Overview
Falcon Lake Nursing Home has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Texas average of 2.8. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Zapata. Its strongest area is health inspections (4 of 5), and its weakest is quality of care (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.5 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 68% of nursing homes in Texas (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 28, 2025, found 11 health deficiencies, more than the Texas average of 9.6. 4 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 68% of Texas nursing homes have been fined.
Falcon Lake Nursing Home is a for-profit facility with 59 certified beds, caring for about 43 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2009.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 65%
Top 54%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 28, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 11
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 4
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.47 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.48 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.88 hrs
- Nurse aides2.11 hrs
- Physical therapists0.02 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 59
- Average residents per day
- 43
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- February 20, 2009
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes