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to-table
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on Blackberry Bog Farm
N’ Bake
the F/V Shake
customers aboard Mike Colbach.
Crew and charter
owner
Shake N’ Bake
this decade,” said
pose with tuna
caught Aug. 4
ton coast. “It’s
off the Washing
probably the best
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Elegant dinners offered
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150TH YEAR, NO. 20
DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2022
Seaside care
home under
corrective
action plan
$1.50
Lydia Ely/The Astorian
Tsunami hazard zones are marked in Cannon Beach.
Avamere restricting new admissions
By ERICK BENGEL
The Astorian
to provide quality care to
our seniors. We will open
our memory care to move-
ins in the near future.
“I want to thank our
hard working team mem-
bers at the community
and home offi ce who have
worked around the clock
for the health and safety of
our seniors. Avamere Com-
munities has a long history
in the state of Oregon of
the best-in-class clinical
systems and outcomes.”
Avamere at Seaside is
restricting admissions after
a state re licensure survey
found that a lack of eff ec-
tive administrative over-
sight at the care home
undermined the quality of
care and posed a risk of
harm to residents.
The routine survey,
conducted from June 27
through June 30, turned up
multiple failures to follow
Resident monitoring
state rules .
T he care home on S.
The survey, which
Roosevelt Drive signed a largely focused on a sam-
letter of agreement with ple of residents, found the
the state Department of care home’s failure to com-
Human Services that ply with state a dministra-
requires Avamere to follow tive r ules for assisted liv-
a corrective action plan. ing and residential care
The 60-day plan ends Aug. facilities “placed residents
29.
at potential harm or risk of
Avamere agreed to “not harm,” the letter of agree-
admit any new residents ment said.
until further
Av a m e r e
notice,” the
could
not
letter said.
show
evi-
THE
An
out-
dence
that
ROUTINE
side
regis-
the
facility
tered nurse
had properly
SURVEY
consultant,
monitored
approved by
TURNED UP and eval-
the Depart-
uated
resi-
MULTIPLE
ment
of
dents as their
Human Ser-
conditions
FAILURES
vices,
has
changed, or
been brought
TO FOLLOW that staff had
in to review
adequately
STATE
and evaluate
intervened
systems, pro-
when
the
RULES .
cedures and
change was
practices and
for the worse.
provide recommendations
One resident was admit-
and staff training, the let- ted on April 7 weighing
ter said .
152.6 pounds. By June 29,
The Astorian obtained the resident weighed 131.8
the survey fi ndings and pounds . This weight loss,
other
documentation the survey said, is “con-
through the state’s public sidered severe” — the kind
records law.
of change that requires an
The survey coincided assessment by a registered
with a coronavirus out- nurse, the survey noted.
break at the care home
“There was no docu-
that led to 14 virus cases mented evidence an RN
and one death, according completed an assessment
to a recent Oregon Health of the weight loss,” the sur-
Authority outbreak report. vey said. “The severe, con-
“As an organization we tinued weight loss repre-
voluntarily decided to not sented a serious risk to the
admit new residents to Ava- health, safety and welfare
mere at Seaside memory of the resident.”
care at this time,” Thomas
For this resident, Ava-
Cloutier, the chief market- mere could not “provide
ing offi cer at Avamere’s documentation that the
Wilsonville-based head- ongoing weight loss was
quarters, wrote in a state- evaluated, reported to the
ment. “We are continuing physician or that additional
to partner with the state of interventions had been
Oregon to develop a staff -
See Avamere, Page A6
ing plan that will allow us
Researchers examine impact
of Cascadia disaster on
coastal infrastructure
Study by experts at Oregon State University
By ETHAN MYERS
The Astorian
R
esearchers have analyzed communi-
ties along the Oregon Coast to pre-
dict the resiliency of infrastructure
and length of recovery following an
earthquake and tsunami in the Cas-
cadia Subduction Zone.
The study , done by researchers at Ore-
gon State University, looked into 18 com-
munities along the coast from Astoria to
Brookings. The work explored the con-
nectivity in developing a model that fore-
casts the impacts, primarily on transporta-
tion networks such as roads and bridges.
The Astoria and Warrenton region —
grouped together for the study — yielded
encouraging results, said Dan Cox, a pro-
fessor of civil and construction engineer-
ing at Oregon State who was involved in
the research.
“It came out to be one of the best in
terms of having multiple avenues to go,”
Cox said. “That was the good news from
Astoria’s point of view – not saying it’s
not going to have a lot to do after the
event, but relative to some of the other
coastal cities, our studies show that Asto-
ria is actually in better shape than some of
the other neighboring cities.”
The Cascadia Subduction Zone,
extending off shore from British Colum-
bia to N orthern California, hasn’t pro-
duced an earthquake since 1700 and is
building up pressure where the Juan de
Fuca plate is sliding underneath the North
American plate.
According to a statement by Oregon
State , some studies predict a 7% to 11%
probability of a major earthquake — “a
full-margin rupture” — in the Cascadia
See Cascadia, Page A6
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY OREGON
STATE , SOME STUDIES PREDICT A 7% TO 11%
PROBABILITY OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE — ‘A
FULL-MARGIN RUPTURE’ — IN THE CASCADIA
SUBDUCTION ZONE IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
Hamlet nonprofi t looks to utilize old schoolhouse
Structure in need
of major upkeep
By ETHAN MYERS
The Astorian
A
Facebook
A nonprofi t wants to renovate an old Necanicum schoolhouse.
fter watching a presenta-
tion on the potential fallout
from the Cascadia Subduction
Zone earthquake and tsunami,
John Benson and several other
residents of Hamlet, a rural com-
munity alongside U.S. Highway
26, sought to advance disaster
preparedness.
“A bunch of us got together
— ‘Hey, we need to get on this,’”
Benson recalls.
The group started a nonprofi t
— Friends of Hamlet Fire Protec-
tion District — and ideas began
to take shape. But as one partic-
ular project gained focus, Benson
and his team saw an opportunity
to fi ll multiple needs within the
community at once through the
refurbishment an old Necanicum
schoolhouse.
After some much-needed work,
Benson envisions the red, one-
room building becoming a train-
ing and meeting space for the fi re
district, an emergency shelter and
disaster relief center and a com-
munity gathering place.
“Back in the day, there were
weddings that took place there,
reu nions, family gatherings. They
had dances at least once a month
and dinners,” he said. “We’re not
exactly sure how it’s going to be
colored, but we do want more of
a community feeling and center
going on there. Maybe movies.”
See Schoolhouse, Page A6