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Article: Oregon Reconsiders Rethinks Nursing Homes as Elderly Population Grows.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- July 25, 2000
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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, wrestling with health, financial and demographic considerations. At issue:
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