Cherokee Trails Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-08-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (903) 683-5438 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Cherokee Trails Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.9/100, placing it #8353 of 14703 facilities nationally and #598 of 1177 in Texas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Cherokee Trails Nursing Home receives a reported average of 2 hours 52 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 23 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 34 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 76.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $85,329. 10 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $85,329, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 211.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Cherokee Trails Nursing Home ranks 8353rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 598th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Rusk, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,566 nationally and RN hours rank #11,221 nationally (#535 in TX). Our composite quality score of 69.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Rusk, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/rusk/