New Week: New Round Of COVID-19 Vaccinations In Oregon
CVS, Walgreens and Consonus Pharmacy set up their first clinics in nursing homes in Oregon on Monday, marking the start of a weeks-long campaign.
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New Rules Allow Indoor Visits In Most Oregon Long-Term Care Facilities
Guidelines take effect next week that will allow visitors inside nursing homes and care facilities in Oregon.
More Than 100 Oregon Long-Term Care Facilities Have Suspected, Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
For a month, residents at the Oaks of Sherwood Park in Keizer have been confined to their rooms, as a growing number of patients have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
State Requires Long-Term Care Facilities To Limit Visitors To Prevent Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak
Oregon health and human services officials have imposed mandatory restrictions on residential care facilities, telling them to limit visitors and restrict social activities to try to prevent a fatal coronavirus outbreak like the one in Washington state.
What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers
Within 10 years, all of the nation’s 74 million baby boomers will be 65 or older. The most senior among them will be on the cusp of 85.
Long-Term Care Insurance: Less Bang, More Buck
Mary Julia Klimenko thought she was prudent 20 years ago when she invested in a long-term care insurance policy, one she believed would help pay for the care she’d need as she aged.
Now she wishes she’d banked the money instead.
Ombudsman's Office Advocates for People in Long-Term Care
Volunteers visit hundreds of facilities every year, fielding complaints large and small
August 27, 2013 – In the 1990s, Dan Dunham and his wife learned that a close friend had experienced severe medical neglect and financial abuse at a nursing home in California. The situation became so acute they ended up moving her to their Corvallis home and cared for her until her death.
Mental Health, Long-Term Care Targeted for $30 Million in Innovative Ideas
The money in Governor John Kitzhaber’s budget is intended to support the goals of healthcare transformation
January 2, 2013 – The money trail for healthcare transformation is nowhere close to the end. In fact, Governor John Kitzhaber has set aside $30 million in his budget for 2013-2015 to foster collaborations between mental health, long-term care providers and the coordinated care organizations.
State Approves John Hancock Long-Term Care Rate Increase
February 14, 2012 -- The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) this week approved rate increases affecting more than 7,300 Oregonians who have long-term care insurance through John Hancock, including some policies originally sold by Time Insurance Company and Union Security Insuranc
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