Amarillo Center for Skilled Care

In the surveyor’s words

From the most serious findings on record at Amarillo Center for Skilled Care, in the surveyor’s own words.

• Immediate jeopardy, patternF684Oct 20, 2023

  Based on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure that residents received treatment and care in accordance with the professional standards of practice and comprehensive person-centered care plan for 1 of 7 residents (Resident #1) reviewed for care provided. The facility failed to ensure Resident #1's surgical incision on his ankle was properly assessed and received physician ordered daily dressing changes. The facility failed to ensure a physician ordered wound vac, gently pulls fluid from a wound over time, was placed on Resident #1's surgical incision to help with healing. This failure resulted in an identification of an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) on 10/19/23 at 2:24 p.m. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF565Feb 20, 2026

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to consider the views of a resident group and act promptly upon the grievances of such groups concerning issues of resident care and life in the facility and demonstrate their response and rationale for such response for 3 of 4 months of Resident Council meetings reviewed in that: Feedback and follow-up to concerns expressed during Resident Council Meetings was not provided for December 2025, January 2026, and February 2026. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF755Feb 20, 2026

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide pharmaceutical services, including procedures that assure the accurate acquiring, receiving, dispensing, and administering of all drugs and biologicals for 6 of 6 medication carts reviewed to meet the needs of each resident. The Controlled Drugs Count Record on 6 medication carts for shift-to-shift narcotic counts had multiple blanks which indicated that the narcotic count was not completed at shift change. The Glucometer Quality Control Log High/Low Controls were not tested every night. This failure could result in narcotics being misappropriated from the facility which could result in ineffective treatment resulting in exacerbation of residents' disease processed. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF812Feb 20, 2026

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store, prepare, and serve food under sanitary conditions in 1of 1 kitchen when they failed to: A. Ensure stored food was secured, dated and used or discarded before the expiration date.B. Ensure hairnets were worn by all staff while in the kitchen. These failures could place all residents who ate food served by the kitchen at risk of cross contamination and food-borne illness. Findings included: Observations of the walk-in freezer on 2/18/26 at 8:40 AM revealed the following:A. opened box of peanut butter cookie dough, open to air and unsecuredB. opened box of corn, open to air and unsecuredC. […]

• No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternF726May 13, 2025

  Based on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to have sufficient nursing staff with the appropriate competencies and skill sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical well-being for 4 of 6 staff (SNA A, SNA B, SNA C, SNA D) reviewed for nursing services. The facility failed to ensure the following: -SNA A failed to perform hand hygiene before, during, or after incontinent care for Resident #1. -SNA B failed to perform hand hygiene before assisting with incontinent care for Resident #1. -SNA C failed to perform hand hygiene before or after assisting with incontinent care for Resident #2. […]