Ware Memorial Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2022-12-30. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (806) 373-0471 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ware Memorial Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 88.6/100, placing it #758 of 14703 facilities nationally and #23 of 1177 in Texas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Ware Memorial Care Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 43 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 37 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 31 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 31.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $81,894. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $81,894, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 73.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ware Memorial Care Center ranks 758th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.6/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 23rd out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Amarillo, it ranks 1st out of 12 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #505 nationally and RN hours rank #7,135 nationally (#190 in TX). Our composite quality score of 88.6/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Amarillo, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/amarillo/