Meadow Lake Health Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Meadow Lake Health Center is a 20-bed nonprofit nursing home in Tyler, Texas, part of Lifespace Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.62 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 31% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 56.3% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Meadow Lake Health Center
16044 County Road 165Tyler, TX 75703
Smith 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 Meadow Lake Health Center, nurse aides logged 2.62 hours per resident per day, 31% above the Texas average. With about 28 residents a day, that works out to roughly 74 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.62 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.57 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.83 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.01 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.39 | 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
56.3% of nursing staff at Meadow Lake Health 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 62.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Meadow Lake Health Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Meadow Lake Health Center
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Lifespace Communities, 15 homes
- Legal name: Meadow Lake, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 31, 2011
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Meadow Lake Health Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Providence Park Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Tyler | 1.1 | 125 | 1.82 | 3.24 | 40.9% | 2 | $188,361 |
| Reunion Plaza Healthcare & Rehabilitation Tyler | 1.3 | 99 | 1.89 | 3.20 | 66.3% | 4 | None |
| The Heights of Tyler Tyler | 2.0 | 120 | 2.06 | 3.13 | 56.1% | 3 | $14,276 |
| Avir at Azalea Heights Tyler | 2.4 | 120 | 1.76 | 2.60 | 43.8% | 2 | $27,550 |
| Briarcliff Health Center Tyler | 2.5 | 230 | 2.37 | 3.67 | 41.0% | 2 | $51,034 |
| The Waterton Healthcare & Rehabilitation Tyler | 2.6 | 92 | 2.09 | 3.38 | 50.7% | 4 | $23,389 |
| The Center at Grande Tyler | 2.8 | 96 | 2.21 | 4.19 | 54.2% | 5 | None |
| Park Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Tyler · abuse citation | 4.2 | 120 | 2.12 | 3.41 | 63.8% | 1 | $287,159 |
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.