From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 26 2009 Secondary inspection will gauge progress toward improvements Patient care and conditions at the Oregon State Hospital will draw new scrutiny this week from a familiar critic. Starting Monday, a team dispatched by the U.S. Department of Justice will tour the hospital campus, examine patient records and hear […]
From the Oregonian, July 25 2009 Changes are happening at Oregon’s 126-year-old state mental institution. How much and how fast it is changing are what U.S. Department of Justice investigators will consider when they return this week for their first comprehensive evaluation since November 2006. Following that last visit, the team released a report in […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 12 2009 State spends more than $500,000 on advice from two consultants Two nationally recognized mental-health consultants quietly have played key roles in the state’s push to reform the Oregon State Hospital. It hasn’t come cheap. The state has shelled out more than a half-million dollars for consulting advice […]
Improvements to women’s maximum-security section have resulted in crowding and violence in the men’s From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 20 2009 New frustration about patient violence has erupted in Oregon State Hospital’s forensic psychiatric program. Worker anger and discontent come in the wake of last month’s launch of the hospital’s first maximum-security ward for […]
From the Salem Statesman-Journal, June 13 2009 Federal investigators plan to return to the Oregon State Hospital next month for a fresh review of patient care and conditions. Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Justice Department’s sharp critique of Oregon’s main mental hospital shocked state officials and spurred reform-minded changes. A team will examine patient care […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 12 2009 Judge’s comments don’t offer details – or anything new A $250,000 report about the Oregon State Hospital may reveal more about state government than it does about the hospital. Gov. Ted Kulongoski brought in retired Lane County Judge James Hargreaves as a special master more than a […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 6 2008 Demolition of Oregon State Hospital’s J Building begins A construction crew took the first bites out of J Building, the site of the filming of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” this morning. The process of pulling down of the deserted three-story south wing of Oregon State […]
From AP / KATU.com April 6 2009 Part of ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ hospital torn down The roof of the Oregon State Hospital’s historic J building in Salem, Oregon is removed Monday, April 6, 2009. Workers on Monday began tearing down part of the Oregon State Hospital building where Jack Nicholson played a rebellious patient in the […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, March 31 2009 There also is little sense of urgency, evaluation says A retired judge hired to evaluate reforms at the Oregon State Hospital reports that the effort has been plagued by a lack of urgency, undefined goals and poor planning. James Hargreaves recently wrapped up his one-year stint as […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, March 30 2009 Orr feels great about first year at hospital – Goals for state’s major psychiatric facility on track A year after he took the reins of the embattled Oregon State Hospital, Superintendent Roy Orr touts sweeping changes at the 126-year-old psychiatric facility. “I feel great about our first […]
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