Avir At New Braunfels
Avir at New Braunfels in New Braunfels, TX — inspection on January 30, 2026.
Found 3 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
supported by the facility in exercising his or her rights;
455020 01/30/2026
Avir at New Braunfels 821 US Hwy 81 W New Braunfels, TX 78130
Review of facility policy.
Homelike Environmental, revised February 2021), read in relevant part 1.
Staff provides person-centered care that emphasizes the residents' comfort, independence and personal needs and preferences. 2.
The facility staff and management maximizes, to the extent possible, the characteristics of the facility that a reflect a personalized, homelike setting.
455020 01/30/2026
Avir at New Braunfels 821 US Hwy 81 W New Braunfels, TX 78130
During an interview on 01/30/2026 at 12:00 p.m., the Administrator stated the facility contacted the dental service provider 01/29/2026, and it was an ongoing process.
The Administrator said a new company bought this facility in November of 2025 and should have contracted a local dental facility to provide dental service to residents who needed dental care.
The Administrator said she did not know why the facility did not have the contract with the dental service provider, but a local dentist visited the facility and provided dental care to residents on 01/27/2026 because the residents' doctors might choose the dental provider.
The Administrator said she and regional company leaders were responsible for obtaining facility contracts with outside resources, and if the facility did not have a contract, residents might not have dental care.
During an interview on 01/30/2026 at 12:45 p.m., the DON stated the facility residents received dental services if they needed it because the residents' doctors might choose the dental providers from community dentists.
The DON stated without a contract with a dental facility there was a potential risk of residents not receiving dental care.
Record review of the facility policy titled, Dental Services, dated revised 12/2016, revealed, 1.
Routine and 24-hour emergency dental services are provided to our residents through: a. a contract agreement with a licensed dentist that comes to the facility monthly. b. referral to the resident's personal dentist. c. referral to community dentist. d. referral to other health care organizations that provide dental services.