Palo Duro Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Palo Duro Nursing Home is a 66-bed for-profit nursing home in Claude, Texas, part of Gulf Coast LTC Partners. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.49 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% below the Texas average of 2.00, and 39.1% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Palo Duro Nursing Home
405 S Collins StClaude, TX 79019
Armstrong 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 Palo Duro Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 1.49 hours per resident per day, 25% below the Texas average. With about 32 residents a day, that works out to roughly 48 aide hours a day, or about 6 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.49 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.13 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.04 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.79 | 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
39.1% of nursing staff at Palo Duro Nursing Home 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%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Aug 20, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 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. Palo Duro Nursing Home holds 3 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Palo Duro Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Gulf Coast LTC Partners, 20 homes
- Legal name: Childress County Hospital District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 19, 1986
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Palo Duro Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Ware Memorial Care Center Amarillo | 27.9 | 120 | 3.63 | 5.83 | 25.5% | 4 | $81,894 |
| Georgia Manor Nursing Home Amarillo | 28.5 | 76 | 1.58 | 3.01 | 97.7% | 2 | $8,031 |
| Clarendon Nursing Home Clarendon | 29.1 | 61 | 1.50 | 2.36 | 22.2% | 3 | $7,551 |
| Legacy Rehabilitation and Living Amarillo | 29.6 | 150 | 1.81 | 3.24 | — | 2 | $13,070 |
| Heritage Convalescent Center Amarillo | 31.3 | 116 | 2.23 | 4.00 | 57.0% | 2 | None |
| Windflower Health Center Amarillo | 31.3 | 120 | 2.07 | 3.68 | 53.9% | 4 | None |
| Amarillo Medical Lodge Amarillo | 31.3 | 102 | 1.56 | 3.14 | — | 5 | None |
| Landmark of Amarillo Rehabilitation and Nursing Ce Amarillo | 31.5 | 99 | 1.89 | 3.43 | 97.6% | 3 | $160,948 |
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.