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Amarillo Center for Skilled Care

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Amarillo Center for Skilled Care's website

6641 W Amarillo Blvd,
Amarillo TX 79106

(806) 352-8800

59.67% estimated occupancy ¹

Please note our records indicate that Amarillo Center for Skilled Care has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Amarillo Center for Skilled Care is located in Amarillo, Texas. With an overall grade of B-, this is a middle of the road facility. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse places out there. This facility is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be quite minor. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Nurse Quality

This facility's second best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.

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Long-term Care Quality

The third area we assessed was long-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of B- in this category. For patients looking for a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 98.206276 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was awarded an acceptable short-term care score of C. Short-term care ratings are vital for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Amarillo Center for Skilled Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 4.84% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 93.69% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 17.58% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 13.47% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 11.91 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, 66.29% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Amarillo, TX

Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
Nurse Rating has a grade of B
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Amarillo, Texas has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

Baptist St Anthony's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.53 miles away1600 Wallace Blvd Amarillo Texas 79106Proprietary(806) 212-2000
Northwest Texas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.66 miles away1501 S Coulter St Amarillo Texas 79106Voluntary non-profit - Private(806) 354-1110
Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.87 miles away6819 Plum Creek Amarillo Texas 79124Proprietary(806) 354-6100

Nearby Dialysis

Us Renal Care Amarillo Dialysis0.66 miles away1915 S Coulter Street Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79106Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 355-3310
Fresenius Medical Care Amarillo High Plains0.72 miles away5920 Amarillo Blvd West Amarillo Texas 79106CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (806) 353-9182
Fmc Crown of Texas1.08 miles away1805 Point West Parkway Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79124CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 418-2690
Amarillo Dialysis5.48 miles away8604 South Coulter Street Amarillo Texas 79119CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (806) 358-0051