Houston Transitional Care

    8550 Jason St, Houston, TX 77074
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    4.17·(228)

    Overall rating

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

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      3.6
    • Amenities

      4.7
    • Value

      3.5

    Pros

    • Modern, attractive facility with private rooms and bathrooms
    • Clean and comfortable resident spaces
    • Skilled, encouraging physical, occupational, and speech therapy
    • Friendly and compassionate staff members
    • Positive rehabilitation progress and support for mobility goals
    • Engaging activities and attentive activity coordinators
    • Tasty meals and willingness to accommodate preferences
    • Helpful admission support and discharge planning
    • Professional staff members who communicate well with families

    Cons

    • Inconsistent assistance with personal care, bathing, and repositioning
    • Delayed call-light responses and resident assistance
    • Staffing capacity concerns affecting timely care
    • Gaps in medication administration and clinical-order follow-through
    • Inconsistent clinical monitoring and escalation of health concerns
    • Limited family communication and administrative follow-through
    • Variable staff courtesy, accountability, and responsiveness
    • Inconsistent meal assistance and adherence to dietary instructions
    • Uneven therapy frequency and coordination between departments
    • Laundry, supplies, and building-maintenance reliability concerns

    Summary of reviews

    Houston Transitional Care receives sharply mixed feedback. Many residents and families praise the facility’s rehabilitation services, modern setting, and caring staff, while other accounts describe significant inconsistency in day-to-day nursing support. Positive experiences include timely assistance, attentive personal care, and meaningful progress in mobility, speech, and independence. Conversely, families raise recurring concerns about delays in responding to call lights, personal-care routines, repositioning, and support for residents who cannot readily communicate or care for themselves.

    Therapy is a consistent strength in favorable accounts. Physical and occupational therapists are often described as knowledgeable, patient, and motivating, and speech therapy also receives positive mentions. Some residents report substantial recovery and successful transitions home. However, other accounts describe therapy as infrequent or limited, and a few point to coordination problems between therapy and nursing that affected appointments or care plans. Families considering the facility may want to ask how therapy frequency is tracked and how changes in a resident’s condition are communicated across teams.

    Staff experiences vary considerably. Numerous reviews commend nurses, aides, therapists, receptionists, and activity staff for kindness, professionalism, and personal attention. Other families describe staffing pressure, slow responses, inconsistent communication, and difficulty obtaining follow-up from supervisors or administrators. Medication and clinical-order concerns—including missed or delayed medications, questions about medication accuracy, and gaps in following scheduled care instructions—appear in several accounts. A few families also raised serious concerns about emergency escalation and communication around a resident’s death, including disputed code-status handling and difficulty obtaining medical records. These are individual accounts, but together with reports of inconsistent monitoring, they support asking detailed questions about clinical oversight and escalation procedures.

    Dining feedback is generally favorable, with some residents praising the food and staff willingness to accommodate preferences. Other accounts mention cold meals, limited help with eating, missed meals, or failure to follow dietary instructions. Activities staff are frequently recognized for creating enjoyable opportunities to socialize and participate, though residents with limited mobility may have fewer opportunities for engagement. The building is widely described as attractive, modern, clean, and comfortable, with private rooms and useful amenities; a smaller set of accounts raises concerns about maintenance, laundry, and supplies. Overall, the reviews suggest that the physical environment and rehabilitation program can be strong, while the consistency of nursing care, communication, and follow-through is less predictable. The collection includes brief praise, firsthand resident accounts, family reports, and prospective visitors’ impressions, so prospective residents should tour the facility and discuss staffing, care routines, and family communication expectations directly.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Houston Transitional Care is located at 8550 Jason St, Houston, TX, 77074.

    About Houston Transitional Care

    Houston Transitional Care is a skilled nursing facility in Houston that mainly helps people who are moving from the hospital back to their homes, and it does this by using a team-based approach focused on safety and recovery, which means patients get care from nurses, therapists, and staff all working together so everyone knows what's going on and the right things get done, and folks get these custom care plans that fit their exact needs, whether they need lots of medical support, therapy, or just a little help getting stronger. There's a big, state-of-the-art therapy gym where experts-think licensed physical, occupational, and speech therapists-help folks with exercise and rehab to get back their strength, and there's also a registered dietitian who makes sure meals meet special dietary needs, plus they try to keep people active with a bunch of different activities, and there are community areas, a cafe, a front sitting area for comfort, even on-site salon and barber services if you want your hair done, so it feels a bit more homelike. The building's two stories with 70 private suites, each with its own roomy bathroom, and it's wheelchair accessible and clean, with private rooms for those getting dialysis at the on-site DaVita Dialysis center-so after treatment, folks can heal quietly right there. Houston Transitional Care also offers hospice, respite, and memory care for those who need extra support, and people say the staff is kind, professional, and respectful, with licensed experts available around the clock to help with daily needs and big changes in life. There's transportation, exercise programs, and recreational activities to keep everyone busy and connected, and there's always someone at the front desk to help with questions, plus 24/7 admission support if someone's ready to move in. Folks who need short-term stays or longer-term rehabilitation get help with everything from personal care to therapy, and the staff treat everyone with dignity. The facility has a 4-Star Medicare rating for providing good care, so families can take a virtual photo tour online to see the place for themselves. It's in partnership with Southwest Management District, and Brandy Schuenemann helps manage the office and admissions, making the move a little easier for families and new residents.

    People often ask...

    Houston Transitional Care offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 8550 Jason St, Houston, TX 77074.

    No, Houston Transitional Care 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.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Texas, the Health & Human Services Commission licenses assisted living and long-term care facilities, conducting health and life-safety visits and complaint investigations.

    License number001cv00000RuabcAAB
    StatusActive
    Facility typeNursing Facility (snf/nf)
    License classLicensed
    Capacity70 residents
    LicenseeHOUSTONIDENCE OPCO LLC
    Care servedSnf/nf
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    Inspection Reports

    4

    Reports

    11

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    2

    Years

    25 Sept 2026Life Safety
    Identified deficiencies in smoke compartmentation and in inspecting sprinkler heads under Life Safety Code requirements.
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    24 Sept 2026Inspection
    Identified deficiencies in residents' rights, pain management, behavioral health care, environment safety and comfort, and adherence to residents' rights requirements.
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    24 Jun 2026Inspection
    Found that an infection control program was not established or maintained (corrected 6/26/2026).
    • —Health Visit
    03 Jun 2024Life Safety
    Found deficiencies in life safety compliance, including generator under-load operation, missing signed inspection records, and NFPA 101 smoke compartmentation not met.
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