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Avamere at St Helens

2400 GABLE RD, Saint Helens, OR 97051 · Residential care · 28 licensed beds · Open

68 abuse/neglect finding(s) on record112 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
28 — a mid-size community — the size most families picture as assisted living. Smaller than 76% of licensed communities in Oregon (state median 49).
Choices in this town
4 licensed communities in Saint Helens, 2 with this same licence type. 1 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.

112 findings from state inspections, most recent first.

  • Abuse: Neglect9/29/2019 · 00051430-AP-035756
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect9/29/2011 · ST118204B
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect9/26/2014 · ST148859
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect9/12/2012 · ST121070
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect9/10/2013 · ST134398
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect9/02/2010 · ST105181
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect9/01/2012 · ST121000
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect8/31/2013 · ST134300
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect8/25/2016 · ST167265
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect8/23/2023 · 00281905-AP-236365
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation8/20/2024 · 00351262-AP-301614
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect8/17/2021 · 00156348-AP-123937
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation8/10/2016 · ST167080
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation8/05/2024 · 00346844-AP-297236
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect8/04/2020 · 00099742-AP-075732
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect8/04/2015 · ST152410
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect8/04/2012 · ST121050
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Licensing Violation8/03/2016 · ST166930
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect7/31/2016 · ST166883
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect7/31/2013 · ST133995
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect7/30/2010 · ST105201
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect7/27/2013 · ST133949
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation7/27/2013 · ST133961
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect7/25/2025 · 00416580-AP-367818
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect7/25/2019 · 00042121-AP-029572
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation7/12/2020 · 00094819-AP-071614
    Failed to protect resident from mental or emotional abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect7/01/2024 · 00340122-AP-290958
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/25/2019 · OR0001964100
    Failed to provide appropriate staffing
  • Licensing Violation6/25/2019 · OR0001964101
    Failed to provide appropriate housekeeping services
  • Licensing Violation6/25/2019 · OR0001964102
    Failed to assist with toileting
  • Licensing Violation6/24/2022 · OR0003646800
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/21/2019 · 00037062-AP-026019
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/20/2017 · ST172118
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation6/11/2024 · OR0005117100
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/09/2024 · 00336186-AP-287153
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/09/2024 · 00336193-AP-287161
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect6/06/2024 · 00335658-AP-286665
    Failed to provide oversight and monitoring of change of condition
  • Abuse: Neglect6/06/2024 · 00335658-AP-292972
    Failed to provide oversight and monitoring of change of condition
  • Abuse: Neglect5/30/2019 · 00033662AP-023691
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect5/22/2016 · ST165915
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect5/19/2019 · 00031831AP-022442
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation5/13/2017 · ST171458
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation5/07/2018 · OR0001500300
    Failed to provide service
  • Abuse: Neglect4/30/2011 · ST117375
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect4/28/2013 · ST133090
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Licensing Violation4/18/2017 · ST170926
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect4/18/2015 · ST150996
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect4/13/2015 · ST150920
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation4/06/2017 · ST170651
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/26/2021 · 00131820-AP-103138
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation3/21/2024 · OR0004938000
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation3/21/2024 · OR0004938001
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation3/21/2016 · ST165096
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/18/2024 · 00320070-AP-271899
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/08/2019 · 00021757AP-015479
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/08/2017 · ST170841
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect3/06/2019 · 00021083AP-015020
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect3/06/2019 · 00021089AP-015025
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect3/06/2019 · 00021094AP-015033
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect3/06/2019 · 00021103AP-015043
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation3/06/2019 · SR19205
    Failed to report potential or suspected abuse
  • Abuse: Neglect3/05/2014 · ST146285
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation3/04/2020 · OR0002380402
    Failed to provide infection control
  • Abuse: Neglect3/02/2010 · ST103700
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation3/01/2015 · ST150439
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation2/27/2015 · ST150440
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2024 · OR0004801800
    Failed to meet the scheduled and unscheduled needs of residents
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2024 · OR0004881500
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Licensing Violation2/26/2024 · OR0004881501
    Failed to provide inservice
  • Licensing Violation2/24/2017 · CO17059
    Failed to adequately care plan related to falls
  • Abuse: Neglect2/14/2012 · ST129312
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect2/07/2017 · ST179625A
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Licensing Violation2/07/2017 · ST179625B
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/07/2017 · ST179625C
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/07/2017 · ST179625D
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation2/05/2026 · CALMS - 00105481
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect2/03/2024 · 00312094-AP-264602
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/31/2018 · 00012418AP-008899
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect12/31/2014 · ST149742
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect12/28/2016 · ST169015
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/25/2010 · ST116036
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect12/17/2018 · 00011707AP-008400
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation12/16/2024 · 00372176-AP-322528
    Failed to protect resident from verbal abuse
  • Licensing Violation12/11/2013 · ST135383
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Licensing Violation12/11/2012 · ST121896
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect12/02/2011 · ST118611
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect11/29/2012 · ST121749
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation11/08/2015 · ST153608
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect11/03/2013 · ST134939
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Sexual abuse10/29/2010 · ST105610
    Failed to protect resident from inappropriate sexual contact
  • Abuse: Financial abuse10/18/2015 · ST153953
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation10/10/2017 · ST173957
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect10/09/2013 · ST134674
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Licensing Violation10/08/2014 · ST149425
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Licensing Violation10/02/2012 · ST121221A
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect10/02/2012 · ST121221B
    Failed to follow care plan
  • Abuse: Neglect1/30/2024 · 00310525-AP-263124
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/29/2026 · CALMS - 00105478
    Failed to assure resident rights
  • Licensing Violation1/29/2026 · CALMS - 00105479
    Failed to use an ABST
  • Licensing Violation1/29/2026 · CALMS - 00105480
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect1/27/2024 · 00311232-AP-263765
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/27/2024 · 00311234-AP-263768
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/26/2017 · ST179464
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/18/2023 · OR0004000400
    Failed to provide infection control
  • Abuse: Neglect1/17/2026 · 00451765-AP-403765
    Failed to properly plan care
  • Abuse: Neglect1/11/2024 · 00307206-AP-260010
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/11/2024 · 00307215-AP-260014
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Abuse: Neglect1/11/2019 · 00014243AP-010173
    Failed to provide a safe medication administration system
  • Abuse: Neglect1/11/2017 · ST179296
    Failed to provide safe environment
  • Licensing Violation1/09/2015 · ST150018
    Failed to address resident's behavior
  • Abuse: Neglect1/09/2014 · ST145644
    Failed to intervene when resident's condition changed
  • Abuse: Neglect1/07/2019 · 00013318AP-009506
    Failed to follow care plan

Inspections

8 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
LEGACY SALMON CREEK MEDICAL CENTER12.7 mi
★★★★ 4/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
Saint Helens Internal Medicine1.2 mi
525 N Columbia River Hwy · (503) 366-6244 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
Walgreens Pharmacy0.8 mi
175 S Columbia River Hwy · (503) 397-7862 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
Safeway0.1 mi
795 S Columbia River Hwy · (503) 397-2630 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Campbell Park0.6 mi
120 Goodman Ln · (503) 397-6272 · Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship
Church of the Nazarene<0.1 mi
2360 Gable Rd · (503) 397-3040

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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