Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside is a 88-bed for-profit nursing home in Salem, Oregon, part of Avamere. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.50 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Oregon average of 3.40, and 42.1% nursing staff turnover (Oregon average 47.4%).
Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside
4515 Sunnyside Road SeSalem, OR 97302
Marion County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside, nurse aides logged 3.50 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Oregon average. With about 75 residents a day, that works out to roughly 262 aide hours a day, or about 33 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Oregon avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.50 | 3.40 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.28 | 0.91 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 5.22 | 5.03 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.79 | 4.51 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
42.1% of nursing staff at Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside left over the year CMS measured, against a Oregon average of 47.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 71.4%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 6, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Oregon average 9.3). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside holds 2 of 5 overall; the Oregon average is 3.1.
About Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Avamere, 27 homes
- Legal name: Sunnyside Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 24, 1989
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Avamere Transitional Care at Sunnyside
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Salem Transitional Care Salem | 2.5 | 80 | 3.06 | 4.81 | 44.8% | 2 | $22,523 |
| Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Salem | 3.9 | 100 | 3.54 | 5.07 | 51.4% | 3 | $20,910 |
| Tierra Rose Care Center Salem | 4.8 | 76 | 3.88 | 5.15 | 30.6% | 5 | None |
| Keizer Nursing and Rehabilitation Keizer | 6.6 | 49 | 3.05 | 4.57 | 54.8% | 3 | None |
| Avamere Court at Keizer Keizer | 7.7 | 69 | 3.18 | 4.97 | 18.5% | 4 | None |
| Independence Health and Rehabilitation Independence | 8.7 | 80 | 3.69 | 5.29 | 65.1% | 2 | $69,876 |
| Dallas Retirement Village Health Center Dallas | 14.0 | 121 | 3.42 | 5.40 | 44.0% | 4 | None |
| Mt Angel Health and Rehabilitation Mount Angel | 16.8 | 93 | 3.51 | 5.23 | 60.4% | 4 | $27,967 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.