Songbird Lodge

2500 Songbird Circle, Brownwood, TX 76801 · (325) 646-4750
Government - Hospital district · 121 certified beds

Songbird Lodge has a 2-star overall rating from Medicare, out of 5. Its last standard inspection, in December 2025, found 10 citations (the Texas average is 9.4). It was fined 1 time in the last three years, $10,210 in all.

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Most recent health inspection

The standard health inspection on December 11, 2025 found 10 citations. What an inspection citation means

• Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.December 11, 2025 · F0801 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.December 11, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.December 11, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.December 11, 2025 · F0728 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.December 11, 2025 · F0803 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.December 11, 2025 · F0867 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.December 11, 2025 · F0641 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.December 11, 2025 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.December 11, 2025 · F0849 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.December 11, 2025 · F0577 · Level of harm: Potential for minimal harm · Residents affected: Many

Complaint inspections, last three years

Inspections after complaints found 15 citations.

• Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.December 11, 2025 · F0577 · Level of harm: Potential for minimal harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.December 11, 2025 · F0641 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.December 11, 2025 · F0656 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.December 11, 2025 · F0728 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• 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.December 11, 2025 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.December 11, 2025 · F0801 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.December 11, 2025 · F0803 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.December 11, 2025 · F0812 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Many
• 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.December 11, 2025 · F0849 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.December 11, 2025 · F0867 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• 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.December 9, 2025 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.March 14, 2025 · F0728 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Some
• Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.March 14, 2025 · F0730 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.September 6, 2024 · F0695 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few
• 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.September 6, 2024 · F0761 · Level of harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm · Residents affected: Few

Fines and payment denials

• Fine of $10,210September 6, 2024

Nurse staffing

Hours of nursing care per resident per day, as the home reports them to Medicare through payroll records.

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