Ventana by Buckner
8301 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75201 · Dallas County · (214) 758-8031
72 certified beds, about 66 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare since 2020
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 676483 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 18, 2026, inspectors cited 3 health deficiencies (the Texas average is 9.4, the national average 9.2).
None of its 14 health citations since November 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.11 hours per resident per day, against 3.39 across Texas and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.95 of those hours.
44.8% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Texas average 55.3%).
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 14 health citations on file.
March 18, 2026Standard inspection · 3 citations
- E Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to make information on how to file a grievance or complaint available t the resident for 2 of 2 confidential residents reviewed for grievances. The facility failed to notify residents or their representatives either individually or through prominent postings throughout the facility on how to file a grievance or complaint in an anonymous manner. These failures could affect resident's ability to file a grievance without the fear of discrimination, reprisal, retribution, and their right to anonymously file their grievance.
- E Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure the resident environment remained as free of accident hazards as possible for 1 (300 Hall) out of 2 hallways reviewed for accidents and hazards. 1. The facility failed to ensure that the mechanical lift in Resident #58's bathroom on 300 Hall was locked and secured when not in use. This failure could place residents at risk of falls and/or injuries. Findings Included:Record review of Resident #58's admission face sheet dated 03/18/26 reflected she was a [AGE] year-old female admitted to the facility on [DATE] with active diagnoses that included: [...]
- D Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to ensure parenteral fluids were administered consistent with professional standards of practice and in accordance with physician orders for 1 of 3 (Resident #90) residents reviewed for parenteral fluids. The facility did not ensure Resident #90's midline dressing was changed per the physician orders. This failure could place residents at risk for receiving care that is not safe and at risk for infectionReview of Resident #90's face sheet dated 03/18/26 reflected she was a [AGE] year old female, and she was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Admitting diagnoses included, pressure-induced deep tissue damage of left heel, dementia, chronic ulcer of heel and midfoot. [...]
July 15, 2025Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- E Provide appropriate foot care.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents received proper treatment and care to maintain mobility and good foot health for 1 Resident (Resident #1) of 6 residents reviewed for foot care. The facility failed to provide adequate foot care for Resident #1 who had a standing order for podiatric services. Resident #1's toenails were chipped, thick, and long. This failure could put residents at risk for infection, impaired mobility, and poor foot health as well as a decline in their quality of life.
- D Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of infection of communicable diseases and infections for one of one resident (Resident #1) reviewed for infection control. The facility failed to ensure CNA A performed hand hygiene with gloves change, while providing incontinence care to Resident # 1. These failures could place residents at-risk of cross contamination which could result in infections or illness.
December 18, 2024Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 5 citations
- D Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to assess a resident using the quarterly review instrument specified by the State and approved by CMS not less frequently than once every 3 months for one (Resident #36) of six residents reviewed for quarterly assessments. The facility did not ensure Resident #36's Quarterly MDS Assessment, dated 10/28/24, was completed withing 92 days of the previous assessment. These failures could place residents at-risk of not having their assessments completed timely.
- D Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure assessments accurately reflected the resident's status for one (Resident #36) of six residents reviewed for accuracy of assessments. The facility failed to ensure that Resident #36's Quarterly MDS Assessment included interviews conducted within the required timeframes. These failures could place residents at risk for not receiving care and services to meet their needs.
- D Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review the facility failed to develop and implement an effective discharge planning process that focused on the resident's discharge goals, the preparation of residents to be active partners and effectively transition them to post-discharge care, and the reduction of factors leading to preventable readmissions for one (Resident #67) of 3 residents reviewed for discharge planning. The facility failed to develop and implement a discharge plan for Resident #67 who's goal was to return to the community. This failure could place residents at risk of not receiving care and services to meet their needs upon discharge.
- D Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
Inspectors wroteBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents had a discharge summary that included a recapitulation of the resident's stay, medication reconciliation, and a post-discharge plan of care for one (Resident #67) of 3 residents reviewed for discharge summaries. The facility failed to complete a discharge summary for Resident #67 when he discharged home from the facility. This failure could place residents at risk of a recapitulation of the stay being unavailable to help ensure continuity of care once they went back home.
