Querencia at Barton Creek

Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.

License + contact information

Phone: (512) 610-9400 · Official site

Who operates Querencia at Barton Creek, and how large is it?

Querencia at Barton Creek is licensed to Barton Creek Senior Living Center, INC and managed by Lifespace Communities, INC, with 73 licensed places in total, the 56th-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.

HHSC first licensed it on January 30, 2008, about 18 years ago. Ask what has been renovated and whether ownership or management has changed in that time, since the licensee and management company above are the current ones.

A Life Plan Community (CCRC) in the Barton Creek area of southwest Austin, operated by Lifespace Communities. The campus offers independent living alongside assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation. CMS provider data lists the skilled nursing component at the same Travis County address and identifies it as part of a continuing care retirement community.

Querencia at Barton Creek sits at 2500 Barton Creek Blvd. in southwest Austin (78735), in the Barton Creek area on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, roughly fifteen minutes from downtown. It is a member of Lifespace Communities, Inc., a not-for-profit senior living and care provider that operates communities in Texas, the Midwest and Florida. The community presents itself as a continuing care retirement community built around the Querencia Life Care plan. Lifespace states that, as a nonprofit, it reinvests funds into its communities through capital projects, expansions and renovations, and lists recently completed renovations at Querencia covering the common areas, resident corridors and memory care areas.

The campus is organised into independent living and what the operator calls Supported Living, which covers assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, all on the same site. Independent living pages set out floor plans, a services and amenities list, and several dining venues; the site describes a main dining room with a fireplace and panoramic views. Shared spaces shown include a glass-walled fitness building with a fitness centre, an outdoor swimming pool and a traditional library with built-in shelving. Querencia does not publish Texas facility licence or ID numbers on its website.

The community is aimed at people planning ahead rather than responding to a crisis: the Life Care contract is presented as a way to fix future care costs, and Lifespace's benevolence fund carries a stated commitment that Life Care residents who outlive their financial resources through no fault of their own will continue to be supported. The Lifespace Foundation, its charitable arm, has operated since 1992 and also funds education and emergency support for staff. The site lists Austin excursions and social groups as part of daily life, and gives a main number of (512) 610-9401.

What does Querencia at Barton Creek's Type B license mean for a resident?

Querencia at Barton Creek 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.

23 of its 73 licensed places (32%) 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 Querencia at Barton Creek?

The TULIP record lists 1 cited state violation for Querencia at Barton Creek: 0 from health inspections and 1 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections, with the most recent inspection exiting on September 15, 2026. Each citation carries the date the facility corrected it.

These citations span 2019 to 2019. A citation is a finding that a rule was not met on the day of the visit, not a measure of overall quality, and every one listed here shows a correction date. What matters on a tour is whether the same kind of finding repeats, and what changed afterwards.

Has Querencia at Barton Creek been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?

No. The TULIP record lists no administrative penalties or other enforcement actions for Querencia at Barton Creek as of October 24, 2026.

Enforcement in Texas assisted living usually takes the form of an administrative penalty: a fine tied to a specific rule. A blank enforcement record means none is published for this license; it does not mean the community has never been cited, so read it alongside the inspection history above.

Where is Querencia at Barton Creek in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?

Querencia at Barton Creek is at 2500 Barton Creek Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78735, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Belmont Village West Lake Hills, about 3.3 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.

Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.

How does Querencia at Barton Creek compare with other assisted living in Travis County?

At 73 licensed places, Querencia at Barton Creek is 2.0 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 1% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.

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?

Querencia at Barton Creek 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 Querencia at Barton Creek?

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.

1. Can I see the report from your most recent life safety code visit and your plan of correction?
2. How many of your 23 Alzheimer's-certified places are open, and what is the overnight staff ratio inside the secured unit?
3. Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
4. Is the management company the same one that was here two years ago, and how long has the executive director been in post?
5. Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
6. What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
7. Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?

How do you verify Querencia at Barton Creek's license yourself?

Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 146691; 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.

We are a free referral service and are not affiliated with this community. Licensing data is reproduced from Texas HHSC public records; confirm details directly before deciding.