The home failed to provide enough nursing staff each day and ensure a licensed nurse was in charge on every shift. Cited January 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 725 — 42 CFR §483.35 — S/S: F
Nursing home report
AVAMERE TRANSITIONAL CARE AT SUNNYSIDE
SALEM, OR · Medicare-certified · 88 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
2 of 5 overall
2 out of 5 stars overall. This facility has a 2-star health inspection rating and a 3-star staffing rating, with reported nurse staffing above the federal benchmark (5.13 vs 4.1 hours per resident per day); it had $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.127 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: June 6, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.127.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.44
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.18
- Nurse aides
- 3.51
- Weekend nursing
- 4.76
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 43%
Registered nurse turnover: 73%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
11.7%Improving
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.4%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
8.3%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
2.5%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
4%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
16.8%Worsening
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
31%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
17.7%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
2.3%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
1.5%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
22.2%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
8%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98.5%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
99.6%Improving
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
63.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
78.9%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited January 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to provide enough support staff to safely and effectively run food and nutrition services. Cited September 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 802 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The home failed to ensure meals and menus were planned, updated, and followed to meet residents’ nutritional needs. Cited September 2023 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 803 — 42 CFR §483.60 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide care by qualified staff as directed in each resident’s care plan. Cited June 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 659 — 42 CFR §483.21 — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
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Health inspection found 5 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 13 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of AVAMERE · 29 homes · 3.1 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 76.6 residents on an average day (87% of 88 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 37 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.