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Georgia Manor Nursing Home: Screening Failures - TX

Healthcare Facility
Georgia Manor Nursing Home
Amarillo, TX  ·  2/5 stars

The deficiency, one of nine cited during the inspection, involves a federal process called PASARR, which stands for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review. The screening exists for a specific reason: to ensure that people with mental disorders or intellectual disabilities who enter nursing facilities actually need that level of care, and that those who do are receiving the specialized services their conditions require. Without it, residents can end up in the wrong setting entirely, or in the right setting but without the targeted treatment their diagnosis demands.

Inspectors classified the violation as an isolated deficiency with no documented actual harm. But they noted the potential for more than minimal harm to residents. That distinction matters. A missed screening does not produce a bruise or a fall report. The damage it causes, if any, tends to be invisible and cumulative: a resident whose mental health condition goes unrecognized, whose care plan never accounts for it, whose days in the facility pass without the interventions that could have helped.

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Georgia Manor reported correcting the deficiency by June 26, 2026, three weeks after inspectors flagged it.

The PASARR requirement has been part of federal nursing home oversight for decades, born out of a broader recognition that psychiatric hospitals were being emptied in the 1980s and many of those residents were landing in nursing facilities that had no real capacity to serve them. The screening was meant to function as a checkpoint, a moment before admission where someone asks: does this person need to be here, and if so, what do they need while they are?

When that checkpoint is skipped, the consequences are not always dramatic. Sometimes a resident receives adequate general care and the gap in the record causes no measurable harm. But sometimes a person with schizophrenia, or a traumatic brain injury, or a developmental disability spends weeks or months in a facility that has not assessed what they actually need, has not arranged for the psychiatric consultation or behavioral support that their condition calls for, and has not documented any of it. Inspectors do not always find that harm. That does not mean it did not happen.

The June 2026 inspection at Georgia Manor turned up eight other deficiencies alongside the PASARR failure. The inspection report does not detail what those additional citations involved. What it records is a facility that, on at least one floor of its operation, was not running the intake process the way federal rules require.

Georgia Manor is not named in any federal enforcement action in this inspection cycle. The PASARR deficiency was rated at scope and severity level D, the lowest tier that still carries a finding of potential harm. Facilities cited at this level are not typically subject to fines or sanctions, but the deficiency becomes part of the public inspection record that families and placement coordinators consult when choosing care for a loved one.

For a family trying to place a relative who has lived with depression, or bipolar disorder, or an intellectual disability since childhood, that record is not an abstraction. They are trusting that the facility they choose will see their person whole, will understand the full clinical picture, will not simply process an admission and move on. The PASARR screening is supposed to be one guarantee of that. At Georgia Manor, inspectors found it was not being carried out the way it should have been.

The facility said it fixed the problem before the end of June. Whether the residents who passed through intake without a proper screening received any subsequent review, the inspection report does not say.

Full Inspection Report

The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Georgia Manor Nursing Home from 2026-06-05 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.

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Data source: Official federal inspection data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Last verified: August 4, 2026  ·  Our methodology

Quick Answer

GEORGIA MANOR NURSING HOME in AMARILLO, TX was cited for violations during a health inspection on June 5, 2026.

The deficiency, one of nine cited during the inspection, involves a federal process called PASARR, which stands for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review.

Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happened at GEORGIA MANOR NURSING HOME?
The deficiency, one of nine cited during the inspection, involves a federal process called PASARR, which stands for Preadmission Screening and Resident Review.
How serious are these violations?
Violation severity varies from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the inspection report for specific deficiency codes and scope. All violations must be corrected within required timeframes and are subject to follow-up verification inspections.
What should families do?
Families should: (1) Ask facility administration about specific corrective actions taken, (2) Request to see the follow-up inspection report verifying corrections, (3) Check if this represents a pattern by reviewing prior inspection reports, (4) Compare this facility's ratings with other nursing homes in AMARILLO, TX, (5) Report any new concerns directly to state authorities.
Where can I see the full inspection report?
The complete inspection report is available on Medicare.gov's Care Compare website (www.medicare.gov/care-compare). You can also request a copy directly from GEORGIA MANOR NURSING HOME or from the state Department of Health. The report includes specific deficiency codes, facility responses, and correction timelines. This facility's federal provider number is 675851.
Has this facility had violations before?
To check GEORGIA MANOR NURSING HOME's history, visit Medicare.gov's Care Compare and review their inspection history, quality ratings, and staffing levels. Look for patterns of repeated violations, especially in critical areas like abuse prevention, medication management, infection control, and resident safety.


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