The Heights Of Gonzales
701 N SARAH DEWITT, Gonzales, TX, 78629
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: Touchstone Communities
- Certified beds
- 132 · avg 90 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 40.6% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 60% — higher 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
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148895
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 132 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 16 Medicare-only · 116 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- December 31, 2023
- Current license expires
- December 31, 2026
- Initial license date
- May 22, 2007
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Gonzales Healthcare Systems (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Touchstone Strategies Go, Llc
- Administrator
- Roger Dyer
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
The Heights of Gonzales is a 132-bed nursing home in Gonzales, TX, operated by Gonzales Healthcare Systems and managed by Touchstone Communities. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with a 4-star health inspection rating and a 5-star long-stay quality rating. Staffing comes in at 2 stars, and short-stay quality rates 1 star. The facility is currently at about 68% of licensed capacity, with 90 residents on average per day.
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 188 minutes of nursing care per day — roughly 53 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. About 32% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating, so the gap is not unusual, but it is real. Registered nurses account for only 14 minutes of that daily total, against 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing Texas facility.
About 4 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff of 42%, meaning turnover here is better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. For a long-stay resident, a more stable team generally means more consistent day-to-day care.
The facility operates at about 68% of its 132 licensed beds, with an average of 90 residents per day. Paired with a 2-star staffing rating, lower occupancy is worth understanding — it can reflect a recent census shift, local referral patterns, or other factors the facility can speak to directly.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Short-stay quality rating of 1 star
CMS rates short-stay quality outcomes here at 1 star — ask which specific measures drive that rating and what the facility is doing to address them.
Registered nurse coverage each day
Reported RN hours average about 14 minutes per resident per day; ask how many registered nurses are on site during a typical day shift and overnight.
Staffing levels on weekends
Weekend nursing hours here average about 2 hours 42 minutes per resident — lower than the weekday figure; ask how staffing is scheduled Saturday and Sunday.
Why occupancy is at 68%
The facility is running well below its 132-bed license; ask whether that reflects a recent change in admissions, a unit closure, or something else.
Management company's role
Day-to-day operations are handled by Touchstone Strategies, while the licensee is Gonzales Healthcare Systems — ask who sets staffing budgets and care policies.
Resident Council activity
A Resident Council is listed but no Family Council; ask how families are formally included when concerns about care arise.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Texas HHS 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.