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Navigating Long Term Care in Oregon
The long term care continuum is very robust in Oregon. Note that this continuum is fluid and that where these services are placed in relation to least amount of care to highest amount of care can fluctuate. A person who is very compromised may receive services around the clock in their own home via a home health agency. This serves as a general guide.
Oregon’s Long Term Care Continuum
Planning and Preparation
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Communicating Your Health Care Decisions
If you have a serious health condition you need to make advance decisions about life sustaining treatment. The POLST form is voluntary and is intended to help you and your health care professional discuss and develop plans to reflect your wishes, as well as assist health care facilities, and emergency personnel to honor your wishes for life-sustaining treatment.
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Legal Issues for Older Adults
This Oregon State Bar publication, Legal Issues for Older Adults: An Oregon Legal Information and Resource Guide, provides understandable and comprehensive information to literally guide families through a number of legal topics. In addition, it provides cross-references, glossaries and resource lists to direct readers to other sources of information.
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National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information
This web site was developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and resources to help you and your family plan for future long-term care (LTC) needs.
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The Effort
(Elder Fraud Fighters of Oregon Tribune) is a quarterly newsletter published by DHS Seniors & People with Disabilities to help fight Medicare/Medicaid fraud. The publication is made possible by a grant from the Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Services In Your Community
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Network of Care
A community resource where seniors and people with disabilities, along with their caregivers and service providers, can easily access a wide variety of important information about issues that affect their lives.
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Oregon Partnership for Prescription Assistance
The Oregon Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) was developed to improve access to health services and medications for Oregonians in need. Simplified access points create an easy way to apply for both public and private prescription assistance and to learn about access to other health services.
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State of Oregon, Department of Human Services (DHS), Senior & People with Disabilities (SPD)
The division responsible for licensing and regulating long term care providers, including facilities, in the State of Oregon.
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