2022 Oregon Long Term Care State Report www.ohca.com 6 Oregon Leads the Nation in Providing High-Quality Long Term Care For more than 40 years, Oregon has been a national leader in providing quality care and services to older adults and other Oregonians living in long term care settings. Oregon’s pioneering efforts to provide aging services in the home and in home-like settings and our commitment to fund these services for lowerincome Oregonians enable those in need of care, from all backgrounds, to receive some of the highestquality care in the country. Long term care is the continuum of services and supports that includes health care, social services, and housing for individuals living with illnesses or disabilities that affect the ability to perform activities of daily living. Today, more than 40,000 Oregonians reside in licensed long term care settings and nearly 9,500 Oregonians receive services and supports in their homes provided by licensed in-home care agencies. Long term care continues to face many challenges, including continued impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting workforce and cost containment challenges that came with it. For more than two years, providers have been working tirelessly to keep their staff and residents safe, while continuing to promote independence, choice, and dignity for their residents. Due to unprecedented inflation within the global economy, the cost of providing care and services continues to skyrocket. Yet, on the horizon we can see increasingly rising demand for long term care services as the “baby boomer” generation ages. There has never been a more critical time for the state to renew and enhance its commitment to long term care services and supports. #3 AARP ranked Oregon 3rd highest in the support of family caregivers.2 #4 AARP ranked Oregon 4th highest in the nation for long term care.3 #1 Oregon continues to invest more in home and community-based services as a percentage of Medicaid long term care service spending than any other state. (83.3% of all LTSS dollars.)1 Oregon ranked 4th in the nation in successful transfers from skilled nursing facilities back to their homes and to the community.4 #4
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