Porthaven Healthcare Center

    5330 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97218
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

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

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.17·(41)

    Overall rating

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

      3.9
    • Staff

      4.1
    • Meals

      2.3
    • Amenities

      2.7
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Dedicated rehabilitation (PT/OT) team
    • Seamless hospital-to-facility care coordination
    • Engaged and improving leadership
    • Responsive social work and admissions support
    • Clean, well-maintained common areas
    • Strong focus on skilled nursing and recovery outcomes
    • Family-like staff–resident relationships
    • Accessible communication with families
    • Effective therapy-driven recovery programs

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and high staff turnover
    • Gaps in emergency response and escalation protocols
    • Weak medication-management and controlled-substance controls
    • Poor food quality and inconsistent meal service
    • Aging rooms and overcrowding in resident units
    • Communication gaps between shifts and with families
    • Infection-prevention and care-continuity lapses
    • Allegations of theft and staff-conduct concerns
    • High private-pay rates

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews present a mixed but coherent picture. Many families and clinicians describe strong rehabilitation and skilled-nursing capabilities, with a therapy team that produces measurable recovery progress and nursing staff who can be compassionate and attentive. Several reviewers specifically praised improved leadership under recent management changes and named social-work and admissions staff who provided helpful coordination. Commonly cited strengths include effective hospital-to-facility communication, accessible family updates, and a culture described as family-like by some relatives.

    Clinical care and staffing: Clinical care is characterized by variability. When staffing is adequate and leadership is engaged, reviewers describe good-quality skilled nursing, timely therapy, and supportive care. However, inconsistent staffing levels and high turnover were repeatedly associated with delays in responsiveness, difficulty contacting staff, and variability in hands-on care. A number of accounts raised concerns about gaps in emergency-response and escalation protocols (for example delayed ambulance activation or slow attention after a fall), which suggests process weaknesses that can affect resident safety when acute events occur.

    Medication, infection control, and safety: Several comments indicate potential weaknesses in medication-management controls, including concerns about controlled-substance handling. There are also references to infection-prevention and continuity-of-care lapses and to extended or complicated antibiotic courses; these items point to areas where clinical oversight and handoffs may need strengthening. A few reviews go further, raising allegations of theft and inappropriate staff conduct; those are serious individual claims that would warrant investigation by families and regulators.

    Facilities, dining, and amenities: The physical plant receives mixed feedback. Common areas and general cleanliness are often described positively, but resident rooms are characterized as aging and, in some units, overcrowded due to double-occupancy arrangements. Dining is a recurrent concern—numerous comments cite poor food quality and inconsistent meal service. Minor operational nuisances (for example a malfunctioning reception machine) were also mentioned.

    Management and family experience: Leadership changes and an engaged administrator were frequently noted as positive influences on culture and outcomes. Individual staff members (social workers and administrative liaisons) were repeatedly praised for clear communication and practical help. At the same time, communication gaps between shifts and between staff and families were a recurring theme, contributing to frustration and uneven family experience.

    Notable patterns and advice for prospective families: The dominant patterns are a facility capable of good clinical and rehabilitative outcomes when staffing and oversight are functioning well, paired with operational inconsistencies that can produce significant variability in day-to-day experience. Prospective families should assess current staffing levels, emergency-response procedures, medication-control practices, infection-control protocols, room availability/occupancy, and meal samples or menus. Asking management about recent quality-improvement initiatives and outcomes since leadership changes may help clarify whether the facility’s positive trends are sustained.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

    Porthaven Healthcare Center is located at 5330 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR, 97218.

    About Porthaven Healthcare Center

    Porthaven Healthcare Center, located at 5330 NE Prescott St in Portland, Oregon, is a skilled nursing facility that's been serving the community for over 30 years, and folks will find all kinds of care services under one roof, like skilled nursing, assisted living, short-term respite care for caregivers needing a break, and home care options, which means the place can handle both simple daily help and more complex medical needs after a hospital stay or surgery. The facility has 99 beds and offers private, semi-private, and three-room bedroom suites with features like private bathrooms, cable TV, kitchenettes, Wi-Fi, and air conditioning, and since it's designed for safety, it also has a 24-hour call system, regular supervision, and an emergency alert system. There's always a nurse on hand and a clinical team that includes physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and nursing assistants, so residents get continued support, whether it's medication management, wound care, help with bathing and dressing, or specialized therapies like physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus things like X-rays, laboratory, dental, podiatry, pain management, and psychiatric care available right on site.

    The place runs a large 2,000-square-foot rehab gym for those who need to regain strength after illness or injury, and folks in need of post-acute care will find visits from therapists almost every day, helping with joint, stroke, or cardiac rehab, as well as pain management, IV therapy, wound care, fall prevention, and even LVAD care. Meals, housekeeping, and laundry are included, so residents can focus on recovery or daily living, with the support of an interdisciplinary team that creates individual care plans to match each person's medical goals and personal preferences. Porthaven belongs to the Prestige Care community network and follows a not-for-profit model. Residents and visitors can use transportation and parking services, and the grounds feature outdoor gardens and walking paths, a spa/wellness room, arts and activity rooms, a library, game room, and even special smoking areas, and for folks who enjoy social and recreational activities, there are monthly calendars full of events like movie nights, music, art programs, resident-led groups, and other community gatherings in both indoor and outdoor spaces.

    There's support for people of all ages but the main focus is on seniors and adults who need skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or help after serious illness, and the staff works hard to make the environment feel safe and comfortable, with attention to both physical and mental well-being, including resources for mental health and preventive care to help folks make good choices about their health. The community is Medicaid- and Medicare-certified, accepts most managed care plans, and provides case management and discharge planning when it's time to return home or move elsewhere. With a mix of state-of-the-art amenities, a commitment to responsive and compassionate care, and a location about four miles from downtown Portland, Porthaven Healthcare Center tries to give people the right balance of medical help, support with daily living, and chances to keep social and active, though its ratings are about average, earning a 3-star CMS rating and an overall score of 4.4 out of 10, so it's not the highest rated place but aims to meet the core needs of those it serves.

    About Prestige Care

    Porthaven Healthcare Center is managed by Prestige Care.

    Founded in 1985 but tracing its roots to 1946, Prestige Care began with Sarah Delamarter, a nursing pioneer who started caring for seniors in her Troutdale, Oregon home. What began as a compassionate effort to support her family evolved into a multi-generational legacy when her grandsons Harold and Dr. Rick Delamarter, along with business partner Greg Vislocky, expanded the business throughout the western United States. Today, this family-owned company remains headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, maintaining Sarah's original spirit of personalized, compassionate care. Prestige Care operates over 75 communities across seven western states including Oregon, Washington, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.

    People often ask...

    Porthaven Healthcare Center offers skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 5330 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97218.

    No, Porthaven Healthcare Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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