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- Alaska Green House Projects
- Alabama Green House Projects
Alabama has two Green House Projects : St. Martin’s in the Pines and Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.
- Arkansas Green House Projects
Arkansas has three Green House Projects: The Green House Homes at Legacy Village, The Green House Cottages of Wentworth Place, and The Green House Cottages of Southern Hills
- Arizona Green House Projects
Arizona has two Green House Projects : Baptist Village Youngstown and Baptist Village Pheonix.
- California Green House Projects
- Colorado Green House Projects
Colorado has two Green House Projects: Marisol Community and Washington County Nursing Home.
- Florida Green House Projects
Florida has two Green House Projects: Brooks Rehab and John Knox Village
- Georgia Green House Projects
- Illinois Green House Projects
Illinois has two Green House Projects: Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and VA Illiana Green House Homes
- Kansas Green House Projects
- Kentucky Green House Projects
- Massachusetts Green House Projects
Massachusetts has two Green House Projects: The Leonard Florence Center for Living and White Oak Cottages at Fox Hill Village .
- Maryland Green House Projects
Maryland has one Green House Project: Green House Residences at Stadium Place.
- Maine Green House Projects
- Michigan Green House Projects
Michigan has four Green House Projects: Pinecrest Medical Care Facility, Porter Hills, The Village of Redford, and Vern & Lois Boersma Cottage
- Minnesota Green House Projects
Minnesota has two Green House Projects: Episcopal Church Homes and Water's Edge at Willow Brook.
- Mississippi Green House Projects
- Montana Green House Projects
- North Carolina Green House Projects
- Nebraska Green House Projects
- New Jersey Green House Projects
New Jersey has two Green House Projects: Green House Living at Green Hill and St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center
- New Mexico Green House Projects
- New York Green House Projects
New York has five Green House Projects: Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged/Sarah Neuman Center, The Eddy Village Green at Cohoes, St. John's Home - Pennfield, St. John's Home - Henrietta, and Victoria Home.
- Ohio Green House Projects
- Pennsylvania Green House Projects
Pennsylvania has two Green House Projects: Lebanon Valley Brethren Home and LIFE Beaver and Lawrence
- Tennessee Green House Projects
Tennessee has two Green House Projects: Ave Maria Home and Jefferson County Nursing Home.
- Texas Green House Projects
Texas has two Green House Projects: The Green House Homes at Sagecrest and Buckner Westminster Place,
- Utah Green House Projects
- Virginia Green House Projects
- Washington Green House Projects
- Wisconsin Green House Projects
Wisconsin has three Green House Projects: Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh, Tomah VA Medical Center, and J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
- Wyoming Green House Projects
- Core Values
- Empowered Staff
The innovative organizational structure in the Green House model is based upon “the conviction that we need a new framework around which to organize the experience of those who protect, sustain, and nurture our elders.” The structure challenges the traditional nursing home hierarchy to create environments that empower elders and those who are closest to them.
- Meaningful Life
The Green House model is rooted in a philosophy of person-directed, relationship-based care. The model embraces elderhood as an opportunity for continued growth and development.
- Real Home
Video Title Goes Here (360 Tour) The physical environment of each Green House home is designed to transform the institutional nursing facility into a small, residential environment that is home to 10 to 12 elders.
- Events
- Green House Overview Webinar: April 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Aging Services America: Chicago, IL
- Association of Jewish Aging Services March 3-6: Los Angeles, CA
- Adult Learner-Centered Education: February 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Adult Learner-Centered Education Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Adult Learner-Centered Education:March 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Adult Learner-Centered Education Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Adult Learner-Centered Education: September 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Adult Learner-Centered Education Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Adult Learner-Centered Education: September 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Adult Learner-Centered Education Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Peer Network Call: Green House model as Best Practice for Dementia
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Meaningful Life
- Anna Ortigara, Meaningful Engagement Modules Webinar
- Dr. Bill Thomas & Steve McAlilly:Where It All Began Webinar
- Peer Network Call:Rachel Scher with Ina Hoffman, Doug Luginbill and Jennifer Ray: Building Strategic Relationships
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Meaningful Life
- California Association of Health Facilities Quality Symposium
- California Association of Health Facilities Quality Symposium
- Coaching Supervision: April 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Coaching Supervision Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Guides and Directors of Nursing. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Coaching Supervision: April 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Coaching Supervision Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Guides and Directors of Nursing. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Coaching Supervision: October 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Coaching Supervision Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Guides and Directors of Nursing. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Coaching Supervision: October 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Coaching Supervision Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Guides and Directors of Nursing. The program will be held at The Green House Project office in Arlington, VA.
- Colorado Culture Change
- PN Webinar- David Farrell: Overview of The 5 Star Nursing Home Rating
Learn how to maximize social media for your organization to leverage your Green House certification, build community awareness and support, and market your Green House homes through the national initiative.
- Peer Network Call: What is New with The Green House Project
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Meaningful Life
- David Farrell: The Power of Relational Coordination in Effective Leadership Webinar
- The Green House Educator Program: August 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Educator Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Eddy Village Green, an operating Green House organization in Albany, NY.
- The Green House Educator Program: August 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Educator Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Eddy Village Green, an operating Green House organization in Albany, NY.
