Columbia Basin Care Facility

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Columbia Basin Care Facility says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room. Nestled in the sunny climate of The Dalles, Oregon — just 1.5 hours east of Portland — Columbia Basin Care offers around-the-clock medical care, private and semi-private rooms, fresh and nutritious meals, fun activities, and a beautiful courtyard and park for gathering and relaxing. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

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.

• Jul 28, 2025: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Aug 22, 2026. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $9,179 proposed, $9,179 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317741344 - Wasco County Nursing Care INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
  Details

  • Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(1)(i)). Penalty $7,061 proposed, $7,061 now. To be fixed by Jul 28, 2025.
  • Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(11)(ii)). Penalty $2,118 proposed, $2,118 now. To be fixed by Mar 12, 2026.
• Jan 22, 2025: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 7, 2026. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317738939 - Wasco County Nursing Care INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
  Details

  • Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 22, 2025.
• Oct 16, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Aug 22, 2026. 4 violations cited (4 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317738177 - Wasco County Nursing Care INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
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  • Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Cited rule 1910.159(c)(10). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2025.
  • Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 13, 2025.
• Oct 17, 2017: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Apr 12, 2018. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $340 proposed, $340 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317718658 - Wasco County Nursing Care INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
  Details

  • Serious: Ladders (1910.23(e)(1)). Penalty $120 proposed, $120 now. To be fixed by Jan 4, 2018.
  • Serious: Electrical wiring and grounding (1910.304(a)(2)). Penalty $100 proposed, $100 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 2017.
  • Serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $120 proposed, $120 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 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

Mid-Columbia Medical Center, The Dalles. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

The Dalles Health & Rehabilitation Center, The Dalles. 0.9 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Adventist Health Home Care, The Dalles. 2.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 97058 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).

Dialysis within 15 miles

Pnrs Columbia River The Dalles, The Dalles, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)

Hospice

2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 97058.
Bristol Hospice, office in Hood River, 16.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Richard Orth, DO, Estacada. 58.7 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

FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective January 18, 1984), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)

Wildfire risk to homes

In The Dalles, OR, risk to homes is greater than 86% of communities in Oregon and 96% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)

FEMA National Risk Index

Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. 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.