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Desert Sage Memory Care

1025 NE PURCELL BLVD, Bend, OR 97701 · Residential care · 43 licensed beds · Open

63 abuse/neglect finding(s) on record101 state violations on recordMemory care (state Memory Care Community endorsement)Accepts Medicaid
Memory care / secured dementia unit (per state licensing)

The state licensing record lists a memory-care or dementia unit here. Memory care almost always costs more than standard assisted living — ask about the secured-unit status, the dementia-trained staffing ratio (day and overnight), and the memory-care price premium over standard assisted living.

What the licence record says about this community

Oregon licence type
Residential care. One of 332 in Oregon with this licence.
Licensed beds
43 — a mid-size community — the size most families picture as assisted living. Smaller than 57% of licensed communities in Oregon (state median 49).
Choices in this town
16 licensed communities in Bend, 10 with this same licence type. 9 with a memory-care designation.

State inspection record

Assisted living is licensed and inspected by the state, not by Medicare/Medicaid — so there is no federal 5-star rating. Below is this community’s record from the state licensing agency.

101 findings from state inspections, most recent first.

  • Abuse: Neglect9/30/2016 · BO168626
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect9/30/2016 · CO16367
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect9/29/2017 · BO185677
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation9/29/2015 · RD153049
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect9/23/2017 · BO173766
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect9/22/2016 · BO167715
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation9/18/2015 · RD153002
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation9/16/2018 · 00004967-AP-003730
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect9/13/2016 · BO179554
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect9/10/2013 · RD135025
    Failed to assure timely medical treatment
  • Licensing Violation9/09/2015 · OR0001001500
    Failed to provide appropriate staffing
  • Abuse: Neglect9/08/2016 · BO168282
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect9/07/2016 · BO167498
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Physical Abuse9/03/2019 · 00048056AP-033433
    Failed to protect resident from rough treatment
  • Abuse: Neglect9/03/2016 · BO168621
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect8/30/2024 · 00351840-AP-302169
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect8/30/2016 · BO168079
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect8/26/2016 · BO168075
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation8/15/2024 · OR0005303900
    Failed to provide appropriate staffing
  • Abuse: Neglect8/14/2013 · RD135207
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Physical Abuse8/14/2012 · RD120948
    Failed to protect resident from rough treatment
  • Abuse: Neglect8/11/2015 · CO15157
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect8/10/2024 · 00352149-AP-302436
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation8/05/2024 · OR0005286603
    Failed to assure proper hydration
  • Licensing Violation8/05/2024 · OR0005286604
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect8/05/2016 · BO167054
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect8/05/2015 · RD152490
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect8/04/2016 · BO168966
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation8/01/2015 · RD152584
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Abuse: Neglect7/31/2016 · BO167919
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect7/29/2016 · BO166975A
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect7/29/2016 · BO166975B
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect7/25/2016 · BO166862
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect7/23/2016 · BO167346
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Licensing Violation7/22/2014 · RD148458
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation7/15/2015 · RD152307
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect7/14/2025 · 00413708-AP-364901
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation7/14/2025 · CALMS - 00085635
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect7/13/2016 · BO167684
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation7/11/2024 · OR0005204400
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation7/11/2015 · BO152069C
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation7/02/2024 · OR0005183600
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation7/02/2024 · OR0005183602
    Failed to provide appropriate staffing
  • Abuse: Neglect6/28/2015 · RD152297A
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Licensing Violation6/28/2015 · RD152297C
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect6/28/2014 · RD147657
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation6/25/2016 · BO167252
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/23/2013 · RD133636
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Verbal/Mental abuse6/11/2017 · BO172260
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/11/2016 · BO166321
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect6/10/2016 · BO167224
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Licensing Violation6/08/2014 · RD147652
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/02/2016 · BO166319A
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/02/2016 · BO166319B
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect5/26/2013 · RD133375
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect5/24/2025 · 00403592-AP-354547
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/21/2015 · RD152628
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation5/18/2020 · 00084723-AP-063248
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Licensing Violation5/17/2024 · OR0005060500
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect5/15/2014 · RD147598
    Failed to assure timely medical treatment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/13/2015 · RD151448A
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect5/11/2024 · 00331582-AP-282864
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect5/09/2024 · 00331140-AP-282420
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation5/08/2018 · BO189325
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/03/2017 · BO172354
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/02/2018 · BO188320
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/01/2014 · BO147436
    Failed to protect resident from rough treatment
  • Licensing Violation4/17/2014 · RD146824
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation4/12/2016 · OR0001092000
    Failed to assist with dressing or grooming
  • Abuse: Neglect4/09/2017 · BO170799
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect4/08/2025 · 00394267-AP-344941
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation4/01/2017 · BO171921
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect4/01/2014 · RD146960C
    Failed to assure timely medical treatment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/29/2015 · RD150919
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect3/28/2018 · BO187883
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect3/25/2014 · RD146780
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation3/08/2014 · RD146344
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect3/01/2015 · RD150711
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/03/2014 · RD146020
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/30/2011 · RD129068
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect12/24/2015 · BO164544
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation12/20/2023 · OR0004974800
    Falsified records
  • Licensing Violation12/18/2011 · RD128962
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/17/2015 · RD154029
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation12/16/2016 · BO179314
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/15/2017 · BO185707
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation12/10/2025 · 00444484-AP-396475
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/10/2014 · RD149674
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/07/2015 · BO164487
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation12/06/2018 · 00009623-AP-006949
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation11/29/2015 · RD153818
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect11/16/2017 · BO186419
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation11/06/2013 · BO135454
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Abuse: Neglect11/04/2017 · BO185456
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect11/02/2017 · BO185690
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect10/20/2015 · RD153258
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation10/17/2017 · BO175009
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/14/2017 · BO185681
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect10/06/2018 · 00005473AP-004141
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/24/2018 · BO186396
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/15/2020 · 00066661-AP-048215
    Failed to provide safe environment

