Trucare Living Centers is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2010-07-22. 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) 723-2592 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Trucare Living Centers holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 79.6/100, placing it #3883 of 14703 facilities nationally and #182 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 Trucare Living Centers receives a reported average of 3 hours 35 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 8 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 21.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Trucare Living Centers has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 3 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 31.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Trucare Living Centers ranks 3883rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 182nd out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Palestine, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,315 nationally and RN hours rank #13,191 nationally (#878 in TX). Our composite quality score of 79.6/100 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 Palestine, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/palestine/