Buckner Villas is a Type B assisted living community licensed by Texas HHSC under license number 150005, with 80 licensed places (20 Alzheimer's-certified), at 11110 Tom Adams Drive, Austin, Texas 78753.
Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.
License + contact information
| Licensing agency | Texas HHSC, Long-Term Care Regulation |
|---|---|
| Name on the state record | MARILYN M CAMPBELL CENTER |
| License number | 150005 |
| HHSC facility ID | 000417 |
| License type | Type B assisted living |
| Licensed capacity | 80 residents |
| Alzheimer's certification | Certified, 20 residents (certificate 104507) |
| First licensed | Not shown in the HHSC directory |
| Current license period | December 27, 2024 to December 27, 2027 |
| Status | Licensed, with an enforcement action pending (as shown in TULIP) |
| Licensee | Buckner Retirement Services, INC |
| Management company | None listed |
| Most recent inspection exit | February 19, 2026 |
| Enforcement record | 1 administrative penalty ($2,250 total), most recent February 19, 2026 |
| State record | Open the TULIP record |
Phone: (512) 836-1515 · Official site
Who operates Buckner Villas, and how large is it?
Buckner Villas is licensed to Buckner Retirement Services, INC, with 80 licensed places in total, the 52nd-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.
A faith-based nonprofit senior living community in north Austin off Tom Adams Drive, near the Braker Lane and I-35 corridor. Operated by Buckner Retirement Services, it describes a continuum spanning independent living, assisted living, and memory care.
Buckner Villas is a faith-based nonprofit community in north Austin, at 11110 Tom Adams Drive (78753), part of Buckner International. The operator describes a 25-acre Tuscan-style campus that has been renovated and expanded, with accommodation ranging from private villas to one- and two-bedroom apartment homes. The organisation frames itself around a full continuum of living and care on one site, so that residents need not move away if their medical circumstances change.
Independent living is branded GreenRidge and includes sixteen private villas alongside a newly expanded apartment building. Assisted living is offered in two distinct settings with the same level of personal care: The Meadows, with one- and two-bedroom apartments that have accessible bathrooms and kitchenettes, and The Grove, with studio residences opening onto community living and dining areas and an outdoor courtyard. Memory care is provided at The Harbor, described as a certified Alzheimer's assisted living and memory care community with private suites and access to secure courtyards. Skilled and long-term nursing and rehabilitation are also on site. Chaplain and social work services run across the campus.
For families, the campus amenities are concrete: an indoor heated pool and spa, movie theatre, grand ballroom, woodworking shop, library, fitness centre, and an in-house beauty salon and barber shop. Scheduled weekday transportation to doctor's appointments is included, as are three chef-prepared meals daily in assisted living and memory care. The Harbor offers short-term respite stays, which suits families needing temporary cover. Enquiries go to 512.836.1515. Buckner Villas does not publish Texas licence numbers on its website.
What does Buckner Villas' Type B license mean for a resident?
Buckner Villas holds a Type B license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, need attendance at night or need help transferring, as long as they are not permanently bedfast.
Type B is the license most Austin-area communities hold, and it is the only one that can carry an Alzheimer's certification.
20 of its 80 licensed places (25%) are Alzheimer's-certified. That certified number is the cap on memory care residents, so ask how many of those places are open today and whether assisted living residents get priority when one opens.
What do Texas HHSC inspections show for Buckner Villas?
The TULIP record lists 3 cited state violations for Buckner Villas: 0 from health inspections and 3 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections, with the most recent inspection exiting on February 19, 2026.
| Inspection exit | Visit type | Finding (as written by HHSC) | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2025 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to provide required exit signs. | Not shown |
| October 8, 2025 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to provide portable fire extinguishers that met the referenced codes and standards. | Not shown |
| October 8, 2025 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure that no point in the facility was more than 75 feet from a portable fire extinguisher | Not shown |
These citations span 2025 to 2025. A citation is a finding that a rule was not met on the day of the visit, not a measure of overall quality; where no correction date is shown, ask the community for its plan of correction. What matters on a tour is whether the same kind of finding repeats, and what changed afterwards.
