Avir at Dripping Springs: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Avir at Dripping Springs is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Dripping Springs, Texas, part of Avir Health Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.68 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 16% below the Texas average of 2.00, and 68.6% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Avir at Dripping Springs
1505 W Hwy 290Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Hays County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Avir at Dripping Springs, nurse aides logged 1.68 hours per resident per day, 16% below the Texas average. With about 49 residents a day, that works out to roughly 82 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.68 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.81 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.80 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.56 | 2.98 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
68.6% of nursing staff at Avir at Dripping Springs left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 31, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Texas average 9.3). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Avir at Dripping Springs holds 4 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Avir at Dripping Springs
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Avir Health Group, 116 homes
- Legal name: Uvalde County Hospital Authority
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jul 22, 2003
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Avir at Dripping Springs
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Stonebridge Health Rehab Austin | 9.5 | 116 | 2.11 | 3.28 | 35.3% | 3 | $39,258 |
| Brookdale Lakeway SNF Lakeway | 12.9 | 98 | 1.62 | 3.37 | 55.3% | 2 | $91,420 |
| Park Manor Bee Cave Bee Cave | 13.1 | 140 | 1.75 | 3.07 | 48.5% | 1 | $19,608 |
| Deer Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Wimberley | 14.0 | 122 | 1.59 | 2.69 | 56.1% | 1 | $75,581 |
| Marbridge Villa Manchaca | 15.5 | 92 | 2.92 | 4.53 | 29.3% | 4 | $45,778 |
| Querencia at Barton Creek Austin | 15.7 | 42 | 3.10 | 4.74 | 43.6% | 5 | $13,500 |
| Longhorn Village Austin | 15.7 | 60 | 3.78 | 5.71 | 43.4% | 5 | None |
| West Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Austin | 15.8 | 125 | 2.04 | 3.20 | 34.1% | 2 | $39,527 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.