Wellington Care Center
1506 CHILDRESS STREET, Wellington, TX, 79095
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: Creative Solutions In Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 76 · avg 37 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 46.7% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 57.1% — 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
- 311879
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 76 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 21 Medicare-only · 55 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2024
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2027
- Initial license date
- October 2, 1972
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Childress County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Creative Solutions In Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Natasha Hathaway
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Wellington Care Center is a 76-bed nursing home in Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas, licensed since 1972 and currently operating at roughly 48% of capacity — about 37 residents on a typical day. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with 4 stars each for health inspections and quality measures. Staffing earns 3 stars, with each resident receiving about 184 minutes of nursing care per day. The facility has no CMS fines on record and is managed by Creative Solutions In Healthcare, Inc under a hospital district licensee.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here at 3 stars. Each resident receives about 184 minutes of nursing care per day — roughly 57 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas, which sits at 241 minutes. The staffing hours reported, however, exceed what residents' care needs would strictly require — meaning the facility is somewhat better resourced relative to its current resident mix than the raw minute count alone conveys.
The facility is running at roughly 48% of its 76 licensed beds, with about 37 residents on a typical day. No CMS flag or regulatory action in this record explains that figure — it is simply what the data shows.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Reason for low occupancy
The facility holds 76 beds but averages about 37 residents — ask what is driving that vacancy and whether it affects staffing levels or service availability.
Staffing hours on nights and weekends
Reported weekend nursing hours run 2.7 hours per resident per day, below the weekday figure — ask how nurse coverage is scheduled when your family member is most likely to visit.
RN presence on the floor
Reported RN hours average about 22 minutes per resident per day — ask how many hours a registered nurse is on site each day and who covers clinical decisions overnight.
Role of the management company
Day-to-day operations are handled by Creative Solutions In Healthcare, Inc under a hospital district license — ask how decisions about staffing and care are divided between the two entities.
Resident Council participation
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how family members can raise concerns formally and how often the Resident Council meets.
Admission timeline and waitlist
At roughly half capacity, beds may be available quickly — ask whether there is any planned change to occupancy or admissions policy that could affect the unit your family member would enter.
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.