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The Craig Senior Living

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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The Craig Senior Living's website

5500 Sw 9th Ave,
Amarillo TX 79106

(806) 352-7244

67.58% estimated occupancy 1

The Craig Senior Living is a facility located in Amarillo, Texas. The city has 220,580 people. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Based on our assessment, this facility should be a great choice for most people. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care rating, where it earned an A. In forming our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Nursing scores are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Racking up another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received a score of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next area we looked at is long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B. This actually is this nursing home's least impressive category. A facility is doing something right when their lowest score still beats out most nursing homes. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 95.336784 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18May 23

The Craig Senior Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In The Craig Senior Living, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In The Craig Senior Living, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who experienced a UTI. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In The Craig Senior Living, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In The Craig Senior Living, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 4.84% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 93.69% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 17.58% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In The Craig Senior Living, 13.47% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In The Craig Senior Living, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In The Craig Senior Living, 11.91 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In The Craig Senior Living, 66.29% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.

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

  • Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away6819 Plum Creek Amarillo Texas 79124Proprietary(806) 354-6100
  • Baptist St Anthony's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away1600 Wallace Blvd Amarillo Texas 79106Proprietary(806) 212-2000
  • Northwest Texas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.39 miles away1501 S Coulter St Amarillo Texas 79106Voluntary non-profit - Private(806) 354-1110

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Amarillo High Plains0.29 miles away5920 Amarillo Blvd West Amarillo Texas 79106CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (806) 353-9182
  • Us Renal Care Amarillo Dialysis1.51 miles away1915 S Coulter Street Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79106Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 355-3310
  • Fmc Crown of Texas1.9 miles away1805 Point West Parkway Suite 200 Amarillo Texas 79124CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (806) 418-2690
  • Amarillo Dialysis6.1 miles away8604 South Coulter Street Amarillo Texas 79119CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (806) 358-0051