Every Medicare-certified nursing home in Oregon, graded on inspections, staffing, turnover
and enforcement history.
6 homes in the state sit in the federal Special Focus programme.
Avalon Care Center - Portland runs 5.67 total nurse hours per resident day, well above the national average, and its staff turnover of 39.1% is better than the typical home. Those are real positives, and they show up in a 4/5 staffing rating and a 5/5 quality measure score. The problem is inspections: 32 deficiencies on the current record, including one at the harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse. The health inspection rating sits at 2/5, and the most recent survey was July 2025. Weekend staffing also drops about 10% from weekday levels. Strong daily care numbers don't cancel out a long, serious inspection history, ask about that record directly.
Corvallis Manor runs 135 certified beds under corporate for-profit ownership, and its nurse staffing of 4.95 hours per resident day sits about 28% above the national average of 3.86, a real strength on paper. But the rest of the record works against it: 88 deficiencies, seven at harm or jeopardy level, five abuse-related, and five CMS fines totaling $345,051. Staff turnover hits 61.6% against a national 45.8%, which means residents cycle through caregivers constantly, and weekends run about 11% leaner than weekdays. CMS has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the most persistently troubled homes, and its most recent inspection was May 11, 2026.
French Prairie runs 4.39 nurse hours per resident day, about 14 percent above the national average, so the raw staffing number looks better than average. The problem is who's delivering it and how long they stay: turnover is 66.3 percent against a national 45.8, weekend coverage drops roughly 7 percent below weekdays, and CMS gives staffing 2 out of 5 stars. Those aren't abstract numbers, they mean you may not see the same aide twice.
The inspection record is the harder part. Sixty deficiencies on file, including three at the harm or jeopardy level and four related to abuse, with $102,802 in fines. CMS has placed this for-profit LLC in its Special Focus Facility program, and the last inspection was April 2025.
South Hills Rehabilitation Center has more nursing hours per resident than most homes in the country, 4.72 versus a national average of 3.86, but that staffing thins out on weekends, dropping roughly 13% below its own weekday level. The bigger issue is who's providing that care: 67.5% of staff turned over in a year, well above the 45.8% national figure, and CMS has placed this for-profit home in its Special Focus Facility program. Its inspection record shows 66 deficiencies, including 9 tied to abuse and 2 serious enough to cause harm, plus $108,108 in fines. A 1-out-of-5 inspection rating and a recent August 2025 visit round out a record worth reading closely before you decide.
Cascade Terrace is a for-profit LLC with 105 beds, and it's staffed better than most: 4.69 nurse hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86. Weekend coverage slips about 7% below its own weekday level, and turnover sits at 47.1%, roughly in line with the national 45.8%. The problem isn't the floor, it's the record. Forty-six deficiencies, including four at harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse, plus $185,923 in fines across two cases. That's why CMS placed it in the Special Focus Facility program. The most recent inspection was April 28, 2025. Good staffing can't offset that inspection history on its own.
Saint Helens Post Acute has real staffing depth, 4.21 nurse hours per resident day, about 9% above the national average, but the inspection record undercuts it. Seventy-six deficiencies are on file, two of them at the level where a resident was actually harmed or put in immediate jeopardy, and eleven tied to abuse. CMS has placed the home in its Special Focus Facility program, which only happens when problems persist across surveys rather than showing up once.
Staff turnover sits at 58.5% against a national 45.8%, so the people providing that above-average coverage are cycling out faster than usual, and weekend hours run 7% thinner than weekdays. Two fines totaling $43,525 are also on record. Quality measures look strong at 5/5, but a single star for health inspections tells you where the trouble lives.
Tigard Rehabilitation and Care has one clear strength: nurse staffing runs about 5.08 hours per resident day, roughly a third above the national average, though weekend coverage dips about 7% below its own weekday levels. That staffing isn't holding the rest together. The home carries 44 deficiencies on its current record, including two at the harm or jeopardy level and three tied to abuse, plus $69,509 in fines across three penalties, and CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, its lowest inspection rating. Staff turnover sits at 58.6% against a national 45.8%, so the people providing that above-average care keep leaving.
Nurse staffing at The Creston runs 0.93 hours per resident day, about a quarter of what you'd see at the typical American nursing home. Nearly every worker who was there a year ago is gone now, with turnover at 95.4% against a national figure under 46%. That churn shows up in the inspection record: 61 deficiencies, four serious enough to cause harm, two tied to abuse, and $122,699 in fines across three penalties. The most recent inspection was February 27, 2026, so the picture is current. Nonprofit ownership hasn't translated into steadier care here, the staffing and quality stars sit at 1 and 2 out of 5. Families considering this one should ask hard questions about who's actually on the floor.