Pricing ranges from
    $5,024 – 6,028/month

    Kellyville Rcf

    12221 SE Kelly St, Portland, OR, 97236
    3.6 · 14 reviews
    • Assisted living
    • Memory care
    AnonymousCurrent/former resident
    1.0

    New facility unsafe care avoid

    I've lived here five years and I can't recommend it. The facility is new with attractive common areas and well-maintained rooms/bathrooms, but meals have declined (terrible mac & cheese despite decent variety). Staff are a mixed bag-some friendly, but many unhelpful, unprofessional and unhappy; I've seen unexplained bruises on residents and slow response to calls. The parking/entry is awful and non-accessible (ambulance access is a real concern). Overall: avoid-needs major improvements or a rebuild for safe, accessible assisted care.

    Pricing

    $5,024+/moSemi-privateAssisted Living
    $6,028+/mo1 BedroomAssisted Living

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    3.64 · 14 reviews

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.7
    • Staff

      2.3
    • Meals

      2.5
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      3.6

    Pros

    • Good variety of food (reported by some reviewers)
    • Wonderful resident events and activities
    • Friendly staff (reported by some reviewers)
    • Attractive, well-kept common areas
    • Well maintained rooms and bathrooms
    • Excellent/assisted senior care reported by some
    • New facility (noted by some reviewers)
    • Long-term residency (residents staying 5+ years) indicating stability for some families
    • Some reviewers reported no observed abuse

    Cons

    • Unhelpful, unprofessional, or unhappy employees
    • Allegations of patient abuse by staff (reported by some reviewers)
    • Bruises on a resident reported
    • Lack of timely assistance to residents
    • Poor meals and decline in food taste (including complaints about specific dishes)
    • Major parking lot and access problems (non-accessible, awkward)
    • Ambulance and emergency vehicle access concerns
    • Some reviewers strongly advise avoiding the facility / not recommended
    • Inconsistent experiences across reviewers (mixed quality of care/staff)

    Summary review

    Overall sentiment about Kellyville RCF is mixed and, in places, sharply polarized. Several reviewers praise specific strengths: a number of accounts describe attractive, well-maintained common areas and resident rooms and bathrooms, ongoing events and activities that residents enjoy, and a generally good variety of food. Some families or residents emphasize stable, long-term residency (one reviewer noted five years), and a subset of reviews highlight excellent assisted senior care and characterize the facility as new. These positive reports suggest the facility has meaningful strengths in physical upkeep, social programming, and — for some residents — clinical care and stability.

    Counterbalancing those positive notes are recurring and serious concerns raised by multiple reviewers. Staffing and care consistency emerge as the most significant problem area: several reviews describe unhelpful, unprofessional, or unhappy employees and note a lack of timely assistance. There are also direct and troubling allegations of resident mistreatment in some summaries — including reported bruises and at least one mention of patient abuse by staff. Other reviewers explicitly reported seeing no abuse, which indicates conflicting experiences and variability in staff behavior or oversight. The existence of both positive and very negative reports suggests inconsistent care quality across shifts, units, or over time rather than uniformly good or uniformly poor care.

    Dining receives mixed-to-negative feedback. While a few reviewers praise variety, multiple other reviewers say meal quality has declined and cite poor taste; one summary singles out a specific dish (mac and cheese) as “terrible.” This divergence suggests menu variety may exist, but execution, consistency, or catering to resident preferences/needs is uneven and has room for improvement.

    Facility access and parking are a clear, repeatedly mentioned weakness. Several reviewers characterize the parking lot as the “worst,” non-accessible, awkward to use, and problematic for ambulance or emergency access; one reviewer explicitly recommended rebuilding the parking/entry area to allow easy and safe access. This is a distinct, actionable infrastructure concern that affects families, visitors, and emergency responders and appears to be widely perceived rather than isolated.

    Activities and environment are among the stronger, more consistent positives: reviewers repeatedly note wonderful resident events and attractive common areas, suggesting that social programming and facility aesthetics are strengths. That said, praise for friendly staff and excellent care is not universal — positive staff reports coexist with reports of unprofessional employees and service failures, underscoring variability.

    Taken together, the reviews paint a picture of a facility with solid physical spaces and social programming but significant inconsistency in staffing performance, responsiveness, and dining quality. The most urgent areas for attention based on reviewer feedback are: investigating and addressing allegations of resident harm or bruising and improving staff training, supervision, and responsiveness; conducting a thorough review and overhaul of dining operations to address taste and consistency complaints; and addressing parking and access deficiencies to ensure safe, accessible entry and emergency vehicle access. Families considering Kellyville RCF should weigh the mixed reports carefully: some residents have long, stable, and positive stays, but others report serious concerns that merit direct questions to management, review of incident reporting and staffing levels, and an in-person inspection focused on access and safety before making a placement decision.

    Location

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    About Kellyville Rcf

    Kellyville RCF is a retirement community at 12221 Southeast Kelly Street in Portland, Oregon, with 50 beds and a focus on helping seniors live well every day, so if you walk in you'll notice the open, light-filled common spaces and private retreats that make the place warm and comfortable, plus the staff is always around, offering assisted living services for people who want to keep their independence but need help with certain things, like medication assistance, incontinence care, or support for memory concerns and diabetes, and you often see the team making sure everyone's needs are met through personalized care plans made just for each resident. The facility has daily living assistance, wellness programming, daily housekeeping, and laundry, and they also serve home-style meals and snacks, which keeps folks happy and nourished. Residents find plenty of social opportunities and community gatherings, so there's always something going on that encourages connection and engagement, and if you're looking around you'll notice the facility tries to blend the comforts of home with safety and security, since their spacious floor plans, intimate living areas, and inviting environment really do support everyone as they age in place, and the whole setup offers a simple way for seniors in Multnomah County to get the help they need in a loving, comprehensive, and easy-to-navigate community.

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