Josephine County
Behavioral Health Specialist
Angela Franklin, QMHA-R
afranklin@optionsonline.org
541-450-2036
Angela Franklin is an Older Adult Specialist and Suicide Prevention Coordinator with Options for Southern Oregon, serving Josephine County. Angela is a practicing Death Midwife and has worked with elders as a caregiver, hospice volunteer and community educator. She is dedicated to making sure the people in her region have access to resources and receiving the appropriate support, especially vulnerable populations, including elders and LGBTQ2+. Residing in rural southern Oregon for over 10 years, she brings deep respect and care for the Illinois Valley and Josephine County residents into her work through networking and linking resources. Her passion for outreach and education shows in Advanced Care Planning classes she holds regularly. She is a founder of Crossroads Community DeathCare, a community-driven organization based on practical death care, education, outreach, and community grieving support.
Angela attended Portland State University and Lindenwood University, and has completed training around the country in end-of-life support, herbalism, grief care and funerary planning. She teaches workshops in death care, advance care planning, shroud making, and various folk arts.
Luisa Guardione, LCSW, QMHP
lguardione@optionsonline.org
541-472-5879
541-450-1729 (cell)
Luisa received her bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the California Polytechnic University in Pomona, CA in 1994. She later participated in the Specialized Mental Health Program at the University of Cincinnati in OH, where she received her master’s degree in Social Work in 2006. Luisa has worked in a variety of settings across her thirty plus years of helping others and values the experiences she has had in each. She has worked with at risk youth and families in treatment foster care, been an advocate in domestic violence shelters, provided sexuality education to MRDD adults, and been a hospital discharge planner. Luisa joins OABHI from Options for Southern Oregon, where she has provided therapy, skills training, and treatment coordination to adults for over ten years. She is excited to bring her diverse background to the OABHI team.
County Profiles
Jackson & Josephine Counties
Jackson and Josephine counties have a higher percentage of adults age 65+ compared to Oregon overall.
- Jackson and Josephine counties have a higher percentage of householders age 65+ living alone compared to Oregon overall.
- Josephine County has a higher ratio of mental health providers than Jackson and Oregon overall.
- Both Jackson and Josephine counties have a similar percent prevalence of depression as Oregon overall.
Medicare Fact Sheets
- Total Medicare Beneficiaries: 26,666
- Medicare Traditional / Fee-for-Service: 15,840
- Medicare Advantage (MA): 10,826