Deschutes County has Oregon’s fourth-highest assisted-living facility occupancy rate according to a report the state’s Aging and People with Disabilities office released this week. The report found all but 10 of the county’s 478 available units were occupied, giving the county an occupancy rate of 97.8 percent. Only Hood River, Lincoln and Klamath counties had a higher occupancy rate, according to the report.
Jefferson County had an occupancy rate of 55.6 percent according to the report which found 53 of its 96 available units were occupied, while the assisted-living facilities in Crook County did not report their occupancy figures to the Aging and People with Disabilities office.
