One of the new laws approved in the Oregon legislative session this year gives people with a family member in memory care the right to establish independent councils to advocate for their loved ones.
It’s not that often that a couple of ordinary Oregonians who don’t work in government are successful in getting a law passed in Salem. But two Eugene-area residents were the forces behind the legislation.
Jewel Nelson and Judith Smith met in 2019 when each of their mothers moved into memory care at the Rawlins in Springfield…