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Grande Ronde Retirement Residence

1809 GEKELER LANE, La Grande, OR 97850 · Assisted living · 76 licensed beds · Open

26 abuse/neglect finding(s) on record69 state violations on recordAccepts Medicaid

What the licence record says about this community

Oregon licence type
Assisted living. One of 240 in Oregon with this licence.
Licensed beds
76 — a mid-size community — the size most families picture as assisted living. Larger than 79% of licensed communities in Oregon (state median 49).
Choices in this town
3 licensed communities in La Grande, 2 with this same licence type. 1 with a memory-care designation.

Oregon publishes memory-care designations and this community does not carry one. If dementia is part of the picture, ask what happens as it progresses — and ask what behaviour triggers a discharge notice, in writing.

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.

69 findings from state inspections, most recent first.

  • Abuse: Financial abuse9/22/2015 · JG153747
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation9/13/2018 · JG180455
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Abuse: Neglect9/06/2022 · 00219661-AP-178540
    Failed to have medication available
  • Licensing Violation8/27/2012 · JG145626B
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect8/24/2023 · 00283887-AP-238304
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation8/12/2024 · OR0005359200
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect8/02/2022 · 00213510-AP-172852
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect7/23/2024 · 00344216-AP-294732
    Failed to answer call light in a timely manner
  • Licensing Violation7/18/2024 · CALMS - 00058484
    Failed to report vaccination status
  • Licensing Violation7/11/2022 · 00209439-AP-169252
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Physical Abuse7/02/2013 · JG134405A
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/26/2014 · JG148243A
    Failed to obtain medical order
  • Licensing Violation6/26/2014 · JG148243C
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/24/2013 · JG134209
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Licensing Violation6/21/2024 · 00338196-AP-289029
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Licensing Violation6/21/2024 · 00338196-AP-296335
    Failed to protect resident from mental or emotional abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect6/21/2023 · 00269627-AP-224508
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation6/18/2025 · CALMS - 00109743
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/18/2019 · 00036053AP-025325
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect6/13/2025 · 00408389-AP-360123
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation6/13/2025 · CALMS - 00109745
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect5/31/2023 · 00285342-AP-239668
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation5/24/2022 · 00201601-AP-162257
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect5/18/2022 · 00200578-AP-161353
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation5/17/2022 · 00200799-AP-161549
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Neglect4/28/2023 · 00260206-AP-215377
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect4/25/2023 · 00259439-AP-214637
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation4/25/2017 · JG174417
    Failed to administer ordered medication
  • Abuse: Neglect4/17/2021 · 00135261-AP-106166
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Licensing Violation4/03/2025 · 00393527-AP-344166
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation4/02/2025 · 00393515-AP-344153
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation3/21/2016 · JG165111
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation3/08/2024 · 00318514-AP-270447
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect3/08/2018 · JG189388
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/05/2024 · 00317015-AP-269085
    Failed to provide or assist with hygiene
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2025 · 00386695-AP-337191
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation2/21/2021 · 00126045-AP-098913
    Failed to protect resident from inappropriate sexual contact
  • Abuse: Financial abuse2/20/2013 · JG132672
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/15/2019 · OR0001759500
    Failed to answer call light in a timely manner
  • Licensing Violation2/04/2016 · JG165060
    Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
  • Abuse: Sexual abuse12/20/2017 · JG185470
    Failed to protect resident from inappropriate sexual contact
  • Abuse: Neglect12/19/2023 · 00302716-AP-255733
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect12/08/2016 · JG171118
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation12/03/2024 · CALMS - 00068055
    Failed to provide infection control
  • Abuse: Neglect11/27/2023 · 00299953-AP-253297
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation11/27/2013 · JG145890
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Abuse: Neglect11/25/2018 · 00008408AP-006151
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation11/22/2024 · CALMS - 00069384
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Abuse: Verbal/Mental abuse11/19/2017 · JG174790
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation11/16/2017 · OR0001401000
    Failed to answer call light in a timely manner
  • Abuse: Neglect11/11/2024 · 00365658-AP-315909
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation11/04/2024 · CALMS - 00069005
    Failed to provide transportation for medical or social purposes
  • Licensing Violation11/04/2024 · CALMS - 00069006
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation11/04/2024 · CALMS - 00069008
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation11/03/2023 · OR0004608200
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation11/02/2023 · 00294637-AP-263145
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Neglect10/27/2023 · 00295315-AP-249006
    Failed to provide or assist with hygiene
  • Licensing Violation10/27/2023 · OR0004625501
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation10/27/2023 · OR0004625502
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/27/2016 · OR0001193201
    Failed to provide appropriate housekeeping services
  • Licensing Violation10/27/2016 · OR0001193203
    Failed to provide service
  • Licensing Violation10/27/2016 · OR0001193204
    Failed to assure that a qualified caregiver was present
  • Licensing Violation10/02/2024 · CALMS - 00069018
    Failed to control pests
  • Licensing Violation10/02/2024 · CALMS - 00069019
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/02/2016 · JG167800
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation1/30/2017 · OR0001238700
    Failed to comply with move-out, transfer or discharge requirements
  • Abuse: Neglect1/14/2018 · JG185610
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Licensing Violation1/10/2024 · 00306696-AP-259570
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect1/06/2016 · JG164365
    Failed to follow care plan

Inspections

5 state inspections on record, citing 41 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
GRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL1.0 mi
★★★★★ 5/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
La Grande VA Clinic<0.1 mi
202 12th Street
Pharmacy
Red Cross Drug Store1.2 mi
1123 Adams Ave · (541) 963-5741 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
Safeway0.6 mi
2111 Adams Ave · (541) 663-2700 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Sunnyhill Park0.3 mi
Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
SHINE Preschool<0.1 mi
104 S 12th St · (541) 963-2831

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.→