Sweetwater Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sweetwater Healthcare Center is a 79-bed for-profit nursing home in Sweetwater, Texas, part of Avir Health Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.12 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 44% below the Texas average of 2.00, and 44.8% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Sweetwater Healthcare Center
1600 Josephine StSweetwater, TX 79556
Nolan 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 Sweetwater Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.12 hours per resident per day, 44% below the Texas average. With about 50 residents a day, that works out to roughly 57 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.12 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.17 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.26 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.55 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.24 | 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
44.8% of nursing staff at Sweetwater Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 10, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 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. Sweetwater Healthcare Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Sweetwater Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Avir Health Group, 116 homes
- Legal name: Stratford Hospital District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 29, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Sweetwater Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sterling Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Cente Sweetwater | 1.7 | 96 | 2.21 | 3.82 | 45.3% | 4 | None |
| Merkel Nursing Center Merkel · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 21.6 | 65 | 1.09 | 3.35 | 71.1% | 1 | $318,060 |
| Mitchell County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Colorado City | 29.7 | 54 | 1.94 | 3.28 | 35.3% | 3 | None |
| Homeplace Manor Healthcare Center Hamlin | 31.5 | 60 | 1.94 | 3.60 | — | 2 | None |
| Avir at Snyder Snyder · many days without an RN | 33.0 | 80 | 2.04 | 3.33 | 67.4% | 2 | $15,631 |
| Willowcreek Rehab and Nursing Abilene | 35.4 | 96 | 1.69 | 2.74 | 57.7% | 2 | $23,794 |
| Mesa Springs Healthcare Center Abilene | 36.4 | 89 | 2.02 | 3.45 | — | 2 | $8,190 |
| Wisteria Place Abilene | 36.7 | 123 | 1.87 | 3.13 | 36.4% | 3 | $14,069 |
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.