- D Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure its medication error rates were not 5% or greater. The facility had a medication error rate of 23% based on 10 errors out of 43 opportunities which involved 1 of 4 residents (Resident #32) and 1 of 3 staff (LVN A) reviewed for medication error, in that: LVN A crushed medication and mixed all the fourteen (14) medications together and administered through a gastrostomy tube (surgically placed to provide direct access to a human's stomach for supplemental feeding, hydration, or medication) to Resident #32 These failures could place residents at risk of incomplete therapeutic outcomes, increased negative side effects, and decline in health.
March 28, 2024Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of infection of communicable diseases and infections for one of six residents (Resident #1) reviewed for infection control. CNA Z failed to perform hand hygiene during while providing incontinence care to Resident # 1. This failure could place the residents at risk for infection.
November 3, 2023Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 3 citations
- E Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety in the facility's only kitchen reviewed for food safety. 1. The facility failed to ensure two of the four handwashing sinks had a garbage receptacle next to the sink. 2. The facility failed to ensure food items in the refrigerators (4), freezers (4) and dry storage room were labeled and stored in accordance with the professional standards for food service. 3. The facility failed to discard items stored in refrigerator, freezers or dry storage that were not properly labeled or past the 'best buy', consume by or expiration dates. 4. The facility failed to ensure the ice machine filters and vent/grate and outer surface was free from dirt and dust. 5. [...]
- D Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan for each resident to meet a resident's medical, nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs that are identified in the comprehensive assessment and described the services that are to be provided to attain or maintain the resident's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for one (Resident #62) of four residents reviewed for care plan. The facility failed to implement Resident #62's care plan to address nutrition and, anticoagulant therapy. This failure could affect residents by placing them at risk for not receiving care and services to meet their needs.
- D Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure that each resident's written plan of care includes both the most recent hospice plan of care and a description of the services furnished by the LTC facility to attain or maintain the resident's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being, for 2 of 4 residents (Resident #32 and Resident #43) reviewed for care plans. The facility did not update Resident #32's care plan to reflect specific instructions for hospice and end of life. The facility did not update Resident #43's care plan to reflect specific instructions for hospice and end of life. This failure could place residents at risk for not receiving appropriate care and intervention to meet their current needs.
Fire safety inspections
6 fire safety citations on file: 5 on December 18, 2024, 1 on November 3, 2023.
Every fire safety citation6 citations
- F Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- F Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- E Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 5.11 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.95 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 4.88 | 2.98 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.57 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.60 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 44.8% | 55.3% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 21.4% | 54.6% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 1 |
CMS expects 3.59 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.21 on weekdays and 4.88 on weekends, 6% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 5.71 in April to June 2025 to 5.11 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 5.11 | 0.95 | 5.21 | 4.88 | 0.0% | 0 of 90 | 66 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 4.65 | 0.93 | 4.75 | 4.39 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 72 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 5.35 | 1.12 | 5.45 | 5.10 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 62 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 5.71 | 1.18 | 5.83 | 5.38 | 0.0% | 0 of 91 | 56 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Texas, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.33 | 0.40 | 3.50 | 2.93 | 2.2% | 0.7% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Texas | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.1 | 15.8 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 28.5 | 25.7 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: BUCKNER SENIOR LIVING, INC..
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckner Senior Living | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 100% | 12/01/2012 |
| Robbins, Kenneth | Corporate director | Individual | 04/21/2025 | |
| Gentry, Jeffrey | Corporate officer | Individual | 12/14/2017 | |
| Reyes, Albert | Corporate officer | Individual | 01/02/2007 | |
| Moore, Jessica | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/12/2012 | |
| Robbins, Kenneth | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 04/25/2025 | |
| Moore, Jessica | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/12/2012 | |
| Robbins, Kenneth | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 04/21/2025 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 5 problems in this area, most recently on December 18, 2024: "Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on March 18, 2026: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on July 15, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 18, 2026: "Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances."
- How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.
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Texas contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Texas. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Resident advocate: Texas Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, 800-252-2412. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
Common questions
- What is Ventana by Buckner's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Ventana by Buckner 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Ventana by Buckner get at its last inspection?
- 3 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 18, 2026. The Texas average is 9.4.
- Has Ventana by Buckner been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Ventana by Buckner accept Medicaid?
- CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.
- Who owns Ventana by Buckner?
- CMS lists 8 owners and managers. Legal business name: BUCKNER SENIOR LIVING, INC..
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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