91/100
Excellent
Querencia At Barton Creek
2500 Barton Creek Blvd, Austin, TX 78735
- Certified beds
- 42
- Occupancy
- 91%
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Accepts
- Medicare
What to ask about before you visit
These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.
$13,500 in federal fines
CMS has fined this facility across 1 penalty action(s).
Our read on Querencia At Barton Creek
Querencia At Barton Creek runs 42 certified beds as a nonprofit, and the staffing number is the one worth noticing: 4.74 nurse hours per resident day, roughly a quarter above the national average. Weekends dip about 12% below its own weekday coverage, so ask how that gap gets covered. Annual turnover sits at 43.6%, slightly better than the national 45.8%, meaningful in a field where replacing nurses constantly tends to show up in daily care. The inspection record isn't spotless: eight deficiencies, one serious enough to involve harm or jeopardy, and one $13,500 fine. No abuse citations. The last inspection was December 2025. Strong staffing, decent turnover, and one incident that deserves a direct question.
Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.
How this grade was calculated
Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.
A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.
Inspection safety
30/30Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.
- →No citations recorded in the last 3 years
Staffing
26/30Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.
- →5.1 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
- →1.13 RN hours per resident per day
- →Weekend staffing drops 12% against weekdays
Staff stability
12/15How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.
- →44% of nursing staff left in the last year
Resident outcomes
15/15The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.
- →5 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating
Enforcement history
8/10Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.
- →$13,500 in federal fines across 1 action(s)
Staffing, against the national average
Full detailHours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.
RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.
The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.
The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.
Recent inspection findings
Last standard health inspection: December 18, 2025 (10 months ago). No citations were recorded.
No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.
Who owns this home
Full recordPart of LIFESPACE COMMUNITIES, which operates 15 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.
What families say
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Common questions about Querencia At Barton Creek
What is the ElderGrade for Querencia At Barton Creek? +
Querencia At Barton Creek holds an ElderGrade of A (91 out of 100), which we describe as "excellent". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.
How many nursing hours does each resident get at Querencia At Barton Creek? +
Residents receive an average of 4.74 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.
Has Querencia At Barton Creek been cited for harming residents? +
No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
Does Querencia At Barton Creek accept Medicaid? +
CMS lists this facility as Medicare, so it is not recorded as Medicaid certified. Confirm directly with the home before admission.
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