All 3 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Bend,
side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the
staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.
Regency Care of Central Oregon runs on unusually heavy staffing for a 46-bed for-profit home, 5.86 nurse hours per resident day, roughly half again the national figure, which is the main reason it sits where it does. Weekend coverage dips about 8% below its weekday level, and annual turnover of 35.2% is meaningfully lower than the 45.8% national average, so the people caring for residents tend to stay. The tradeoff shows up in its record: 22 deficiencies, including two tied to abuse, though none rose to harm or jeopardy, and the most recent inspection is from December 2025, so the picture is current.
Bend Transitional Care runs 60 certified beds under corporate ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 4.79 hours per resident day, roughly 24% above the national average of 3.86. That margin matters most on weekends, where hours dip about 13% below the home's own weekday pace, though the floor stays fairly high. Turnover lands at 43.4%, slightly better than the 45.8% national figure. Inspections in June 2025 found 11 deficiencies, none involving harm or jeopardy and none abuse-related, which paired with a 5/5 inspection rating suggests the problems were paperwork-level rather than resident-safety issues.
Pilot Butte runs a heavier staffing floor than most places, 4.89 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, but that cushion thins on weekends, when coverage drops roughly 19% below its own weekday level. The inspection record is where the trouble sits: 45 deficiencies, including two at the harm or jeopardy level and five tied to abuse, with a 2-out-of-5 health inspection rating from CMS. Annual turnover of 50.8% tops the national figure, so even good daily ratios rest on a workforce that keeps changing. Corporate ownership, a fine of $8,827, and a September 2025 inspection round out the picture.