Wellington Rehabilitation And Healthcare
1802 S 31ST, Temple, TX, 76504
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
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 67 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 80% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 90.9% — 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
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $31,752 total
- Infection control citations
- 2
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 147084
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 124 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 42 Medicare-only · 82 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2029
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1975
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Eastland Memorial Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Wellington Healthcare Inc
- Administrator
- Gregory Bustamante
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Wellington Rehabilitation And Healthcare is a 124-bed nursing home in Temple, TX, managed by Wellington Healthcare Inc under a Hospital District license and affiliated with The Ensign Group. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest tier — with a 1-star staffing rating and 2-star health inspection rating. The facility is operating at roughly 54% of licensed beds and carries two CMS fines totaling $31,752 since the last inspection cycle.
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 approximately 179 minutes of nursing care per day, roughly 62 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Registered nurses account for only 15 of those 179 minutes. Residents here also need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — they are sicker or less mobile on average — so the actual gap in care hours is wider than the raw minutes suggest.
About 8 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — a very high turnover rate. RN turnover is even steeper, at roughly 9 in 10 nurses leaving annually. A long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers, and the RN responsible for clinical oversight has likely changed as well.
CMS issued 2 fines totaling $31,752 — above the Texas state median of $20,699 per facility with fines. About 30% of Texas nursing homes had no fines at all in the same period.
The facility is running at roughly 54% of its 124 licensed beds — about 67 residents on an average day. Paired with 1-star staffing and very high turnover, low occupancy here reflects a broader pattern in the record rather than an isolated data point.
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council. Families seeking a formal channel for collective feedback would need to ask how concerns are typically surfaced and addressed.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing coverage on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours average 2.5 minutes per resident per day less than weekday hours — ask specifically how many nurses and aides are on duty Saturday and Sunday nights.
RN presence during the day
Reported RN hours work out to about 15 minutes per resident per day; ask which hours a registered nurse is physically on the floor and how after-hours RN calls are handled.
Recent staff departures and current vacancies
About 9 in 10 RNs and 8 in 10 total nursing staff left in the past year — ask how many nursing positions are currently open and how long they have been vacant.
What the two CMS fines were for
Two fines totaling $31,752 were issued; ask what deficiencies triggered them and what specific changes were made in response.
Why occupancy is near half capacity
The facility averages about 67 residents in 124 licensed beds — ask what has driven occupancy down and whether any units or wings are currently closed.
How families raise ongoing concerns
There is no Family Council here; ask what process exists for families to formally raise concerns and how quickly the administrator responds.
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.