Has Buckner Villas been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?
Yes. TULIP lists 1 administrative penalty for Buckner Villas, totalling $2,250, the most recent imposed on February 19, 2026.
| Imposed | Action | Amount | Rule cited and finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2026 | Administrative Penalty | $2,250 | 26 TAC §553.267(a)(3)(E)(ii): The facility failed to ensure each resident was free from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. |
Penalties are public because they are meant to be read. The useful question for the community is not whether it has ever been fined, but what it changed: ask the executive director to walk you through the most recent one.
Where is Buckner Villas in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?
Buckner Villas is at 11110 Tom Adams Drive, Austin, Texas 78753, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Austin Gardens Senior Living, about 0.9 miles away.
Austin proper has the widest range of care levels in the metro and the widest range of prices with it. Central and west-side communities price toward the top of the market; north and northeast Austin is generally more moderate. Traffic is the practical constraint families underestimate — a community fifteen minutes away at 10 a.m. can be forty at six in the evening, and evening is when most visits actually happen.
| Licensed community | City | Type | Beds | Memory care | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Gardens Senior Living | Austin | Type B | 12 | No | 0.9 |
| Tech Ridge Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care | Austin | Type B | 131 | Yes | 1.8 |
| The Collinfield House | Austin | Type B | 8 | No | 1.9 |
| NeuroRestorative Texas | Austin | Type B | 12 | No | 2.2 |
| Parmer Woods at North Austin | Austin | Type B | 36 | Yes | 2.8 |
Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.
How does Buckner Villas compare with other assisted living in Travis County?
At 80 licensed places, Buckner Villas is 2.2 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 2% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.
| Measure (HHSC record) | Buckner Villas | Austin metro / county context |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed places | 80 | median 36 |
| Alzheimer's-certified places | 20 | 84 of 162 metro licenses are certified |
| Cited violations in published inspection history | 3 | median 2 per license |
| Administrative penalties listed | 1 | 27 of 74 Travis County facilities have one or more |
A smaller building tends to mean the same caregivers every day and a quicker read on a resident's changes; it can also mean less depth when staff are out. Ask who covers nights and weekends and what happens when a regular caregiver is off.
What does assisted living cost near Austin?
Buckner Villas does not publish its rates in the state record, and we do not estimate them. The best published benchmark is the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey Texas median of $5,666 a month ($184 per day) for a private one-bedroom in assisted living, which is a statewide figure, not an Austin one.
Austin's rapid growth, competitive labor market, and newer inventory generally push local pricing above the Texas median. We do not publish an Austin-specific dollar figure because no primary source publishes one. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote.
CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so no authoritative memory care median exists for Texas or for Austin. Any memory care price you see quoted online is an estimate, not survey data. Expect a certified memory care place to cost more than assisted living in the same building.
Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee your parent would be assessed at today, and what moves them to the next level, all in writing. See what senior care costs in the Austin area and how STAR+PLUS can cover assisted living services.
What should you ask on a tour of Buckner Villas?
Bring questions built from the state record rather than the brochure: the record tells you where to push, and a good community answers them without hesitation.
- The February 19, 2026 penalty cited 26 TAC §553.267(a)(3)(E)(ii). What changed afterwards, and who is responsible for it now?
- Can I see the report from your most recent life safety code visit and your plan of correction?
- How many of your 20 Alzheimer's-certified places are open, and what is the overnight staff ratio inside the secured unit?
- Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
- Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
- What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
- Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?
How do you verify Buckner Villas's license yourself?
Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 150005; the record shows license status, capacity, inspection citations and any penalties, and it is free and public.
To report a concern about care, call HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake at 1-800-458-9858. For free, confidential advocacy for a resident, call the Capital Area long-term care ombudsman at 512-916-6054.
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