Guides
Choosing assisted living often means reading state records that weren't written for families. These guides explain what the records say and what they leave out. They use the same Texas data as the rest of the site: 2,012 licensed facilities and 11,225 citations.
How to read a Texas assisted living inspection report
Health vs. Life Safety Code visits, what a citation does and doesn't mean, correction dates, and how to check the official record in TULIP.
HHSC citations, scope and severity: what Texas actually publishes
How Texas defines harm, scope and immediate threat, why the public record doesn't show a severity level for each citation, and when a citation turns into a fine.
Type A vs. Type B assisted living, and what Alzheimer's certification means in Texas
The three Texas license types, who each one is for, how memory care certification works, and how the types compare in the state's records.
Questions to ask on an assisted living tour, based on what Texas inspectors cite
A checklist built around the rules behind Texas enforcement actions: abuse and neglect, staffing, medications, fire safety and memory care units.
Red flags in an assisted living inspection record
Repeat penalties, abuse and neglect findings, staffing violations and other patterns worth asking about, and which numbers are less alarming than they look.
How to file a complaint about a Texas assisted living facility
Step-by-step: the TULIP complaint portal, the 1-800 intake line, email and mail, what to include, and what happens after you report.
The most common assisted living violations in Texas, from state records
What our data shows about Texas citations and fines: the Health/Life Safety split, the rules behind every penalty, and how size and license type matter.
Memory care inspection records in Houston, DFW, San Antonio and Austin
Certified memory care in the four biggest Texas metros: how many facilities and beds, how often they're cited and fined, and how they compare with other large Type B buildings.
Last updated Oct 30, 2026. Texas data: HHSC roster as of 10/28/2026. These guides are informational only, not medical or legal advice. Every figure is computed from public HHSC records or comes from a linked official source. See our methodology.