Garrison Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-01-01. 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 (936) 347-2234 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Garrison Nursing Home & Rehabilitation 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 (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 76.7/100, placing it #5149 of 14703 facilities nationally and #285 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 Garrison Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 22 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 35 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 49.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $52,951. 2 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 3 fine(s) totaling $52,951, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 63.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Garrison Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center ranks 5149th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 76.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 285th out of 1,177 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,854 nationally and RN hours rank #12,880 nationally (#818 in TX). Our composite quality score of 76.7/100 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 Garrison, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/garrison/