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Sellwood Senior Living

8517 SE 17TH AVENUE, Portland, OR 97202 · Assisted living · 100 licensed beds · Open

23 abuse/neglect finding(s) on record46 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
100 — a large community, usually with more services and more residents per caregiver at night. Larger than 92% of licensed communities in Oregon (state median 49).
Choices in this town
83 licensed communities in Portland, 28 with this same licence type. 31 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.

46 findings from state inspections, most recent first.

  • Abuse: Neglect8/26/2013 · BC134250
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect8/24/2019 · 00046356AP-032472
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation8/24/2019 · SR20005
    Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect8/10/2018 · BC189714
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Licensing Violation7/24/2024 · 00344749-AP-295270
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Abuse: Neglect7/20/2019 · 00042806AP-030110
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Financial abuse7/14/2011 · BC117512
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Financial abuse7/07/2012 · BC120554
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation7/05/2012 · BC120602
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect6/17/2018 · BC188761
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/17/2018 · SR18141
    Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
  • Licensing Violation6/13/2025 · CALMS - 00096762
    Failed to make facility or resident records accessible
  • Licensing Violation6/11/2025 · CALMS - 00096800
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation5/28/2018 · BC188212
    Failed to assist with transfer
  • Abuse: Financial abuse5/24/2013 · BC133404
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/19/2013 · BC133353
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation5/17/2019 · 00032450AP-022877
    Failed to administer ordered medication
  • Abuse: Neglect5/16/2019 · 00033945AP-023975
    Failed to provide appropriate skin care
  • Licensing Violation5/16/2019 · SR19266
    Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect4/20/2024 · 00328422-AP-279890
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation4/11/2022 · 00194015-AP-155283
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect3/21/2010 · BC103839
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation3/20/2020 · 00076734-AP-056758
    Failed to administer medication as ordered
  • Abuse: Financial abuse3/16/2012 · BC129550
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation3/09/2021 · 00129132-AP-100757
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Licensing Violation2/24/2023 · 00251416-AP-207370
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/24/2023 · 00251416-AP-207370A
    Failed to protect resident from financial exploitation
  • Licensing Violation2/12/2026 · CALMS - 00105751
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect2/12/2019 · 00018263AP-013061
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/12/2019 · SR19155
    Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
  • Licensing Violation2/08/2026 · CALMS - 00104803
    Failed to update staffing plan based on ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect2/02/2019 · 00018880-AP-013484
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Financial abuse12/26/2016 · BC169000
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation11/21/2025 · CALMS - 00096860
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Abuse: Neglect11/16/2023 · 00296929-AP-250536
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect11/07/2020 · 00111069-AP-085634
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect11/02/2022 · 00240388-AP-197288
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation10/24/2025 · CALMS - 00096842
    Failed to cooperate with an investigation
  • Abuse: Neglect10/20/2022 · 00227914-AP-186187
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Financial abuse10/15/2012 · BC121444
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/14/2025 · CALMS - 00096839
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation10/10/2024 · CALMS - 00084047
    Failed to comply with nursing delegation requirement
  • Abuse: Financial abuse1/23/2012 · BC129273
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation1/21/2025 · CALMS - 00096751
    Failed to make facility or resident records accessible
  • Abuse: Neglect1/12/2010 · BC103158
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation1/05/2014 · BC145793
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system

Inspections

5 state inspections on record, citing 21 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 MILWAUKIE HOSPITAL1.2 mi
★★★ 3/5 CMS
Urgent care / clinic
Sellwood Family Medicine0.3 mi
1567 SE Tacoma St · (503) 233-8113 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy0.2 mi
8145 SE 17th Ave · (503) 382-2253 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
New Seasons Market0.4 mi
1214 SE Tacoma St · (503) 230-4949 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Johnson Creek Park0.2 mi
8630 SE 21st Ave · (503) 823-7529 · Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
St. Antonious Coptic Orthodox Church0.3 mi
1422 SE Tacoma St · (541) 207-2981

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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