Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Avamere at Three Fountains
835 Crater Lake Avenue, Medford, OR 97504 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Avamere (33 facilities) · 117 certified beds
Avamere at Three Fountains is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Medford, Oregon. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.79 hours per resident per day, below the Oregon average of 4.95. Its most recent inspection on Jan 16, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avamere at Three Fountains compares
This facility vs. the Oregon and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Oregon avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.79 | 4.95 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.68 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.49 | 3.37 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.8% | 49.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 10.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Avamere at Three Fountains
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 1, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2023 - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2023 - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 835 Crater Lake Avenue
Medford, OR 97504 - CMS certification #
- 385126
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 117
- Avg residents/day
- 75.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1975-06-01
- Chain
- Avamere (33 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Avamere
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2017, 17 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 10, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Sep 5, 2024. 6 violations cited (4 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $5,532 proposed, $5,532 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317736423 - Waterford Operations LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(1)(i)). Penalty $2,766 proposed, $2,766 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Serious: Cited rule 1910.30(a)(1). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(a)(4)). Penalty $2,766 proposed, $2,766 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(b)(9)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Other than serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(g)(8)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 10, 2024.
- Mar 28, 2017: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Aug 14, 2017. 11 violations cited (8 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $1,820 proposed, $1,820 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317716337 - Waterford Operations LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(a)(2)). Penalty $350 proposed, $350 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(d)(4)(iii)(a)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Accident prevention signs and tags (1910.145(c)(3)). Penalty $350 proposed, $350 now. To be fixed by May 1, 2017.
- Serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $350 proposed, $350 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $350 proposed, $350 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(1)(ii)). Penalty $210 proposed, $210 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(1)). Penalty $210 proposed, $210 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Other than serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(b)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(h)(3)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 12, 2017.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford. 0.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avamere Health Services of Rogue Valley, Medford. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Accentcare Home Health Of Rogue Valley, LLC, Medford. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Safeway. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 97504 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Siskiyou Dialysis, Medford, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Rogue Valley Dialysis, Medford, 2.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 97504.
Providence Medford Hospice, office in Medford, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Signature Healthcare At Home, office in Central Point, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Asante Hospice, office in Talent, 7.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Peacehealth, Springfield. 120.9 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avamere at Three Fountains a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avamere at Three Fountains an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avamere at Three Fountains staffed?
Avamere at Three Fountains reports 4.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Oregon average of 4.95.
Has Avamere at Three Fountains had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avamere at Three Fountains have?
Avamere at Three Fountains is certified for 117 beds.