Nursing home
Saint Helens Post Acute
75 Shore Drive, Saint Helens, OR 97051 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Caldera Care (10 facilities) · 92 certified beds
Saint Helens Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Saint Helens, Oregon. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.00 hours per resident per day, below the Oregon average of 4.95. Its most recent inspection on Jan 21, 2025 cited 24 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 2 fines totaling $50,992In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Saint Helens Post Acute 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) | 4.00 | 4.95 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.34 | 0.68 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.78 | 3.37 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 60.0% | 49.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 24.0 | 10.4 | 9.5 | above 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $50,992, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Saint Helens Post Acute
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 10, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 21, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 75 Shore Drive
Saint Helens, OR 97051 - CMS certification #
- 385222
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 92
- Avg residents/day
- 54.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1991-01-04
- Chain
- Caldera Care (10 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Caldera Care
Caldera Care operates 10 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Caldera Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Workplace safety 5 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016, 9 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.
- Jul 10, 2025: complaint inspection, partial (safety). Case open. 1 violation cited (1 serious). Penalties: $2,118 proposed, $2,118 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317741097 - Mavericks Beach LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $2,118 proposed, $2,118 now. To be fixed by Jul 10, 2025.
- Nov 19, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case open. 2 violations cited (1 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $2,075 proposed, $2,075 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317738559 - Meadow Park Health - St Helen, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $2,075 proposed, $2,075 now. To be fixed by Jan 27, 2025.
- Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jan 27, 2025.
- Nov 19, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Oct 23, 2025. 4 violations cited (4 serious). Penalties: $4,149 proposed, $4,149 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317738543 - Meadow Park Health - St Helen, 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(h)(1)(ii)(b)). Penalty $4,149 proposed, $4,149 now. To be fixed by Mar 14, 2025.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 14, 2025.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(a)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 14, 2025.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(vii)(d)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 14, 2025.
- Oct 21, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jun 30, 2020. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $100 proposed, $100 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317725932 - Meadow Park Health St Helen LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $100 proposed, $100 now. To be fixed by Oct 21, 2019.
- Oct 6, 2016: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jul 24, 2017. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 317714309 - FMG Shore Drive Oregon LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule OAR. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 31, 2016.
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
- Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, Vancouver. 12.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Woodland Convalescent Center, Woodland. 4.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Eden Home Health, Vancouver. 13.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 97051 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Pnrs St Helens Dialysis, Saint Helens, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Cowlitz Dialysis, Woodland, 9.7 miles away, straight line
Pnrs Salmon Creek, Vancouver, 14.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 97051.
Care Partners, office in Portland, 23.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Traditions Health, office in Portland, 24.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of The Northwest, Vancouver. 12.4 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, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very high, earthquake very 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 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Saint Helens Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Saint Helens Post Acute an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Saint Helens Post Acute staffed?
Saint Helens Post Acute reports 4.00 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Oregon average of 4.95.
Has Saint Helens Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 24 deficiencies.
How many beds does Saint Helens Post Acute have?
Saint Helens Post Acute is certified for 92 beds.