Oregon’s Long-Term Care System - A Responsive, Innovative & Cost-Efficient History in Jeopardy
Oregon is home to a long-term care system that has been lauded as the model for the nation. Advocates and policy makers cooperatively created this system in the 1970s and 80s, which put a groundbreaking focus on providing care where seniors and those with disabilities wanted it: in their homes and communities, significantly reducing the proportion of those in facilities like nursing homes. Even more revolutionary was that this system was codified in state law promising “independence, choice and dignity” and it saved significant taxpayer dollars.
Long-Term Care – History
An economic crisis gripping the country has led to a precipitous decline in Oregon’s revenues, rapidly turning a comfortable surplus into an alarming shortfall. Faced with a series of hard choices, the Governor and Legislature turn to the Human Services budget and the Medicaid program with the goal of cutting costs while still striving to protect the most vulnerable Oregonians.
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Real People
Seventy-four year old Lyda Overton is a second-generation Oregonian. Now retired, she used to spend her days selling real estate in the Portland Metro area. She also spent several years giving back to the community as a case manager for Multnomah County. Read more »
Real Providers
Friendly House is in Mya Chamberlin’s bones. Her first exposure to the organization was as a child attending pre-school there, then again in her teens as a volunteer, and today at age 36, she’s employed there as a program director coordinating the organization’s senior activities. Read more »
In the news
The Campaign for Oregon’s Seniors and People with Disabilities 2009 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
The 2009 Oregon Legislative Session came to a close this week. And despite tremendous challenges and an unprecedented economic crisis, there is some good news to report for many programs and services that help Oregon’s seniors and disabilities. Read more »
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Food inspections end for hospitals and nursing homes - WDBO Radio
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Food inspections end for hospitals and nursing homes
WDBO Radio At the same time, DOH is conferring with other agencies to figure out how to handle inspections at the state’s 286 hospitals and 671 nursing homes. … State food inspections still on hold for hospitals and nursing homes Wink News No One Inspects Food At Hospitals & Nursing Homes CBS 4 Still no food inspections at Florida hospitals msnbc.com all 32 news articles » |
Judge Slams Nursing Homes Over Scare Tactics - Disability Scoop
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Judge Slams Nursing Homes Over Scare Tactics
Disability Scoop A federal judge told a number of Illinois nursing home operators in a ruling this week that they must stop using propaganda to dissuade … Judge orders Illinois nursing homes to end ’scare tactics’ McKnight’s Long Term Care News Judge: Nursing home operators misled psychiatric patients [Chicago Tribune] Behavioral Health Central (blog) all 5 news articles » |