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Caden Perry/OPBOregon鈥檚 temperatures are dipping, but last month鈥檚 heat wave solidified an unsettling trend: Extreme heat is hitting Oregon鈥檚 aging population hard. -
Courtesy of familyKi Soon Hyun's death outside a Sandy memory care facility has put a bright light on significant issues in Oregon.
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Oregon鈥檚 long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month. -
The state鈥檚 licensing officials waited nearly one month after her death to enter the care facility, according to a damning investigation released by the Oregon long-term care ombudsman this week. -
Climate change disproportionately affects communities of color, the elderly, people with disabilities and low-income households. -
Twenty grandmas and grandpas on the Washington coast joined a pilot project that is trialing how artificial intelligence-driven companion robots could reduce loneliness and social isolation among seniors 鈥攅specially those living alone. -
Californians 85 and older are especially susceptible to malnutrition. They accounted for almost three in five malnutrition deaths in the state last year. -
A bill intended to help investigators pursue people suspected of scamming older Californians out of their savings is advancing in the state Legislature. -
Some seniors have been homeless for years and are now growing older. But the increasing numbers also reflect another trend: those experiencing homelessness for the first time after age 50.
