LAKEVIEW, Ore. – A local health district is shutting down some vital community services. Lake Health District said that they are closing their Home Health & Hospice agencies as well as their long-term care and assisted living facilities. The health ...
COOS BAY, Ore. – An assisted living home is continuing a fundraiser to raise money and help stop a disease that affects thousands of families each year. Ocean Ridge Assisted Living in Coos Bay is selling homemade quilts to raise ...
OREGON – Governor Kate Brown announced new plans to require comprehensive coronavirus testing at long term care facilities across the state. The communications officer for the Oregon Health Authority says the testing would be done at nursing, assisted living and ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Human Services is designating an oversight team to gather illness prevention reviews at all nursing, assisted living and residential care communities across the state. According to DHS, the specialized reviews will focus on ...
Medford, Or.- A new assisted living facility will soon provide care for senior residents in Medford. “There is a tremendous need for quality care,” Dustin Fields, owner of Weatherly Inn said. Dozens of senior citizens came out Thursday to witness ...
Eagle Point, Ore. — An assisted living facility in Eagle Point is barred from taking in any new residents. The order comes from the Department of Human Services following a routine licensing survey of Brookdale Senior Living, where they found ...
Medford, Ore. — A Medford skilled nursing facility is recovering from a norovirus outbreak. At least 20 patients and 10 staff at Avamere Three Fountains were affected with the gastrointestinal bug which causes vomiting and diarrhea. Health officials at Jackson County Public ...