Nehalem Valley Care Center

Care and services

From the community’s website

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

• Provides transportation. Caring, attentive staff provide housekeeping, laundry and transportation services. (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
• Apartment types named: private room. We understand the importance of personal space, which is why our residents each enjoy their own private room with a beautiful view of Nehalem Valley. (page, checked Oct 15, 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.

• Jun 21, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jun 21, 2024. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317736889 - Wheeler Care Center LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
• Feb 14, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jul 23, 2018. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $1,050 proposed, $1,050 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317719644 - Wheeler Care Center LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
  Details

  • Serious: Fall protection (1910.28(b)(1)(i)). Penalty $1,050 proposed, $1,050 now. To be fixed by Mar 20, 2018.

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

Adventist Health Tillamook, Tillamook. 15.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Clatsop Care Center, Astoria. 34.7 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Adventist Health Home Care Services - Tillamook, Tillamook. 15.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Nelahem Bay Health And Wellness Pharmacy. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.

Area

USDA classes ZIP code 97147 as rural (rural area).

Hospice

1 Medicare hospice tells CMS it serves ZIP code 97147.

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

Legacy Clinics LLC, Portland. 55.8 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 high, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, 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.