Nursing homes in Howard County, Texas

All 3 Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes across 1 cities in Howard County, with the government's own quality ratings, nurse staffing versus the state median, and any federal safety flags. We take no money from any facility.

nursing homes

carry an abuse flag

rated 1 star

3.55

median nurse hrs/day (TX: 3.27)

Among 3 rated homes in Howard, 1 have a five-star CMS overall rating and 0 have one star. Local median nurse staffing is 3.55 hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas median of 3.27. None carry a federal abuse-warning flag. Open the report cards to compare staffing, inspections, fines, drug use, and preventable-harm measures before deciding.

What the CMS records show in Howard County

Howard County ranks 13 of 146 Texas counties we cover for median nurse staffing, in the best-staffed quarter.
0 of 3 homes report fewer nurse hours than the Texas median of 3.27. The range runs from 3.43 hours per resident per day at Big Spring Center For Skilled Care to 3.58 at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home.
2 of 3 homes paid federal fines in roughly the last three years, about $29,436 in total; the most, $21,252, was at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home.
100% of homes here are for-profit, above the Texas share of 71%. How ownership tracks quality.
One home gives long-stay residents antipsychotic drugs at twice the Texas median (8.3%) or more: Parkview Skilled Care And Rehabilitation (22.2%).

Cities:Big Spring (3)

How to narrow 3 homes down

·The 3 homes below are ordered best-first by CMS overall rating, so start at the top. 2 of them are rated 4 or 5 stars.
·Five-star homes cluster in Big Spring (1). Narrowing to a city or two near family shortens the list fast.

Once you have a shortlist, our free nursing-home tour checklist covers the 30 questions to ask and the red flags to watch for on a visit.

All 3 homes in Howard County

Source: CMS Care Compare (Nursing Homes), dataset 4pq5-n9py, retrieved 2026-10-05. Educational information only, not advice. See our methodology.