals that point in the same direction.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
What drove the three CMS fines
Three fines totaling $154,564 appear in CMS records — ask what the underlying deficiencies were and what specific changes were made in response.
Health inspection rating at 2 stars
The health inspection rating is 2 stars despite a 4-star staffing rating — ask which deficiency categories appeared most recently and how they have been addressed.
Current occupancy and what it means
About 45 of 120 beds are occupied; ask whether the low census reflects a recent admission pause, a staffing decision, or another operational factor.
Memory-care program specifics
The facility holds state memory-care certification through March 2026 across all 120 beds — ask how the dedicated memory-care program is structured and staffed separately from general nursing care.
Resident Council scope and access
CMS records show a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how families surface concerns formally and how often those concerns reach facility leadership.
Weekend staffing levels
Reported weekend nursing hours run at 3.38 minutes per resident per hour, below the weekday figure — ask how staffing is scheduled on weekends and whether ratios change.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Texas HHSC licensing registry, snapshot as of April 16, 2026.
- Star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processed March 1, 2026.
- Summary, insights, and tour questions: Written from the state licensing and CMS records above, last updated April 19, 2026.
Read our methodology for how this information is collected and verified.