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Finding safe care shouldn't feel like guesswork.

Compare every nursing home in Texas using the government's own inspection and staffing records — alongside what care really costs. No referral fees, no sales calls, no account.

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1,135
Texas nursing homes rated, in full
133
carry a federal abuse-warning flag
$9,581/mo
median Texas nursing home cost

What kind of care does your loved one need?

Start with the government's quality ratings — then see real pricing.

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How Lantern works

Advice you can trust, because we have nothing to sell you.

Look up any home

Search by city or ZIP. Every certified facility, not just the ones that pay to be listed.

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State inspection records, nurse staffing vs the local median, and federal safety flags — in plain English.

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Real pricing, and how long a parent's savings would last before Medicaid.

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Lantern data study

The 25 worst-staffed nursing homes in Texas.

Nurse staffing is the strongest predictor of a home's safety — and the number referral sites rarely show. We ranked every rated Texas home by nurse hours per resident.

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FacilityNurse hrs/dayOverall
Houston County Nursing Home · Crockett1.98★★★★
Premier Health Care Center · Ranger2.21
South Dallas Nursing & Rehabilitation · Dallas2.23
San Saba Nursing & Rehabilitation · San Saba2.26★★★★★

Source: CMS Care Compare (Nursing Homes), dataset 4pq5-n9py, retrieved 2026-08-09. Median Texas home: 3.27 hrs.

How we're funded

We take no money from any care facility. Ever.

Most senior-care sites are paid thousands each time they place your parent, so they hide the safety records of the homes that pay them. We don't. No facility can pay to be listed, ranked, or hidden.

Every number comes from public CMS data, with the source and date shown on the page.

We fund the site through clearly-labeled product recommendations and our own plain-English planning guides — never facility placements.

Educational information, always — we point you to licensed professionals for the decisions that need them.

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