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Emerson House Portland

3577 SE DIVISION, Portland, OR 97202 · Residential care · 55 licensed beds · Open

39 abuse/neglect finding(s) on record85 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
55 — a mid-size community — the size most families picture as assisted living. Larger than 56% of licensed communities in Oregon (state median 49).
Choices in this town
83 licensed communities in Portland, 55 with this same licence type. 31 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.

85 findings from state inspections, most recent first.

  • Licensing Violation9/25/2025 · CALMS - 00107939
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect9/18/2025 · 00427509-AP-379227
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation9/15/2023 · 00286352-AP-240787
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Abuse: Verbal/Mental abuse9/13/2018 · BC180185
    Failed to protect resident from mental or emotional abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect9/03/2024 · 00354079-AP-304434
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Abuse: Neglect8/27/2025 · 00423473-AP-375054
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation8/27/2025 · CALMS - 00107796
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect8/26/2025 · 00422742-AP-374248
    Failed to provide service
  • Licensing Violation8/22/2024 · OR0005360000
    Failed to meet the scheduled and unscheduled needs of residents
  • Licensing Violation8/22/2024 · OR0005360001
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation7/30/2024 · OR0005258500
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation7/30/2024 · OR0005297400
    Failed to administer ordered medication
  • Licensing Violation7/23/2024 · 00347904-AP-298533
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect7/23/2021 · 00151473-AP-119927
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation7/22/2024 · OR0005236000
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect7/10/2024 · 00341787-AP-292492
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation7/09/2024 · OR0005188602
    Failed to maintain a safe physical environment
  • Licensing Violation6/25/2024 · OR0005156000
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation6/21/2024 · OR0005179000
    Failed to administer ordered medication
  • Abuse: Neglect6/21/2019 · 00037161AP-026132
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/15/2024 · 00337375-AP-288300
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation6/11/2025 · CALMS - 00093338
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation6/11/2025 · CALMS - 00093339
    Failed to care plan in accordance with assessment
  • Abuse: Physical Abuse6/01/2013 · BC133566
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation5/31/2025 · CALMS - 00093343
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation5/30/2025 · CALMS - 00093330
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation5/30/2025 · CALMS - 00093342
    Failed to staff as indicated by ABST
  • Licensing Violation5/30/2021 · 00142325-AP-112312
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect5/23/2024 · 00333087-AP-284241
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect5/23/2024 · 00333108-AP-284245
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation5/21/2024 · OR0005056100
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect5/10/2024 · 00330444-AP-281809
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation5/08/2024 · 00331931-AP-283281
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Neglect4/23/2023 · 00254879-AP-210499
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation4/21/2025 · 00402857-AP-353798
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation4/21/2022 · 00196043-AP-157235
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Neglect4/20/2023 · 00254418-AP-218312
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect4/07/2024 · 00323768-AP-275380
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect4/06/2023 · 00294773-AP-248539
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation4/04/2024 · OR0004961400
    Failed to administer ordered medication
  • Licensing Violation3/31/2025 · CALMS - 00107969
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect3/21/2024 · 00319967-AP-271868
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation3/19/2013 · BC133045A
    Failed to perform adequate screening or assessment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/19/2013 · BC133045B
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Licensing Violation3/19/2013 · BC133045C
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect3/18/2024 · 00319861-AP-271736
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation3/05/2025 · CALMS - 00090086
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation3/05/2024 · OR0004932300
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation3/05/2010 · BC104628
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2025 · 00402888-AP-353804
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2025 · CALMS - 00107795
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect2/14/2024 · 00312131-AP-264636
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect12/31/2021 · 00178166-AP-141692
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Abuse: Verbal/Mental abuse12/27/2013 · BC145571
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect12/20/2023 · 00301576-AP-335268
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect12/15/2023 · 00301576-AP-254772
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation12/15/2023 · OR0004706700
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect12/15/2015 · BC154005
    Failed to assure timely medical treatment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/13/2023 · 00303300-AP-256285
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect12/05/2025 · 00443320-AP-395344
    Failed to assure proper hydration
  • Abuse: Neglect11/25/2023 · 00298302-AP-251817
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect11/24/2023 · 00298307-AP-251823
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation11/19/2024 · CALMS - 00104772
    Failed to make facility or resident records accessible
  • Licensing Violation11/19/2024 · CALMS - 00104777
    Failed to make facility or resident records accessible
  • Abuse: Neglect11/12/2011 · BC118449
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect11/05/2025 · 00437248-AP-389230
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation11/05/2025 · CALMS - 00107940
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect10/16/2011 · BC118236
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/09/2025 · CALMS - 00107972
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation10/08/2025 · 00431567-AP-383382
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Licensing Violation10/03/2025 · CALMS - 00107971
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect10/02/2024 · 00367732-AP-317982
    Failed to provide service
  • Licensing Violation10/01/2024 · CALMS - 00062904
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/22/2024 · 00307566-AP-261261
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation1/20/2025 · 00378474-AP-329059
    Failed to provide service
  • Licensing Violation1/20/2025 · CALMS - 00107938
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation1/15/2025 · CALMS - 00107794
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation1/11/2023 · OR0003974600
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/10/2023 · OR0003970004
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect1/09/2020 · 00065426-AP-047263
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/06/2022 · 00178023-AP-141515
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect1/06/2022 · 00178084-AP-141523
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation1/02/2025 · CALMS - 00086340
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation1/02/2025 · CALMS - 00104782
    Failed to make facility or resident records accessible
  • Abuse: Neglect1/02/2015 · BC159804
    Failed to assure resident rights

Inspections

6 state inspections on record, citing 28 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
PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER1.6 mi
★★★★ 4/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
OHSU Primary Care Clinic, Richmond0.2 mi
3930 SE Division St · (503) 418-3900 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
Rite Aid0.2 mi
2440 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd · (503) 234-9408 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
Clinton Market0.2 mi
3400 SE Clinton St · (503) 234-0372 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Sewallcrest Park0.4 mi
1900 SE 31st Ave · (503) 823-7529 · Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
Richmond Community Church0.3 mi
3941 SE Division St · (503) 236-6069

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

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