Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected, date of correction 4 Mar 2026
Merkel Nursing Center
Nursing home · 1704 N. 1st, Merkel, TX 79536 · Taylor County · (325) 928-5673Special focus facility
64
health deficiencies
across 8 surveys
across 8 surveys
5
at actual harm or worse
5 immediate jeopardy
5 immediate jeopardy
$318,060
in federal fines
2 penalties
2 penalties
CMS star ratings
Medicare’s Care Compare ratings, 1 to 5 stars, as published. Health inspection is the one built from the deficiencies below.
★★★★★
Overall
★★★★★
Health inspection
★★★★★
Staffing
★★★★★
Quality measures
CMS marks this home with its abuse icon: a citation for abuse or neglect at the harm level in the last year, or at any level in each of the last two years. Special focus status: SFF Candidate. These are homes CMS has placed under closer inspection for a persistent record.
How it compares in Taylor County
8.0 health deficiencies per survey, against a county median of 3.7. Lower is better.
Fewer deficiencies per survey than 0 out of 100 nursing homes in Taylor County. Per survey, not raw count, because a home surveyed ten times will always have more findings on paper than one surveyed twice.
Deficiencies by level of harm
| Immediate jeopardy | 5 | |
| Actual harm | 0 | |
| Potential for harm | 52 | |
| No harm | 7 |
CMS grades every deficiency by scope and severity, A to L. A to C is no harm, D to F potential for harm, G to I actual harm, J to L immediate jeopardy. Fire safety is surveyed separately: 9 fire safety deficiencies on record.
What the surveyors found
The most recent deficiency is open to read. The full record of 64, with dates, severity and corrections, is in the report.
Quality of Life and Care
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nursing and Physician Services
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Read all 64 deficiencies
Every finding as CMS published it, the survey date, the harm level, the correction, and the full ownership trail. One payment, no subscription.
Get the full report, $12Records last updated 23 October 2026 from CMS and Texas HHSC.
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home data (data.cms.gov), refreshed monthly. Survey findings are public records written by state surveyors for CMS. KnowYourCareHome does not inspect homes and adds no findings of its own.
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