Senate Bill 1076 would require hospitals to find resources for homeless patients upon discharge Ricky Bayse wanted to testify before the Oregon Senate Committee on Health Care Wednesday, March 22, but he never made it to the Capitol. He spent the morning ...
29 Mar 2023 - Tom Henderson
County’s 2021 Domicile Unknown report details deadliest year on record for homeless Multnomah County residents Multnomah County’s Domicile Unknown report found at least 193 Multnomah County residents died while homeless in 2021 — the deadliest year on rec ...
15 Feb 2023 - Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo
DIRECTOR'S DESK | It's all-hands-on-deck when it comes to hygiene support We’re not helpless out here,” Raven Drake told me, standing in front of an eight-person tent that, she explained, would serve as a medical tent should any people in neighb ...
6 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
When low-income people save money on health care, they have a greater chance of affording rent and less chance of eviction, the researchers say Expanding Medicaid in the United States may help reduce the rate of eviction by lowering the cost of health car ...
22 Nov 2019 - Jared Brey
Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
Lisa Kuettle drives Mosaic Medical's medical van to various sites around Central Oregon: 'You go to where they are' Lisa Kuettle never gets what she calls “caregiver fatigue” – the feeling a doctor or nurse may get after a day of seeing pat ...
11 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Beaverton’s Nina Fekaris talks about the complicated overlap of housing, health care and education in Oregon’s rural communities According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where ...
19 Jan 2018 - Sarah Hansell