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02/29/2020: Visitation restrictions initiated for nursing, assisted living and residential care facilities.
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03/09/2020: Fully launched statewide, in-person review of infection control procedures and emergency plans for pandemic at more than 670 facilities.
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03/10/2020: Policy update included a new prevention protocol in which all long-term care facilities are required to report if a resident or staff member has COVID-19. In the event that a facility reports a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, it must adopt more stringent infection control requirements under an executive order. These controls include a restriction on admission and a requirement to log their screening activity for all visitors. This practice ensures that state licensed facilities will have proactively taken appropriate infection control measures in the unfortunate event they do have an incident of COVID-19. The executive order is lifted with documentation that a suspected case or cases is negative.
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03/17/2020: Announced that long-term care visitation limits and restrictions increased as part of a broader policy update. These limits and restrictions were applied to all long-term care settings including adult foster homes.
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04/11/2020: The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority launched a multi-agency support team to assess the needs of long-term care facilities experiencing increased COVID-19 cases and help them access resources to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 to residents and staff.
- 06/15/2020: Governor's Long-Term Care Facility Testing Plan is introduced.
- 07/20/2020: Oregon Department of Human Services introduces limited outdoor visitation for long-term care facilities.
- 11/02/2020: Oregon Department of Human Services allows limited indoor visitation at qualifying nursing, assisted living and residential care facilities.
- 11/18/2020: Limited indoor visitation prohibited due to rising COVID-19 infections.
Facility Precautions
All long-term care facilities in Oregon are limiting visitors and taking extra steps to prevent illness.
We want to be sure you have the information you need as we’re all in this together. We thank everyone who is working to prevent illness and keeping the public informed.
Facilities with a staff member or resident with a reported or suspected case of COVID-19 case will post this Restriction of Admission sign at their entrance and exits. If you have questions about visitor and admission limits, please call the facility directly.
If a care facility’s resident or staff member believes they could have COVID-19 and are waiting for test results, they will practice the same restrictions as those who are caring for a resident with the virus.
The lists below identify those facilities reporting that they have either a staff member or resident with COVID-19 or a pending test.
COVID-10 Prevention Information for Long-Term Care Staff: Please help us share information about how long-term care staff can protect themselves from COVID-19 outside of work, so they don’t bring the virus into a long-term care setting. Download and share our flyer (Spanish-language version) and social media message cards for Facebook and Twitter.
Confirmed and Pending Cases of COVID-19
Nursing, residential care and assisted living facilities reporting that they have a staff member or resident with COVID-19 aren’t accepting new residents and have more limits on visitors. They are also taking extra precautions. We have provided lists below of these facilities so that you understand the restrictions they have in place. Facilities remain on these lists while a resident is recovering from the virus. In some cases, a resident who tested positive may no longer be at the facility. They could be at a hospital. The facility remains on the list until 14 days have passed without any residents showing symptoms of the virus. Staff members who contract the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 do not continue to work when ill.
The lists are updated twice weekly. In between updates, facilities could be removed from the lists. Please call the facility where you live, want to live or plan to visit, if you have questions.
Adult Foster Homes
To protect individuals’ privacy, we are providing general information about adult foster homes that have reported that a resident or staff member is being tested for the virus or has COVID-19. Information about the total number of adult foster homes making these reports is found below.
Individuals may call the adult foster home where they want to live or visit to get information on whether they are currently admitting new residents. Adult foster homes will also post signs if they are currently taking additional prevention measures because residents or staff have COVID-19 or being tested for the virus.