Hillsboro Medical Center is shuttering one of the Portland area’s only geriatric psychiatry units, meaning there will soon be fewer health care options for older adults with acute mental health disorders.
The Lund Report first covered news of the closure, which Hillsboro Medical Center says will take effect Sept. 4. The hospital, which is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University, describes its 21-bed Center for Geriatric Psychiatry as one of only three acute psychiatric centers in Oregon that specialize in treating older adults.
Touting its access to OHSU specialists, the Hillsboro Medical Center website says the unit treats patients 50 years and older for depression, anxiety, psychosis and self-destructive or threatening behavior tied to a psychiatric illness…