Oregon Reconsiders Rethinks Nursing Homes as Elderly Population Grows.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: July 25, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Jul. 25--Oregon, the state that built a national reputation for designing alternatives to nursing homes, has become something of a victim of its own success.

The closure of 16 nursing homes in the past two years -- at the same time the elderly population is swelling -- is forcing politicians and long-term care leaders toward a growing realization: Nursing homes play a vital role and must be preserved.

How many need to be preserved and in what form are questions that government and industry people -- both in Oregon and nationally -- are beginning to try to answer, ...

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