Inspections

6 state inspections on record, citing 34 deficiencies in total.

What it costs around here

Typical monthly cost in Oregon
$6,875/mo
Assisted living
$8,075/mo
Memory care†our estimate — not surveyed

Median private-pay cost, CareScout (Genworth) 2025 Cost of Care Survey — a regional midpoint, not any single community’s rate. Private rooms and higher care levels cost more; ask for a current quote. Project your own in the cost-of-care planner.

† Memory care is our estimate, not survey data: CareScout does not survey memory care, so we take the assisted-living median for the state and add $1,200/month — the typical secured-dementia-unit premium. It is a planning figure with no state-level detail behind it, and real memory-care pricing varies far more than that. Treat it as a starting point and ask the community for its own memory-care rate.

Estimated cost range · regional

In Oregon, assisted living typically runs about $5,500–$8,250/month.

This is a regional estimate modeled from published survey data (the CareScout/Genworth state median, ±20%) — not this community’s actual price, which it sets privately. Ask the community for its current all-in monthly rate and what each care level adds.

Does this community take Medicaid?

Yes — Oregon’s licensing record lists this community as accepting Medicaid. That is not the same as having a Medicaid place open now: ask whether one is available today, and what happens if a resident’s savings run out later.

Oregon Medicaid helps pay for assisted living only in limited circumstances. A waiver pays for care, never for room and board. Which Oregon waivers, waitlists and how to apply →

Cost

Assisted-living and memory-care prices are set by each community and not publicly disclosed — no state or federal source publishes them, and the “starting at” figures on referral sites are estimates, not this community’s real rate. Ask the community directly for its current monthly price and what it includes (base rent versus care-level add-ons and memory-care premiums).

Worried about someone here? How to report it

If you have seen something that concerns you — neglect, an injury, medication problems, or a resident who seems afraid — you do not need proof to report it. Reporting is what triggers an inspection, and inspections are what put a record on this page in the first place.

  • The state licensing agency — Oregon licenses this community and is the body that can inspect it and act on a complaint. Complaints can usually be made anonymously.
  • Your Long-Term Care Ombudsman — free, independent, and works for the resident, not the state or the company. They will visit and advocate. Find yours via the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116 or theconsumervoice.org/get_help ↗.
  • Adult Protective Services — for suspected abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult. The Eldercare Locator above routes you to your local APS office.
  • If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 first. Report to the agencies above afterwards — the two are separate, and one does not do the job of the other.

We are a data site, not a regulator: we cannot investigate or intervene, and there is no point reporting it to us. The three routes above are the ones with actual power.

Location & what’s nearby

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Hospital
ST CHARLES MEDICAL CENTER - BEND0.4 mi
★★★★ 4/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
Homestead Family Medicine, LLC0.3 mi
568 NE Savannah Dr Ste 1 · (541) 516-1705 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
Optum Infusion Pharmacy And Infusion Suite0.3 mi
2065 NE Williamson Ct · (541) 382-0287 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
Whole Foods Market0.4 mi
2610 NE Highway 20 · (541) 389-0151 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Pilot Butte Trail0.3 mi
Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
Iglesia del Nazareno - Bend, OR0.5 mi
1270 NE 27th St

Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Source: Oregon DHS Office of Licensing & Regulatory Oversight (public record), last pulled from the state 2026-07-15.

What to do next

Understand itQuestions to ask on a tourThe things staffing brochures leave out — what to ask and what to watch for.→Afford itCan you afford it, long-term?Assisted living runs private-pay. Model the years and taxes in My Plan — free, private.→DecideIs assisted living the right fit?A two-minute check: assisted living, memory care, home help, or skilled nursing.→