Nursing home
Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline
1250 Northeast 145Th Street, Seattle, WA 98155 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Avamere (33 facilities) · 115 certified beds
Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Seattle, Washington. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.68 hours per resident per day, below the Washington average of 4.39. Its most recent inspection on May 17, 2025 cited 40 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline compares
This facility vs. the Washington and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Washington avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.68 | 4.39 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.65 | 0.88 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.17 | 2.69 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.8% | 46.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 40.0 | 17.1 | 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.
What inspectors found at Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline
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
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 13, 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 13, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 7, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 7, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Jan 7, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 18, 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
- 1250 Northeast 145Th Street
Seattle, WA 98155 - CMS certification #
- 505009
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 115
- Avg residents/day
- 73.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- Avamere (33 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Avamere
Avamere operates 33 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Avamere facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Staff pay 3 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2003
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2024, 9 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
In addition to rehabilitative care, we also provide respite, palliative, and hospice care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our dedicated team of RNs, LPNs, and caregivers, along with medical professionals such as a medical director, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, ensure around-the-clock medical support.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
In addition to rehabilitative care, we also provide respite, palliative, and hospice care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: semi-private room.
We offer a range of room options, including private and semi-private, and our comprehensive therapy services are designed to meet your individual needs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Dec 2, 2012 to Nov 29, 2014. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Park Ridge Care Center (Northwest Care-Shoreline, Inc.). Case 1741921.
- Findings for Jan 11, 2006 to Jan 10, 2008. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,447 owed to 16 employees. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Park Ridge Care Center (Northwest Care-Shoreline, Inc). Case 1500126.
- Findings for Aug 15, 2003 to Mar 30, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,170 owed to 5 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Park Ridge Care Center (Northwest Care - Shoreline, Inc.). Case 1395912.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
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 21, 2026: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Aug 26, 2026. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317992148 - Shoreline Operations LLC.
- Feb 25, 2026: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 24, 2026. 4 violations cited (4 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317990023 - Shoreline Operations LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-62-07722(1)(C). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 8, 2026.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-62-07721(2)(B)(VI)(B). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 25, 2026.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-800-13020(3). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 25, 2026.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-800-14005(1). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 8, 2026.
- Sep 3, 2024: referral inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Dec 11, 2024. 5 violations cited (4 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $14,000 proposed, $14,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Wa317982056 - Shoreline Operations LLC.
Details
- Serious: Cited rule 296-874-20042(2)(E). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-874-20072(1). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-874-20074(1). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
- Serious: Cited rule 296-876-15005(1). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 296-800-16010. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2024.
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
- Swedish Edmonds Hospital, Edmonds. 4.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Shoreline Health and Rehabilitation, Seattle. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Assured Home Health, Mountlake Terrace. 4.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 98155 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Nkc Lake City Kidney Center, Lake Forest Park, 0.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nkc Scribner Kidney Center, Seattle, 2.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Seattle Childrens Hospital Dialysis, Seattle, 5.0 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 98155.
Evergreen Health Hospice Care, office in Kirkland, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Continuum Care Of Snohomish, LLC, office in Lynnwood, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kaiser Permanente Washington Hospice, office in Seattle, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Association Of University Physicians, Seattle. 5.5 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors 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 moderate, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Public Health - Seattle & King County kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline staffed?
Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline reports 3.68 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Washington average of 4.39.
Has Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 40 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline have?
Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline is certified for 115 beds.