Resident Rights
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Corrected, date of correction 11 Jun 2026
Las Alturas de Penitas
Nursing home · 414 Liberty Boulevard, Penitas, TX 78576 · Hidalgo County · (210) 828-5686Medicare and Medicaid certified
17
health deficiencies
across 7 surveys
across 7 surveys
5
at actual harm or worse
5 immediate jeopardy
5 immediate jeopardy
$166,236
in federal fines
4 penalties
4 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
How it compares in Hidalgo County
2.4 health deficiencies per survey, against a county median of 2.7. Lower is better.
Fewer deficiencies per survey than 71 out of 100 nursing homes in Hidalgo 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 | 12 | |
| No harm | 0 |
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: 3 fire safety deficiencies on record.
What the surveyors found
The most recent deficiency is open to read. The full record of 17, with dates, severity and corrections, is in the report.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Quality of Life and Care
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Nutrition and Dietary
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Read all 17 deficiencies
Every finding as CMS published it, the survey date, the harm level, the correction, and the full ownership trail. One payment, no subscription.
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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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