Brazos Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Brazos Healthcare Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Lake Jackson, Texas. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.52 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 54.8% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Brazos Healthcare Center
413 Garland DrLake Jackson, TX 77566
Brazoria 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 Brazos Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.52 hours per resident per day, 26% above the Texas average. With about 51 residents a day, that works out to roughly 129 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.52 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.15 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.95 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.43 | 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
54.8% of nursing staff at Brazos Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 66.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 2, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (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. Brazos Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Brazos Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Sweeny Hospital District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 6, 1983
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Brazos Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Woodlake Nursing Center Clute | 1.7 | 93 | 2.24 | 3.50 | 54.0% | 3 | $20,965 |
| Creekside Village Richwood | 2.1 | 119 | 2.44 | 3.51 | 57.4% | 4 | None |
| Oak Village Healthcare Lake Jackson | 2.2 | 74 | 2.05 | 3.18 | 56.4% | 4 | None |
| Country Village Care Angleton | 10.4 | 136 | 2.38 | 3.53 | 56.0% | 1 | $45,378 |
| Cypress Woods Care Center Angleton | 10.6 | 105 | 1.65 | 2.65 | 64.2% | 3 | $22,104 |
| Paradigm at Sweeny Sweeny · abuse citation | 16.2 | 90 | 1.80 | 2.89 | 75.0% | 1 | $50,189 |
| Laurel Court Alvin | 28.1 | 125 | 2.02 | 3.29 | 53.0% | 5 | None |
| The Lev at Winchester Alvin | 31.0 | 94 | 1.83 | 2.98 | 52.1% | 3 | None |
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.