Clarewood House Extended Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-04-28. 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 (713) 774-5821 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Clarewood House Extended Care Center 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 (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 84.8/100, placing it #1751 of 14703 facilities nationally and #60 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 Clarewood House Extended Care Center receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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 38.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $38,877. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $38,877, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 54.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Clarewood House Extended Care Center ranks 1751st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.8/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 60th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Houston, it ranks 7th out of 60 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,744 nationally and RN hours rank #8,953 nationally (#291 in TX). Our composite quality score of 84.8/100 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 Houston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/houston/