Sylvan Shores Health And Wellness
3950 UNDERWOOD ROAD, La Porte, TX, 77571
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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: Ml Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 111 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 59.4% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 62.5% — 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
- 311747
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 124 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 14 Medicare-only · 110 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- January 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- January 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- November 12, 2020
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Frio Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Mlla Porte Llc
- Administrator
- Laura Cardenas
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Sylvan Shores Health And Wellness is a 124-bed nursing home in La Porte, Harris County, Texas, accepting Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest rating — with a 1-star staffing rating and a substantiated abuse or neglect finding within the past 36 months. The license is active through January 2028, and the facility is managed by Mlla Porte Llc under licensee Frio Hospital District.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates this facility 1 star on staffing — a rating shared by roughly 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives about 174 minutes of nursing care per day, approximately 67 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — more dependent or less mobile on average — so those 174 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests. Registered nurses account for only 16 of those 174 minutes.
CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect at this facility within the past 36 months. This finding is reflected in the 1-star overall rating.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Details on the abuse finding
CMS has substantiated an abuse or neglect finding here in the past 36 months — ask what happened, what corrective steps were taken, and how compliance is monitored now.
Registered nurse coverage each day
Reported data shows only about 16 minutes of registered-nurse time per resident per day — ask what hours an RN is physically on the floor and who is responsible for clinical decisions overnight.
Staffing levels on weekends
Weekend nursing hours reported to CMS are lower than weekday figures — ask how many nurses and aides are on each shift Saturday and Sunday specifically.
Management company's role
The facility is owned by Frio Hospital District but managed by Mlla Porte Llc — ask which entity makes day-to-day staffing and care decisions and who to contact if a concern arises.
How concerns reach leadership
The facility has both a Resident Council and a Family Council — ask how often each meets, what issues have been raised recently, and how administration responded.
Plan if a bed opens elsewhere
With 110.6 residents filling 124 licensed beds, the facility runs near capacity — ask what the current waitlist looks like and how quickly placement can be confirmed.
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.