Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 122-bed nonprofit nursing home in Brownsville, Texas, part of Wellsential Health. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.20 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 31.4% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
1001 Central BlvdBrownsville, TX 78520
Cameron 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 Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, nurse aides logged 2.20 hours per resident per day, 10% above the Texas average. With about 84 residents a day, that works out to roughly 185 aide hours a day, or about 23 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.20 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.79 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.32 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.95 | 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
31.4% of nursing staff at Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation 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 25.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 15, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 14 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. Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Wellsential Health, 67 homes
- Legal name: Val Verde County Hospital District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 11, 1996
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mesa Hills Post Acute Brownsville | 1.3 | 166 | 2.37 | 3.45 | 44.7% | 3 | $5,734 |
| Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare Brownsville | 1.5 | 100 | 2.16 | 3.27 | 36.4% | 2 | $14,433 |
| Spanish Meadows Brownsville | 1.6 | 119 | 1.81 | 3.13 | 33.8% | 2 | $11,001 |
| Fox Hollow Post Acute Brownsville | 2.7 | 126 | 1.81 | 3.02 | 47.0% | 1 | $60,256 |
| Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill Brownsville | 2.9 | 122 | 2.12 | 3.31 | — | 3 | $8,434 |
| Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brownsville | 3.6 | 120 | 1.73 | 2.88 | 62.0% | 1 | $57,708 |
| Sun Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Harlingen | 19.4 | 124 | 2.29 | 3.62 | 33.7% | 5 | None |
| Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Harli Harlingen | 19.6 | 154 | 1.90 | 3.29 | 23.1% | 5 | 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.