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Shelley Buckingham, AARP Oregon503-513-7367
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NEW SCORECARD AGAIN RANKS OREGON NEAR THE TOP IN
SERVING OLDER, DISABLED RESIDENTSMore must be done to improve
long-term services and supports
CLACKAMAS, OREGON--An updated national scorecard released today
that ranksstates on their performance on Long-Term Services and
Supports (LTSS) again placesOregon among the top three states that
out-perform others in the delivery of servicesand supports to older
adults and people with disabilities.
The new state-by-state report measures the effects of state
policies and programs onthe delivery of long-term care for people
who need help to live independently lookingat affordability and
access, choice of setting and provider, quality of life and
care,support for family caregivers, and how care transitions take
place. Prepared by AARPsPublic Policy Institute with support from
the SCAN Foundation and the Commonwealth
Fund, Raising Expectations 2014: A State Scorecard on Long Term
Services andSupport for Older Adults , People with Physical
Disabilities, and FamilyCaregivers, ranks each state overall and
within 26 performance indicators.
Chad Cheriel, PhD, AARP Oregon volunteer state president, and
AARP National PolicyCouncil member, cautions, although we
maintained our #3 national status, Oregonshouldnt rest on its
laurels or be too comfortable with the results of this study.
Afterover a decade of state funding cuts, especially to respite
care and caregiver training andsupports, Oregon is just beginning
to re-invest in caregiver support.
Oregon rates as a top state when it comes to other attributes of
caregiving policiesincluding paid sick leave, nurse delegation of
health maintenance tasks, and expending
more public safety-net dollars to services that allow one to
live independently at homeor home-like settings as opposed to just
skilled nursing home care. Indeed, Oregonrated as the top state to
have lowered extended use of nursing homes to assuretransitions
back to home or community settings.
The vast majority of older Oregonians want to live
independently, at home, as they age most with the help of unpaid
family caregivers. We have built a system over 35 yearswhich values
independence, dignity and choice. It has helped us achieve a high
rate of
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