Castle Pines Health And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-04-15. 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 (936) 699-2544 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Castle Pines Health And Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.3/100, placing it #10249 of 14703 facilities nationally and #790 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 Castle Pines Health And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 55 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 62.0%. 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 $38,771. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $38,771, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 68.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Castle Pines Health And Rehabilitation ranks 10249th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 790th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Lufkin, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,079 nationally and RN hours rank #13,217 nationally (#886 in TX). Our composite quality score of 65.3/100 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 Lufkin, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/lufkin/