Larkspur

    201 S John Redditt Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904
    • Assisted Living
    • 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

    3.86·(37)

    Overall rating

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

      3.3
    • Staff

      3.7
    • Meals

      2.9
    • Amenities

      4.2
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy services (PT/OT/ST)
    • Compassionate nursing and aide care
    • Effective wound care and clinical nursing
    • Clean, attractive, well-maintained facility and grounds
    • Clean, spacious rooms with kitchenettes
    • Daily housekeeping services
    • Friendly and welcoming admissions and front-desk staff
    • Responsive and helpful administrative leadership
    • Engaging activities and social programs
    • Pleasant dining areas and multiple on-site venues
    • Accessible amenities (gardens, chapel, cafés)
    • Demonstrated mobility and functional improvement for residents

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels affecting care continuity
    • Variable staff performance and communication tone
    • Inconsistent housekeeping and sanitation practices across units
    • Inconsistent meal quality, temperature control, and food-safety practices
    • Delays and gaps in medication administration and clinical responsiveness
    • Gaps in discharge planning and family/POA notification processes
    • Billing and insurance coordination issues
    • Restricted visitation-policy flexibility during infection-control periods
    • Pest-control concerns in some units
    • Allegations prompting investigatory attention

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews indicate a facility with strong clinical rehabilitation capabilities and many elements of a comfortable, well-appointed campus, alongside recurring operational weaknesses that affect the resident experience. Therapy services (physical, occupational and speech) and wound care receive consistent praise for producing measurable functional gains. Administrative staff and admissions personnel are frequently described as welcoming and helpful, and the building, grounds and common areas are often called attractive and well maintained.

    Care and staff: Clinical nursing and therapy teams are frequently highlighted as strengths; many reviewers credited therapists and nurses with improving mobility and providing attentive clinical care. At the same time, reviewers describe variability in aide and day-staff performance and occasional concerns about staff tone and responsiveness. Staffing instability is cited as an underlying factor for delayed blood sugar checks, medication timing issues, and slower clinical attention. These operational gaps have created uneven experiences: some families report compassionate, consistent care while others note lapses that affected transitions or required escalation.

    Dining and housekeeping: The facility offers pleasant dining spaces and on-site venues, and several reviewers praised meal variety and social dining. However, a pattern of inconsistent meal quality and temperature control was reported alongside isolated food-safety concerns. Housekeeping and sanitation practices also appear variable across units: while many reviewers praised clean rooms and daily cleaning, others described lapses in room-level housekeeping, carpet care, and odor control. These inconsistencies suggest uneven execution of environmental services.

    Activities and facilities: The physical environment, including gardens, chapel, cafés, large rooms and common-area programming (bingo, game room, group activities), is frequently cited as a positive contributor to residents’ social engagement and sense of home. Tours and admissions interactions are generally described as informative and welcoming, and many residents report enjoying the community atmosphere and restarted activities following pandemic restrictions.

    Management, communication and administration: Administrative responsiveness is a mixed theme — some reviewers commend prompt problem resolution and strong leadership, while others raise concerns about broken promises, billing/insurance disputes, and inadequate family communication. Gaps in discharge planning and family/POA notification have led to confusion in care transitions in multiple accounts. There are also mentions of pest-control concerns and at least one set of serious allegations that prompted calls for investigation; prospective families should inquire directly about any regulatory or investigatory outcomes.

    Notable patterns and guidance for families: The dominant pattern is one of strong clinical rehabilitation and attractive facilities paired with inconsistent operational reliability in everyday care tasks, housekeeping, meal service, and family communication. Prospective residents and family members should plan an in-person tour, ask specific questions about current staffing ratios, recent inspection findings, medication-administration protocols, food-safety procedures, housekeeping schedules, discharge planning workflows, and any recent investigations or corrective actions. Verifying how the facility addresses staffing variability and complaint resolution will help set realistic expectations and identify whether the facility’s strengths align with a resident’s priorities.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Larkspur is located at 201 S John Redditt Dr, Lufkin, TX, 75904.

    About Larkspur

    Larkspur sits over in Lufkin, Texas, and folks will notice right away that the place feels a bit like a woodsy lodge, with tall pines outside, local wildlife and farm art on the walls, some cheerful courtyards, a cozy library, and even a fireplace where residents can gather, and there's a golf course and shopping close by if someone wants to get out. This skilled nursing facility runs with 120 certified beds, though most days there's an average of about 86 residents, with both personal care and advanced rehabilitation offered, taking people on Medicare and Medicaid, and letting the family or resident council have their voice if they like to take part, but it's important to point out that Larkspur has experienced a number of deficiencies, including 24 found on inspections, five of those for infection control, and they've had some trouble meeting requirements around medication services and day-to-day resident care, and several times got cited for accident hazards and not quite enough supervision, though the inspection grade came out to an A-. Larkspur employs a mix of registered nurses, LPNs, CNAs, therapy staff, and it keeps pharmacy services available seven days a week, but nurse turnover is on the high side, sitting at 58.4%, which is higher than the state average, and their nurse staffing is a bit lower than Texas's average too, at 3.27 hours per resident per day. The company running things is Stoneleigh Health Care Center Ltd. Co, and Larkspur is linked to the bigger Cantex Continuing Care Network, with no special terms or branding for programs here, but the services cover a lot of ground-skilled nursing, home health care, both inpatient and outpatient rehab, discharge planning, wound and cardiac care, respite care, stroke recovery, palliative and hospice care, various therapies, pharmacy and lab work, X-rays, speech and nutritional counseling, and plenty of help with daily tasks and transitional care when someone's heading home or to another setting. People get access to social service staff, activity and lifestyle programs, special meals, and medical transportation as needed, and Larkspur offers care for a range of needs, from chronic or post-surgical recovery to restorative nursing and more complicated medical issues like IV antibiotics, tracheotomy, respiratory therapy, and TPN. The goal at Larkspur seems focused on meeting the diverse needs of its residents, with staff working around the clock, but anyone considering it ought to know that some gaps have been found in care and infection control, and while the setting has its pleasant and homey touches, the experience will depend a lot on individual needs and expectations.

    People often ask...

    Larkspur offers assisted living and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 201 S John Redditt Dr, Lufkin, TX 75904.

    No, Larkspur 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 number001cv00000RrIJOAA3
    StatusActive
    Facility typeNursing Facility (snf/nf)
    License classLicensed
    Capacity120 residents
    LicenseeTyler County Hospital District
    Care servedSnf/nf
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    Inspection Reports

    2

    Reports

    5

    Citations

    0

    Complaints

    0

    Years

    10 Jun 2026Inspection
    Identified deficiencies related to posting nursing staffing requirements, providing proper care for residents with feeding tubes, and establishing an infection control program.
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    09 Jun 2026Life Safety
    Found two fire-safety deficiencies: failure to maintain fire alarm system components per NFPA code. Also failed to keep smoke doors, fire doors, or doors to hazardous rooms closed or used an unapproved device to hold open a door.
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