CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Oregon

Wasco County, Oregon

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County inventory for Wasco County, Oregon is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Wasco County average 3.7 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 3 nursing homes - 362 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Oregon medians.

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Sheet OR-WASCO-OREGON · Wasco, OR

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 362 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,356/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,875/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Wasco County

CMS star quality is the standout for Wasco County: rated homes average 3.7/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 3 nursing homes and 362 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

CareScout 2025 Oregon medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,875/mo, semi-private nursing $16,760/mo, private nursing $18,448/mo, home health aide $7,627/mo, adult day $4,333/mo. Local Wasco County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 2★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Oregon Veterans Home, The Dalles Health & Rehabilitation Center. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,875
Assisted Living / mo
$16,760
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,627
Home Care / mo
3.7
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Wasco, OR

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Oregon Veterans Home
    5★
  2. 2
    The Dalles Health & Rehabilitation Center
    4★
  3. 3
    Columbia Basin Care Facility
    2★

Nursing Homes in Wasco County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Oregon Veterans Home The Dalles 5/5 151 Non profit - Corporation
The Dalles Health & Rehabilitation Center The Dalles 4/5 121 For profit - Corporation
Columbia Basin Care Facility The Dalles 2/5 90 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Wasco County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Adventist Health Home Care The Dalles 3.0

Read next for stronger-star Wasco

Decode Five-Star for Wasco County homes
Mid-pack context for Wasco: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 3 Wasco County homes
Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Wasco AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Wasco County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Oregon elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Oregon state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Wasco County.