For profit - Limited Liability company · 92 certified beds · CMS number 675390
Sunflower Park Health Care, Kaufman, TX
CMS records 53 health deficiencies at Sunflower Park Health Care in Kaufman, Texas in its last 3 inspection cycles; the Texas median is 25. Its most recent standard inspection was on Jan 7, 2026. The highest severity cited is K (immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety). 3 citations were at the immediate jeopardy level, 1 of them recorded as past non-compliance (fixed before the inspection). CMS lists 2 fines totaling $190,538 in the last three years.
- 53deficiencies, 3 cycles (TX median 25)
- 20in the latest cycle (TX median 8)
- Khighest severity · Immediate jeopardy
- $190,538fines, last 3 years
- 2CMS overall rating (of 5)
Inspections and deficiencies
CMS findings for Sunflower Park Health Care as of Sep 1, 2026, grouped by inspection cycle (3 cycles); each is a requirement inspectors found not met, and Sunflower Park Health Care may since have corrected or disputed it. Severity letters · Inspection cycles · Care Compare
Most recent cycle (20 deficiencies)
Standard inspection Jan 7, 2026. CMS counts 20 health deficiencies and 0 fire safety deficiencies in this cycle.
Jul 29, 2026 · Complaint inspection
1 deficiency, highest D
F656 · Comprehensive person-centered care plan
Requirement cited (CMS): Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jul 30, 2026
Jan 7, 2026 · Standard inspection
19 deficiencies, highest E
F880 · Infection prevention and control program
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F849 · Hospice services
Requirement cited (CMS): 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.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F813 · Food brought in by visitors
Requirement cited (CMS): Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F812 · Food safety and sanitation
Requirement cited (CMS): Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F804 · Palatable, attractive food at safe temperatures
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F761 · Drug labeling and secure storage
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F757 · Avoiding unnecessary drugs
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F695 · Respiratory and oxygen care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F689 · Accident prevention and supervision
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F684 · Quality of care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F679 · Activities program
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F655 · Baseline care plan within 48 hours
Requirement cited (CMS): Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F645 · Pre-admission screening for mental disorder or intellectual disability
Requirement cited (CMS): PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F644 · Coordinating with PASARR screening
Requirement cited (CMS): Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F641 · Accurate resident assessments
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F605 · Limits on psychotropic drugs and chemical restraints
Requirement cited (CMS): Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F584 · Safe, clean, homelike surroundings
Requirement cited (CMS): Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F552 · Being informed about health and treatment
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
F550 · Dignity and the right to exercise rights
Requirement cited (CMS): Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Jan 8, 2026
Previous cycle: 23 deficiencies (standard inspection Nov 1, 2024)
Standard inspection Nov 1, 2024. CMS counts 23 health deficiencies and 1 fire safety deficiency in this cycle.
Apr 16, 2025 · Complaint inspection
1 deficiency, highest D
F602 · Protecting residents' money and belongings
Requirement cited (CMS): Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Apr 17, 2025
Nov 1, 2024 · Standard + complaint inspection
22 deficiencies, highest K
F926 · Smoking policies
Requirement cited (CMS): Have policies on smoking.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F919 · Working call system
Requirement cited (CMS): Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F880 · Infection prevention and control program
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Severity
- F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F812 · Food safety and sanitation
Requirement cited (CMS): Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Severity
- F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F808 · Physician-ordered therapeutic diets
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F807 · Drinks and hydration
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides drinks consistent with resident needs and preferences and sufficient to maintain resident hydration.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F804 · Palatable, attractive food at safe temperatures
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F770 · Timely laboratory services
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F761 · Drug labeling and secure storage
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F759 · Medication error rate under 5 percent
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F755 · Pharmacy services and a consultant pharmacist
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F726 · Competent nurses and nurse aides
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F699 · Trauma-informed, culturally competent care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
- Severity
- K Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F690 · Bladder, bowel, and catheter care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F689 · Accident prevention and supervision
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Severity
- J Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, isolated
- Status
- Past non-compliance (fixed before the inspection), Oct 2, 2024
F684 · Quality of care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F680 · Qualified activities director
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F656 · Comprehensive person-centered care plan
Requirement cited (CMS): Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F641 · Accurate resident assessments
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F600 · Freedom from abuse and neglect
Requirement cited (CMS): Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- Severity
- K Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F565 · Resident and family councils
Requirement cited (CMS): Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
F550 · Dignity and the right to exercise rights
Requirement cited (CMS): Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- Severity
- E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
- Status
- Correction date Nov 2, 2024
Earlier cycle: 10 deficiencies (standard inspection Sep 20, 2023)
Standard inspection Sep 20, 2023. CMS counts 10 health deficiencies and 0 fire safety deficiencies in this cycle.
