Ware Memorial Care Center
400 W 14th St Bldg A, Amarillo TX 79101 · (806) 373-0471 · 328.4% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Ware Memorial Care Center is located in Amarillo, Texas. This city has a total of 220,580 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the better facilities we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. Not surprisingly, this proved to be substantially better than many of the facilities in the city. We also gave this facility phenomenal grades in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 25 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with a favorable overall score, we gave this place an A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. We wish we had more data for this facility. Without having the deficiency data, it ended up being challenging to fully assess it in this area.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 5.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded a favorable long-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a score of B+. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 91.8644 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we anticipated but still a decent figure. This place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had just 1.43 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is short-term care. This nursing home received an above average nursing grade this year, with a B. While this is not as strong as a few of its other grades, this is still one of our stronger scores in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a useful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ware Memorial Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better