Avir At Luling
501 W AUSTIN ST, Luling, TX, 78648
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
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Avir Health Group
- Certified beds
- 56 · avg 48 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 90.7% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · 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)
- 2 fines · $30,911 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 149120
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 56 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 2 Medicare-only · 54 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- March 3, 2026
- Current license expires
- March 3, 2029
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Guadalupe County Hospital Board (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- 501 W Austin Street Opco Llc
- Administrator
- Donald E Beard
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Avir At Luling is a 56-bed nursing home in Luling, Caldwell County, operated under the Avir Health Group name and licensed to Guadalupe County Hospital Board. CMS rates it 2 stars overall, with 1-star ratings on both health inspections and staffing. CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect within the past 36 months. Quality-of-care measures rate 5 stars. Two CMS fines totaling $30,911 have been issued.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here at 1 star — the bottom tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives roughly 197 minutes of nursing care per day, about 44 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of those 197 minutes, only 8 are from a registered nurse. Residents here also require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or medically complex on average — so those nursing hours stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
Approximately 9 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. At that pace, a long-stay resident will likely go through several primary caregivers. Texas nursing homes at the 75th percentile of turnover see about 60% annual turnover; this facility's 90.7% is well above that.
CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect at this facility within the past 36 months. That finding is reflected in the 1-star health inspection rating.
Two CMS fines totaling $30,911 have been issued. The state median for facilities that receive any fine is $20,699; about 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all.
Despite the staffing and inspection ratings, the facility's quality-of-care measures rate 5 stars for long-stay residents — the top tier. That combination of low staffing ratings and high outcome measures is uncommon and worth asking staff to explain.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Substantiated abuse findings explained
CMS records a substantiated abuse or neglect finding here within the past 36 months — ask what happened, what changed, and how staff are trained and monitored now.
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
Reported weekend nursing hours run at 3.0 minutes per resident per day — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor on a typical Saturday night shift.
RN presence during the day
Reported registered-nurse hours average about 8 minutes per resident per day — ask when a registered nurse is physically on-site and how quickly one can be reached after hours.
Staff turnover and continuity of care
About 9 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — ask how long the current aides assigned to your family member's unit have been working here.
How 5-star outcomes are achieved
Quality measures rate 5 stars despite 1-star staffing — ask staff to walk you through how care plans are reviewed and who is accountable for tracking resident health changes.
Management company's role in operations
Day-to-day operations are run by 501 W Austin Street Opco LLC under the Avir Health Group name — ask who makes staffing and budget decisions and how the hospital district licensee is involved.
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.