Sep 20, 2023 · Standard inspection
10 deficiencies, highest D
F849 · Hospice services
Requirement cited (CMS): 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.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F812 · Food safety and sanitation
Requirement cited (CMS): Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F773 · Ordering labs and reporting results
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide or obtain laboratory tests/services when ordered and promptly tell the ordering practitioner of the results.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F760 · No significant medication errors
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F759 · Medication error rate under 5 percent
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F690 · Bladder, bowel, and catheter care
Requirement cited (CMS): Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F689 · Accident prevention and supervision
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F656 · Comprehensive person-centered care plan
Requirement cited (CMS): Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F641 · Accurate resident assessments
Requirement cited (CMS): Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
F578 · Refusing treatment and advance directives
Requirement cited (CMS): Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- Severity
- D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
- Status
- Correction date Sep 29, 2023
Tags cited in more than one inspection
12 tags cited on more than one inspection date at Sunflower Park Health Care; each date counts once and does not mean the same incident. PNC = past non-compliance.
| Tag | Inspections | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| F641 Accurate resident assessments | 3 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F656 Comprehensive person-centered care plan | 3 | Jul 29, 2026; Nov 1, 2024; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F689 Accident prevention and supervision | 3 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 (PNC); Sep 20, 2023 |
| F812 Food safety and sanitation | 3 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F550 Dignity and the right to exercise rights | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 |
| F684 Quality of care | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 |
| F690 Bladder, bowel, and catheter care | 2 | Nov 1, 2024; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F759 Medication error rate under 5 percent | 2 | Nov 1, 2024; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F761 Drug labeling and secure storage | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 |
| F804 Palatable, attractive food at safe temperatures | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 |
| F849 Hospice services | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Sep 20, 2023 |
| F880 Infection prevention and control program | 2 | Jan 7, 2026; Nov 1, 2024 |
Fines and payment denials
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2024 | Fine | $21,638 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Fine | $168,900 |
Staffing and CMS ratings
- Total nurse staff hours per resident per day
- 3.24 h (about the same as the Texas median of 3.27 h)
- RN hours per resident per day
- 0.44 h (above the Texas median of 0.38 h)
- Weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
- 2.77 h
- Nursing staff turnover
- 100.0% (Texas median 52.1%)
- Administrators who left
- not reported
- CMS overall rating
- 2 of 5
- Health inspection rating
- 1 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 of 5
- Quality measure rating
- 5 of 5
CMS figures for Sunflower Park Health Care, copied as published; Texas medians are ours.
Facility details
- Address
- 1803 Highway 243 East, Kaufman, TX 75142
- Phone
- (972) 932-7776
- County
- Kaufman
- Accepts
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain (CMS)
- Creative Solutions in Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 92
- Average residents per day
- 49
- In Medicare/Medicaid since
- Sep 22, 1994
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Resident and family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Questions to ask on a visit
Based on the tags cited most often here.
- How does the home check that resident assessments match what staff actually observe? (F641, cited 3 times)
- How are a resident's goals and preferences written into the care plan? (F656, cited 3 times)
- How does the home assess each resident's fall risk and plan to prevent falls? (F689, cited 3 times)
- When was the kitchen last inspected, and how are food temperatures checked? (F812, cited 3 times)
Other nursing homes in Kaufman and the same chain
- Avir at Kaufman
Kaufman · 41 deficiencies - Franklin Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation
El Paso · 76 deficiencies - St. Teresa Nursing & Rehab Center
El Paso · 75 deficiencies - Mountain View Health & Rehabilitation
El Paso · 72 deficiencies - Pleasant Springs Healthcare Center
Mount Pleasant · 66 deficiencies
Source
CMS Provider Data Catalog: Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, Penalties, Survey Summary. Processed by CMS Sep 1, 2026; next update Oct 28, 2026.