Carthage Healthcare Center

    701 S Market St, Carthage, TX 75633
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing
    4.4ยท19 reviews

    Compassionate long-tenured team and care

    I've been very pleased with the compassionate, long-tenured team - nurses, CNAs, therapists and administrators (Donna Howeth included) consistently go above and beyond with excellent rehab, clear family communication and empathetic dementia care. Clean, home-like, in-town facility with friendly, helpful staff - a very good choice to entrust a loved one.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.37ยท(19)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.2
    • Staff

      4.3
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, long-tenured nursing and CNA staff
    • Strong therapy and rehabilitation services
    • Home-like, welcoming atmosphere
    • Comprehensive disciplines (nursing, dietary, housekeeping, therapy)
    • Stable, visible leadership and praised administrator
    • Clear family communication and resident updates
    • Staff who routinely go above-and-beyond
    • Convenient, in-town location
    • Clean and well-maintained common areas

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels leading to delayed resident assistance
    • Sanitation and cleanliness inconsistencies in resident and common areas
    • Outdated equipment and limited supply of appropriate bed sizes
    • Irregular personal-care and grooming schedules
    • Incontinence-care delays and toileting-assistance gaps
    • Inconsistent meal quality and service temperature control
    • Limited activity variety and constrained outing/craft budgets
    • Poor telephone and customer-service responsiveness
    • Staff conduct, communication tone, and ethical practices
    • Allegations of POA manipulation and calls for regulatory review

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed, polarized picture of care at the facility. Positive comments emphasize a home-like environment, long-tenured and compassionate direct-care staff, and a therapy department that performs well. Several accounts highlight administrators and specific leaders as visible and responsive, and many families praised clear communication, staff who โ€˜โ€˜go above and beyond,โ€™โ€™ and an overall welcoming atmosphere for residents.

    At the same time, prominent operational weaknesses are evident across the feedback. Staffing levels and responsiveness are recurring concerns: families described delayed assistance from CNAs and inconsistent response times to resident needs. Relatedly, reviewers cited irregular personal-care and grooming schedules and gaps in toileting assistance, which point to workflow or staffing-allocation issues rather than isolated events. Sanitation and cleanliness were described inconsistently; while some areas and reviewers noted clean, well-kept common spaces, others pointed to sanitation and odor concerns that appear uneven across the building.

    Facility infrastructure and services also show variability. There are comments about outdated equipment and an insufficient supply of longer beds for taller residents, indicating equipment and accommodation gaps. Dining experiences are mixed: some families find the dietary team caring, but others described inconsistent meal quality, problems with temperature control, and occasional unbalanced seasoning. These inconsistencies suggest uneven kitchen or tray-service practices rather than an entirely deficient dining program.

    Programming and resident engagement receive both praise and critique. The facility is described as having a home-like, old-fashioned vibe that many residents appreciate, but activity offerings were characterized as limited in variety and constrained by budgetary restrictions that affect crafts and outings. This indicates a consistent core program with limited expansion or frequent rotation of activities.

    Management and communication show strengths and weaknesses in parallel. Leadership stability and specific administrators have been singled out positively for visibility and family communication. Conversely, several reviewers raised concerns about phone responsiveness and customer-service tone, and a subset of reviews alleged more serious ethical issues, including allegations of POA manipulation and requests for regulatory review. These serious claims are not presented as a systemic, documented pattern here but do represent significant individual concerns that prospective families should investigate further.

    Overall, the facility appears to have experienced and compassionate staff and strong therapy services, balanced against operational challenges in staffing reliability, cleanliness consistency, equipment availability, meal-service consistency, and activity funding. Prospective residents and families would benefit from focused, in-person observations: assess staffing at different times of day, review grooming and toileting routines, observe mealtime service, inspect resident rooms for appropriate bed sizes and equipment, and ask management about activity budgets and responses to ethical concerns. Doing so will help reconcile the range of experiences reflected in these reviews and determine whether the facilityโ€™s strengths match a particular residentโ€™s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Carthage Healthcare Center is located at 701 S Market St, Carthage, TX, 75633.

    About Carthage Healthcare Center

    Carthage Healthcare Center sits at 701 S Market Street in Carthage, Texas, and has 104 certified beds with about 42 residents staying there most days, and folks can visit the place to see what it's like, and set up a tour to ask questions or walk around, which is something a lot of people like before making choices about moving in, and the place covers a lot of different needs, so they have care homes, senior apartments for the 55+ crowd, options for independent living if you want some freedom, assisted living if you need help, nursing homes for people needing more care, memory care for folks with Alzheimer's or related conditions, respite care if someone needs a break or short stay, plus home care if people want services at home, and it also has what they call continuing care and advice and planning services, so people can figure out what's best for their situation. The center offers skilled nursing care, including wound care, therapy for physical problems or for getting back independence, medication management, and special care plans, and they've got short-term and long-term rehab, which helps people recover between the hospital and home, and a dedicated staff that includes a Medical Director, Director of Nursing, several nurses, social workers, and other support people like food service and housekeeping. They offer private or semi-private rooms, all with cable TV and Wi-Fi, and have things to do, like swim in a heated indoor pool, cut your hair in the salon or barbershop, eat at an on-site restaurant, and enjoy the patios and gardens. It's set up to be secure and accessible for folks as they age, with ways to help everybody stay comfortable, whether it's medical care, memory support, basic help, or therapies like physical and occupational therapy, and they even have a pharmacy and a lab right there on-site. Inspection reports for 2024 do show care violations, with 44 total deficiencies, including issues with care planning and infection control, and one of the reports says they didn't always have a registered nurse on duty or a full-time director of nurses, which is required, so that's important to think about. The center is a for-profit facility run by SLP Mt Operations, LLC, and managed by Joshua Leonard since October 2024, and compared to other places in Texas, they have a nurse turnover rate a little lower than the state average, but nurse hours per resident are a bit below average. While Carthage Healthcare Center offers many services for older adults and tries to provide a cozy and safe place, families may want to look at the inspection reports and make sure the care there matches what they're hoping for.

    People often ask...

    Carthage Healthcare Center offers assisted living and skilled nursing.

    The full address for this community is 701 S Market St, Carthage, TX 75633.

    No, Carthage Healthcare Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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