Overview
Cherokee Trails Nursing Home has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Texas average of 2.8. Among the 2 nursing homes in Rusk, it ranks first. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 67% of nursing homes in Texas (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.4 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on May 20, 2026, found 8 health deficiencies, fewer than the Texas average of 9.6. 1 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $30,933 in the past three years.
Cherokee Trails Nursing Home is a government-run facility with 140 certified beds, caring for about 51 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2000.
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.
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Top 62%
Top 66%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- May 20, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $30,933
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.15 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.35 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.05 hrs
- Nurse aides1.75 hrs
- Physical therapists0.09 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district
- Certified beds
- 140
- Average residents per day
- 51
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- August 1, 2000
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- None
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes