Esplanade Gardens

Is Esplanade Gardens licensed by Texas HHSC?

Yes. Esplanade Gardens holds Texas HHSC assisted living license #146735, a Type B license for 120 residents at 10790 Toepperwein Rd, Converse. HHSC lists the license status as "Enforcement Action Pending", with the current term running March 17, 2025 through March 17, 2028.

Open Esplanade Gardens' official HHSC TULIP record (license, inspections, enforcement) →

At more than 22 years on the HHSC rolls, this is one of the longer-licensed communities in the metro.

Does Esplanade Gardens offer memory care under its Texas license?

Yes. Esplanade Gardens holds HHSC Alzheimer's certificate #104015 covering 50 of its 120 licensed beds, valid through March 27, 2028. In Texas that certification is what lets a facility advertise memory care for Alzheimer's and related dementias.

The other 70 beds are general assisted living. For families this matters because a parent can often move from the assisted living side to the secured unit without changing communities if dementia progresses; ask how that transfer is decided and whether the monthly rate changes.

What did HHSC inspectors find at Esplanade Gardens?

Esplanade Gardens' HHSC TULIP record lists 16 cited findings on August 20, 2025: 0 from health (care) inspections and 16 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections. The most recent HHSC visit closed on August 4, 2026.

The most recent findings, in HHSC's own words:

• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to conduct required fire drills and document fire drills on the required form.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to have and enforce a smoking policy.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to ensure equipment could be accessed to the facility could inspect, test, and service the equipment.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to ensure flammable and combustible liquids were not stored in buildings used by residents.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to provide food storage areas to maintain a four-day minimum supply of non-perishable food, that food was not stored on the floor, and that area temperatures in food storage areas did not exceed 85 degrees F.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to provide required exit signs.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to provide smoke compartmentation where required.
• Life Safety Code, August 20, 2025: The facility failed to protect hazardous areas as required by the referenced codes and standards.

8 earlier findings are on the full TULIP record.

For context, the median for San Antonio-area assisted living communities with 50 or more beds is 7 cited findings on the current TULIP record. A finding is a cited rule, not necessarily harm to a resident; life safety findings are often fire-door, sprinkler or exit-sign items. Read the health findings first, and ask the administrator what changed after each one.

Has Texas HHSC taken enforcement action against Esplanade Gardens?

No. The enforcement section of Esplanade Gardens' HHSC TULIP record shows no administrative penalties or other enforcement actions as of October 24, 2026.

Note: TULIP currently shows this license as "Enforcement Action Pending", meaning HHSC has an open enforcement matter that is not yet final. Ask the administrator about it directly and check the record again before you sign.

Who owns and operates Esplanade Gardens?

HHSC lists Esplanade Gardens Senior INC (nonprofit organization) as the license holder for Esplanade Gardens, with Silvercrest Properties LLC as the management company.

The licensee is a nonprofit organization. That says nothing about care quality on its own, but nonprofit communities sometimes keep benevolent funds for residents who outlive their savings, so ask whether one exists and how it works.

Where is Esplanade Gardens located in the San Antonio area?

Esplanade Gardens is at 10790 Toepperwein Rd in Converse (78109), Bexar County, in the Northeast side and the JBSA-Randolph corridor. HHSC lists 21 other licensed assisted living facilities within five miles.

This is the Northeast side between Loop 410, I-35 and FM 78, a short drive from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph and Methodist Hospital Northeast in Live Oak. It is a common choice for military retiree families and for adult children living in Converse, Schertz or Cibolo.

Closest licensed assisted living by straight-line distance:

• Woodcrest Home for Senior Citizens (Type B, 10 beds, San Antonio) — 1.1 mi
• Army Residence Community (Type B, 30 beds, San Antonio) — 1.3 mi
• A & R Golden Casa Assisted Living (Type A, 11 beds, San Antonio) — 1.3 mi
• Susan Home Care (Type A, 10 beds, San Antonio) — 1.6 mi
• Sodalis Windcrest (Type B, 105 beds, San Antonio) — 1.6 mi

More about care options in Converse assisted living and Converse memory care.

How much does assisted living at Esplanade Gardens cost?

HHSC does not publish prices, and Esplanade Gardens sets its own rates, so get a written quote. As a benchmark, our 2026 San Antonio cost guide puts most local assisted living between about $3,800 and $5,500 a month, and memory care typically adds $1,000 to $2,000 a month on top of that.

• Ask for the base rent and the care-level fee separately; most San Antonio communities price care in tiers, so two communities with the same advertised rate can differ by hundreds of dollars once care is added.
• Ask what the last two annual increases were, in percent, and whether care fees can change mid-year after a reassessment.
• The 2024 Genworth and CareScout Cost of Care Survey put the national median for assisted living at $70,800 a year, so the San Antonio market remains below the national figure even after recent increases.
• Esplanade Gardens' TULIP record shows it does not accept Medicaid. If STAR+PLUS HCBS may be needed later, ask what happens to a resident who spends down savings.

See the San Antonio assisted living cost guide and the memory care cost guide for the detail.

How should families evaluate Esplanade Gardens before signing?

Start with the HHSC record, then test it in person: the most useful questions for Esplanade Gardens come straight from its Type B license, its 16 cited inspection findings and its enforcement history.

• The life safety findings are numerous, so walk the exits, check that fire doors close and latch, and ask when the sprinkler and alarm systems were last inspected.
• Ask how many hours of dementia training direct-care staff complete, how many staff are awake in the secured unit overnight, and how residents get outdoor time.
• At 120 licensed beds this is a large community; ask how many caregivers work each shift on your parent's floor or wing, not building-wide.
• Visit twice, once unannounced near a mealtime, and talk to a resident's family member if you can.

Questions to ask on a tour of Esplanade Gardens

1. How long have the administrator and the director of nursing been here?
2. How are medication errors tracked and reported?
3. Do you have Spanish-speaking caregivers on every shift?
4. Which hospital do residents usually go to, and who goes with them?
5. Which care needs would require my parent to move out?
6. What is included in the base rate, and what costs extra?

Our San Antonio tour checklist has the full list.

Related questions

• How do I verify a Texas assisted living license with HHSC?
• What are the Type B memory care requirements in Texas?
• How do I file a complaint with HHSC about an assisted living facility?
• Which other memory care communities are licensed near San Antonio?
• What does memory care in Converse involve?

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