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Month: May 2020

Judy Ann Parker and Eugene’s Missing Mentally Ill

May 31, 2020
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| Advocacy, Health Care, Housing, Mental Health

“Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that, one magical day, good luck will suddenly rain down on them — will rain down in buckets. But good luck doesn’t rain down, yesterday, today, tomorrow or ever. Good luck doesn’t even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard […]

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Changes to OSH’s Discharge Timing for “Able” or “Never Able” Patients

May 29, 2020
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| Health Care, Mental Health

OREGON STATE HOSPITAL Office of the Superintendent Kate Brown, Governor 2600 Center Street NE Salem, OR, 97301 Voice: 503-945-9265 May 22, 2020 Fax: 503-945-9839 Memorandum – May 22, 2020 DOWNLOAD – Fully formatted version of this letter (PDF) DOWNLOAD – Oregon State Hospital’s Response to COVID-19 – presented to the Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary, […]

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Vancouver Navigation Center in limbo due to virus

May 26, 2020
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| Addiction, Housing, Mental Health

Columbian – May 26, 2020Columbian – May 26, 2020 When COVID-19 hit, the Vancouver Navigation Center had just been getting back on track. The city-owned day shelter for people without homes had been through a thorny couple of months. It had been left without a designated operator; the previous organization, the nonprofit Share, had dropped […]

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Lawsuit Reveals Details About Josephine County Jail Death Uncovered

May 20, 2020
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| Health Care, Mental Health, Prisons

From OPB.org May 15, 2020 The family of a woman who died in the Josephine County Jail in 2018 filed a lawsuit last month against the county, sheriff and private medical companies responsible for her care. On Sept. 5, 2018, Janelle Marie Butterfield hanged herself in her segregation cell. Butterfield’s case was first reported by […]

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Oregon Health Authority Could Face Deep Cuts To Behavioral Health, Medicaid

May 12, 2020
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From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020From the Lund Report – May 11, 2020 The Oregon Health Authority may freeze new behavioral health programs, remove nearly one-quarter of the beds from Oregon State Hospital and pare back Medicaid services, even as the state reels from the pandemic with thousands of laid-off Oregonians applying for […]

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Face Masks for Sale

May 10, 2020
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Washington Recovery Services has face masks for sale – in bulk and at cost – to churches, nonprofit organizations, government offices, service organizations, private and public schools, and individuals. Masks are sold in packages of 50 masks for $25 per package – $.50 per mask. Masks are baby-blue full-size adult paper/cloth surgical-type masks with one-size-fits-all […]

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Archive: Oregon State Hospital and COVID 19

May 5, 2020
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Here are articles and reports about the Oregon State Hospital and COVID 19. We’ll include items about Oregon State Hospital and Oregon State Hospital at Junction City. To read the archive for Eastern Washington State Hospital and Western Washington State Hospital, go here. The items in this post link to complete texts in posts on […]

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Cook at Oregon State Hospital fell through COVID-19 testing cracks for weeks, ended up in coma

May 5, 2020
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From the Salem Statesman JournalFrom the Salem Statesman Journal May 5, 2020 Tony Villasenor had a persistent cough, flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath. In his early 60s, with underlying medical conditions, he was seen by healthcare providers in the emergency rooms of two local hospitals and a clinic. But each time, even as he […]

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