Avamere Living at St Helens
An assisted living facility in Saint Helens, Oregon 97051
2400 Gable Rd, Saint Helens, Oregon 97051. (503) 366-8070.
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The short answer
Record last released by Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities on Nov 2, 2026. We couldn’t read Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities’ list since Nov 2, 2026; this record is as of then.
- 9 substantiated violations in the last three years Middle in Columbia County: 5.5
- 4 at the state’s most serious level, in three years (needs attention)
- 70 beds, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean6
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Accepts Medicaid
- The state’s own list says the place takes part in a Medicaid program (a waiver, a contract or a program like Illinois’s supportive living) that can pay for care for people who qualify. Source: Each state’s list.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
5 inspections on record since Feb 9, 2022, the latest on Jul 8, 2024, citing 11 deficiencies in all.
9 A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. violations in the last three years, 4 of them abuse findings.
Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Inspections and Substantiated violations. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
When those citations happened
9 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each citation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Substantiated violations. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Jan 7, 2026: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to use an ABST
Dec 18, 2025: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to use an ABST
Aug 22, 2025: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Mar 29, 2025: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Mar 5, 2025: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to use an ABST
May 21, 2024: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
Mar 24, 2024: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Mar 23, 2024: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Dec 20, 2023: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to investigate injury of unknown origin to rule out abuse
Apr 29, 2021: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to properly plan care
Feb 18, 2020: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
Dec 5, 2019: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Sep 26, 2019: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Aug 1, 2019: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to administer medication as ordered
May 31, 2018: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide service
Feb 21, 2018: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
Nov 11, 2017: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to administer ordered medication
Feb 14, 2017: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
Oct 7, 2016: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
Jun 21, 2016: substantiated violation2 citations
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Failed to provide safe environment
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Failed to provide safe environment
May 23, 2016: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide or maintain resident care equipment
May 16, 2016: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Jan 20, 2016: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
Dec 14, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to properly admit or re-admit
Sep 22, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Jun 15, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
Apr 21, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to address resident’s behavior
Apr 7, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to assure timely medical treatment
Feb 25, 2015: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
Mar 17, 2014: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
Jan 16, 2014: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
Jul 19, 2013: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
May 3, 2010: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to follow care plan
Apr 27, 2010: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
Feb 4, 2010: substantiated violation1 citation
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Failed to provide safe environment
All 5 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Jul 8, 2024 | Inspection (Re-Licensure) | 7 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Inspection (State Licensure) | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Inspection (Complaint Investigation) | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 31, 2023 | Inspection (State Licensure) | No deficiencies cited |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Inspection (Validation) | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Assisted living facility, licensed by the Oregon Department of Human Services for 70 residents.
- Not licensed for Care for people living with dementia. Some states license a separate dementia or Alzheimer’s unit; others ask a facility to say what dementia care it gives. This record uses the state’s own field. Source: Each state’s list..
- Accepts Medicaid.
- Oregon provider ID 70M258.
Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Providers and Regulatory actions. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Has the state acted against it?
- No regulatory actions by Oregon on record.
- 4 abuse findings A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency. in the last three years.
Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Regulatory actions and Substantiated violations. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Oregon’s lists don’t include staffing levels.
Who holds the licence?
- Oregon’s lists don’t name owners or licensees.
How is it rated?
- Oregon links annual quality reports for assisted living and residential care facilities on its own site; they aren’t read here.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 6 facilities of this kind in Columbia County, the middle value for substantiated violations in the last three years was 5.5; this one had 9.
Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Substantiated violations. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Substantiated violations in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Avamere at St Helens | 31 |
| Solomia Home Care LLC | 0 |
| Spring Meadows Assisted Living Facility | 2 |
| Avamere Living at St Helens This assisted living facility | 9 |
| The Amber Senior Living | 1 |
| Brookdale Rose Valley Scappoose | 24 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Oregon doesn’t show complaints still being investigated, or findings under appeal.
- Oregon’s lists name the kind of failure behind each violation, not the rule cited or the inspectors’ words; Oregon’s own record has the reports.
- Oregon’s inspection list covers about the last five years; its violations go back to 2010.
Sources
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Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Providers (Licensed Long-Term Care Settings Search export, Nov 2, 2026).
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (Oregon.gov Terms & Conditions; Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192).
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Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Inspections (Licensed Long-Term Care Settings Search export, Nov 2, 2026).
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (Oregon.gov Terms & Conditions; Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192).
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Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Substantiated violations (Licensed Long-Term Care Settings Search export, Nov 2, 2026).
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (Oregon.gov Terms & Conditions; Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192).
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Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities, Regulatory actions (Licensed Long-Term Care Settings Search export, Nov 2, 2026).
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated (Oregon.gov Terms & Conditions; Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192).
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Oregon Department of Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities. Oregon’s own record is on ltclicensing.oregon.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
From the facility
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