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 HHS 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 HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 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 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.