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Daily Life
Learn more about the daily life of patients – from the living units and treatment planning to work and educational opportunities.
Learn more about the daily life of patients – from the living units and treatment planning to work and educational opportunities.
Some Oregon State Hospital patients on the Salem campus make Adirondack furniture. Through this vocational opportunity, patients learn new skills that will help them find employment in the community.
Through the community partnership, OSH patients grow flowers and veggie starts in the greenhouse on the hospital grounds for the nursery to sell. The nursery gains a supplier, the patients learn small-business practices, and, most importantly, community members learn more about the talents and capabilities of OSH patients.
Visitation
Visits from friends and family play an important role in a person’s recovery. Learn more about the application process and how visits work on both the Junction City and Salem campuses.
2600 Center St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
29398 Recovery Way
Junction City, OR 97448
Treatment
At Oregon State Hospital, patients are part of a treatment team. The team develops individual goals and identifies steps to help patients achieve these goals. Learn more about treatment care planning, which is an important part of the hospital’s discharge process.
A former OSH patient explains her love for art and how it’s helped her express her creativity and process her emotions.
Did you know Oregon State Hospital has a service dog training program for patients?
In the summer of 2019, the trainers played with a dozen 9-week-old Labrador puppies slated for service – some of which may later return to the hospital for formal training! The visit’s purpose was to help socialize the puppies and teach patients how to interact with them.
On May 5, 2019, Oregon State Hospital patients and staff attended the
Joys of Living Assistance Dogs (JLAD) graduation ceremony at the Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center in Salem.
Trixie, who was trained as part of the hospital’s new Service Dog Training Program, honed her strength retrieval skills through swim therapy.
Events
2019
Live music, a dunk tank and more than 100 pieces of patient-created art were featured during Summer Fest at Oregon State Hospital on July 17. Patients were encouraged to display and perform their own creative projects at the private event on the Salem campus.
To honor diversity, practice acceptance, and express self-pride for members of the LGBTQ+ community, Oregon State Hospital hosted a PRIDE celebration in June for its patients and staff.
In May, Oregon State Hospital patients and staff helped raise more than $5,200 for the National Alliance on Mental Illness – bringing its preliminary, eight-year total to $105,000.
About 20 patients – and 30 of their friends and family members – took part in Friends and Family Day in March on the Salem Campus. Highlights of the event included tours of the hospital, a shared lunch, and face time with hospital administrators.
Careers
Oregon State Hospital is looking for psychiatrists, nurses and others who are passionate about working with people with severe mental illness and helping them return to their lives in the community.