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August 1,2001
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Elder Care Program Expands at Glendoveer Villa
M ore frail elderly will be able to
p a r tic ip a te
in
P r o v id e n c e
ElderPlace as the program expands
at its G lendoveer site.
P r o v id e n c e h a s p u r c h a s e d
G lendoveer Retirement Villa at 13007
NE G lisan in Portland. Providence
ElderPlace has occupied a portion
o f the facility since Septem ber o f
1996, providing health care and a
home to the com m unity’s frail eld­
erly.
Local projections show about
3,000 frail elderly in the eastern area
o f M ultnom ah C ounty could ben­
efit from long-term care. The recent
census shows that 35 million Ameri­
cans are 65 years and older, w ith
the baby boom ers (boni betw een
1946 and 1964) com prising 76 m il­
lion A m ericans.
Providence ElderPlace provides
a com plete package o f residential,
m edical and social long-term care.
Services include on-site medical ap­
pointm ents w ith physicians, recre­
ational activities, and transporta­
tion to and from facilities for about
500 frail elderly ages 55 to over 100
years old.
C urrently, 87 people live a t .
G lendoveer, o f which 50 are Provi­
dence ElderPlace participants. The
c u n e n t residents who are not in the
Providence ElderPlace program will
be offered an opportunity to enroll
in ElderPlace or can continue to
stay at G lendoveer under their own
cov erag e, K eister said. “ Som e
people have lived there for 10 or 15
years. We know it’s their home and
we respect that,” he added.
Renovation work will create living
space for 120peopleandwillupgrade
the structure and its apartment units
to provide optimum care
for the people who live at
Providence ElderPlace in
Glendoveer. Providence
w ill retain its special
Alzheimer’s licensure for
16 of the units.
Providence signed an
agreement May 1 with
owner Richard Hayden to
purchase the facility and
property, and closed on
the deal May 31. Renova­
tion work began last month
in July.
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