Avamere at Bethany
16360 NW AVAMERE CT, Portland, OR 97229 · Residential care · 26 licensed beds · Open
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
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.
45 findings from state inspections, most recent first.
- Licensing Violation9/23/2020 · OR0002652301Failed to assure resident rights
- Licensing Violation9/23/2020 · OR0002652302Failed to provide or assist with hygiene
- Licensing Violation9/23/2020 · OR0002652303Failed to follow care plan
- Abuse: Neglect9/20/2011 · HB118148Failed to follow care plan
- Abuse: Neglect8/24/2021 · 00156899-AP-124418Failed to provide safe environment
- Abuse: Financial abuse8/23/2016 · HB167197Failure to provide a system that prevents theft or misuse of medication
- Licensing Violation8/13/2011 · HB117766Failed to keep medication record current or accurate
- Abuse: Neglect8/10/2024 · 00347910-AP-298227Failed to properly plan care
- Licensing Violation8/05/2022 · OR0003712201Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation8/05/2022 · OR0003712202Failed to provide infection control
- Abuse: Neglect8/03/2019 · 00043044AP-030172Failed to follow care plan
- Licensing Violation7/26/2021 · 00155067-AP-122932Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Licensing Violation7/24/2013 · HB133897AFailed to provide safe environment
- Abuse: Neglect6/27/2016 · HB166430Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation5/25/2013 · HB133307Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation4/10/2021 · 00134297-AP-105330Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Licensing Violation3/06/2023 · OR0004089602Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation3/06/2023 · OR0004089605Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Abuse: Neglect2/26/2020 · 00073112-AP-053525Failed to provide safe environment
- Abuse: Neglect2/25/2020 · 00073111-AP-053521Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
- Abuse: Neglect2/18/2020 · 00071789-AP-052496Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation2/10/2017 · HB179717Failed to follow care plan
- Licensing Violation2/08/2020 · 00070568-AP-051414Failed to administer ordered medication
- Licensing Violation2/01/2023 · OR0004043400Failed to properly plan care
- Licensing Violation2/01/2023 · OR0004043403Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation12/23/2012 · HB121960Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation12/19/2022 · OR0003931900Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Licensing Violation12/19/2022 · OR0003933703Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation12/19/2022 · OR0003933704Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation12/19/2022 · OR0003933705Failed to provide safe environment
- Abuse: Neglect12/14/2018 · 00011622AP-008344Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation12/14/2018 · SR19122Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
- Abuse: Neglect12/03/2021 · 00172958-AP-137260Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Abuse: Neglect12/03/2021 · 00172960-AP-137259Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Abuse: Neglect11/30/2021 · 00172962-AP-137261Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Abuse: Neglect11/29/2020 · 00114592-AP-088624Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation11/29/2020 · 00115781-AP-089507Failed to follow care plan
- Abuse: Neglect11/21/2025 · 00441572-AP-393533Failed to assure food safety
- Abuse: Neglect11/17/2025 · 00439929-AP-391779Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation11/16/2022 · 00235349-AP-192810Failed to provide safe environment
- Abuse: Neglect11/05/2021 · 00169037-AP-134083Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
- Abuse: Neglect11/02/2015 · HB153407Failed to address resident's behavior
- Licensing Violation10/21/2020 · OR0002697600Failed to provide safe environment
- Licensing Violation10/01/2019 · 00052813-AP-036772Failed to administer medication as ordered
- Licensing Violation1/11/2011 · HB116234Failed to address resident's behavior
Inspections
6 state inspections on record, citing 40 deficiencies in total.
What it costs around here
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
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.