Slaton Care Center
630 SOUTH 19TH STREET, Slaton, TX, 79364
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: Creative Solutions In Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 35 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 55.9% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $31,656 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148477
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 57 Medicare-only · 63 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- November 1, 2023
- Current license expires
- November 1, 2026
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Slaton I Enterprises, Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Operator / manager
- Creative Solutions In Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Eddy Alvarez
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Creative Solutions in Healthcare chain — 149 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Honor x Enterprises, Llc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2013
- Creative Solutions in Healthcare Inc
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2009
- Gary r Blake
Operational/managerial Control · 50% · since 2009
- Linda f Huggins
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2009
- Malisa a Blake
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2008
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 23)
- B0912·Dec 4, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
- D0880·Dec 4, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Dec 4, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0803·Dec 4, 2025
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.
- D0761·Dec 4, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D0695·Dec 4, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0800·Jan 29, 2025Complaint
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs.
- F0812·Sep 12, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $23K
- 20231 fine · $8,187
Most recent events
- May 1, 2025Fine · $23K
- Mar 28, 2023Fine · $8,187
Largest single fine on record: $23K.
Fire-safety citations
7 Life-Safety-Code citations on file, including 1 at severity J–L. Most recent: Dec 4, 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
Slaton Care Center is a 120-bed nursing home in Slaton (Lubbock County), licensed for Medicare and Medicaid, managed by Creative Solutions In Healthcare. CMS rates it 4 stars overall and 4 stars on health inspections, but staffing earns only 2 stars. Two administrators have left in the past year. The facility is operating at roughly 29% of licensed capacity — about 35 residents in 120 beds.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here at 2 stars. Each resident receives about 189 minutes of total nursing care per day — roughly 52 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that, only 17 minutes comes from a registered nurse, compared with 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing Texas facility. About 32% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating.
Two administrators have left in the past year. Leadership turnover at that pace affects scheduling, staff morale, and how consistently care policies are applied at the floor level.
CMS recorded 2 fines totaling $31,656 since the facility's last inspection cycle. The state median for fines among Texas nursing homes that receive any is $20,699; roughly 30% of Texas nursing homes have none.
The facility has 120 licensed beds and averaged about 35 residents per day — an occupancy rate of roughly 29%. This is present alongside the staffing and fine signals above.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Current administrator tenure
Two administrators have left in the past year — ask how long the current administrator has been in place and whether leadership is expected to remain stable.
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
Reported weekend nursing hours run 2.84 per resident per day, lower than the weekday figure — ask how many nurses and aides are on duty overnight and on weekends.
Background on the two CMS fines
CMS recorded 2 fines totaling $31,656 — ask what the citations were for and what specific changes were made in response.
Why occupancy is this low
The facility is running at about 29% of its 120 licensed beds — ask whether that reflects a planned census reduction, staffing limits, or another operational factor.
Registered nurse coverage hours
Reported RN time is 17 minutes per resident per day; ask which shifts have a registered nurse physically on-site, not just on call.
Resident Council meeting schedule
A Resident Council is listed but no Family Council — ask how often the Resident Council meets and how family members receive updates on concerns raised there.
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.