Best nursing homes in Portland, OR
These are the 30 CMS-certified nursing homes in Portland, Oregon, ranked best-first by the home’s CMS overall star rating. When two homes tie, we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain assigned by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported by the facility. Nothing on this page is sponsored: no home pays to appear or to rank higher.
Check the certification chip before anything else. Most homes here are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, but CMS certifies some for only one — and a 5-star home that doesn’t take your programme is not an option, however it ranks. Certification is not a quality measure and we don’t rank on it; we label it, because it decides whether the rest of the row matters to you.
How to read this: a high overall star can be lifted by self-reported quality-measure and payroll-staffing scores, so we surface the inspection rating and any serious citations, fines, abuse flags or ownership changes right on the row. A lower-ranked home with a clean inspection record can be the better fit than a higher-ranked one carrying red flags — open each profile.
- 1Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record1300 NE 16th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 2Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record6010 SW Shattuck Road, Portland, OR
- 3Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record3550 S Bond Ave, Portland, OR
- 4Medicaid only — no Medicare1 immediate-jeopardy citation$13,286 in federal fines830 NE 47th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 5Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record3540 SE Francis Street, Portland, OR
- 6Medicaid only — no Medicare1 serious citation$223,270 in federal fines6630 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Portland, OR
- 7Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$10,033 in federal fines725 SE 202nd Avenue, Portland, OR
- 8Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record319 NE Russet, Portland, OR
- 9Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection6530 SW 30th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 10Medicaid only — no MedicareSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection13505 SE River Road, Portland, OR
- 11Medicare & Medicaid certified$12,659 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection5701 SW Multnomah Blvd, Portland, OR
- 12Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record39 NE 102nd Avenue, Portland, OR
- 13Medicaid only — no Medicare1 serious citation11325 NE Weidler Street, Portland, OR
- 14Medicaid only — no MedicareAbuse icon1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection12640 SE Bush, Portland, OR
- 15Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$32,383 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection6003 SE 136th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 16Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$35,010 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1475 SE 100th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 17Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$43,788 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5330 NE Prescott Street, Portland, OR
- 18Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$4,194 in federal fines8643 NE Beech Street, Portland, OR
- 19Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon1 serious citation$8,278 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection5737 NE 37th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 20Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection9750 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR
- 21Medicare & Medicaid certified3 serious citations$33,319 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspectionChanged owner in last 12 months3060 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR
- 22Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection745 NE 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR
- 23Medicare & Medicaid certifiedChanged owner in last 12 months6040 SE Belmont Street, Portland, OR
- 24Medicare & Medicaid certified3 serious citations$48,520 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection6125 SW Boundary Street, Portland, OR
- 25Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection10435 SE Cora Street, Portland, OR
- 26Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation812 SE 48th Avenue, Portland, OR
- 27Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)3 immediate-jeopardy citations$185,923 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5601 SE 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR
- 28Medicaid only — no Medicare1 immediate-jeopardy citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection10948 S.e. Boise, Portland, OR
- 29Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$24,827 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection12441 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR
- 30Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$122,699 in federal fines3320 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland, OR
Keep looking: read the Oregon state guides — nursing homes and assisted living — for how the state’s system works, find the closest homes to your ZIP or location, filter every facility by rating, cost and inspection record, or compare any of these side by side. Or see assisted living in Portland, OR. Back to every Oregon city.
How we rank
We order this list strictly by each home’s CMS overall star rating — the government’s own rating, not a score of our own. When two homes carry the same overall rating we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain scored by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported — and then alphabetically. Homes with no rating on file sink to the bottom.
We should be straight with you about a tension here. The CMS overall star is a blend of three domains, and elsewhere on this site we argue that blend can be misleading: the staffing and quality-measure components lean on data facilities report about themselves, and they can lift a home’s overall star above what inspectors actually found. We still sort by it, for one reason — it is the only ranking of nursing homes the government publishes, and the alternative is us deciding which domain ought to count, which is our opinion dressed up as an official rating. We won’t do that. (It is the same reason we refuse to rank assisted living at all.) So instead of quietly re-sorting to our taste, we un-blend the star on every row: the inspection rating sits next to the overall one, and serious citations, fines and abuse flags are on the row too. Where the two disagree, trust the inspection record and the citations — and treat our sort order as the government’s claim, not ours. See our methodology.
No home pays to appear here or to rank higher. There is no sponsored placement, no paid listing, and no referral fee. The page carries ordinary Google display advertising, sold against the page by Google: it cannot move a home up or down this list, and no advertiser sees who you are. The ratings, citations and fines are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens.
Common questions
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Ratings and citations are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens. The absence of a citation does not guarantee the absence of problems. Always verify with the facility and your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.