- The Green House Educator Program: February 2014
THE GREEN HOUSE® Educator Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Eddy Village Green, an operating Green House organization in Albany, NY.
- The Green House Educator Program: March 2013
THE GREEN HOUSE® Educator Program is a highly interactive workshop available exclusively to Green House Educators. The program will be held at The Eddy Village Green, an operating Green House organization in Albany, NY.
- Environments for Aging April 7-9: New Orleans, LA
- Green House Overview Webinar
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Florida Health Care Association
- GHP Workshop: Chelsea, MA
The Green House Workshop is the first step in bringing Green House homes to your community.
- Green House Overview Webinar: March 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project management to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: May 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- PN Webinar- Launching Peer Network Website
- Leading Age California Luncheon April 23: Walnut Creek, CA
- Leading Age New York Luncheon April 30: Cohoes, NY
- Leading Age Dallas
- Leading Age Florida
- Leading Age Michigan
- Leading Age Pennsylvania
- Learning & Action Network QIO: East Lansing, MI
- LifeSpan/HFAM Conference
- Peer Network Call: "Mainstreaming Dementia: A Case for Integration"
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Meaningful Life
- Missouri Culture Change Coalition
- Montana Health Care Association April 8-9: Helena, MT
- PN Webinar- NCB Capital Impact: Lending and Finance Overview
Learn how to maximize social media for your organization to leverage your Green House certification, build community awareness and support, and market your Green House homes through the national initiative.
- North Dakota QIO
- Ontario Long Term Care Conference
- Green House Overview Webinar: August 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: December 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: July 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: June 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: November 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: October 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Green House Overview Webinar: September 2013
The Green House Overview Webinar is a convenient way to introduce this model, the research and the effective project managment to your team
- Pioneer Network
- PN Webinar- Dr. Bill Thomas, Conecting Vision with Practice, 4 pm EST
Join Dr. Bill Thomas as he discusses storytelling as a way to create an empowered community: "Stories are inside of us, we become the story of our lives."
- PN Webinar- The Green House Values: Meaningful Life, 2 pm EST
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Meaningful Life
- PN Webinar- Connecting Safely Online, 2 pm EST
Learn how to maximize social media for your organization to leverage your Green House certification, build community awareness and support, and market your Green House homes through the national initiative.
- PN Webinar- The Green House Values: Empowered Staff, 2 pm EST
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Empowered Staff
- PN Webinar- The Green House Values: Real Home, 2 pm EST
This webinar will bring Green House adopters together to share experiences and explore The Green House value of Real Home
- Rhode Island QIO
- Vermont Health Care Association
- Virginia Culture Change Coalition
- Wisconsin MPRO
- GHP Workshop: West Orange, NJ
The Green House Workshop is the first step in bringing Green House homes to your community.
- Green House Overview Webinar: April 2013
- Data Collection & Research
- Events - Peer Network
- Resource Library
- Resource Library
- Architecture & Design Resources
Resources to support the design principles and process of The Green House Project
- Clinical Resources
The Green House model supports as good, if not better clinical care than in the traditional model. This is because of the deep knowing that occurs between staff and elders, and the valued partnership between the clinical support team and shahbazim
- Education Resources
Throughout The Green House implementation process, over 200 hours of cutting edge education, helps to facilitate the deep, comprehensive and sustainable transformation.
- Financial Resources
Expertise within The Green House Project Team and our partners help the adopter achieve positive financial outcomes.
- Leadership & Team Building Resources
Implementing the Green House model requires formal and informal leaders to increase their self and organizational awareness, question, explore, practice, model and develop new perspectives about some of an organization’s most basic cultural assumptions.
- Marketing Resources
Communicating The Green House Advantage in a clear and succinct way is important to the success of the model.
- Regulatory Resources
In the Green House model, deep culture change is achieved within the regulatory requirements and with the continued intention of providing safe effective care and support services as required by the elder’s plan of care. To meet this objective, the Green House Project Team conducts a review of the rules and regulations for licensure according to your organization’s level of care and services provided.
- Peer Network Committees
- Steering Committee
- Steering Committee
Steering Committee provides leadership to the Peer Network and liaisons with The Green House team
- Joyce Ebmeier
David Farrell holds a master’s degree in social work with a concentration in business administration and gerontology from Boston College, a license in nursing home administration and an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College. He is co-author of the award-winning book “Meeting the Leadership Challenge in LTC: What You Do Matters,” and has co-authored numerous journal articles on quality improvement and culture change.
- Randy Stoll
Randy Stoll is the CEO of Mt. San Antonio Gardens
- Toni Lynn Davis
David Farrell holds a master’s degree in social work with a concentration in business administration and gerontology from Boston College, a license in nursing home administration and an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College. He is co-author of the award-winning book “Meeting the Leadership Challenge in LTC: What You Do Matters,” and has co-authored numerous journal articles on quality improvement and culture change.
- Steering Committee
- Steering Committee
- Peer Network Committees
In partnership with The Green House Project team, five Peer Network Committees shape the vision and guide the direction of the Peer Network.
- Education Committee
Education committee ensures that Green House curricula is meeting the needs of model adopters
- Government Relations Committee
Government Relations is about creating awareness and support of the model amongst legislators and regulators
- Marketing and Communications Committee
This committee is charged with creating Brand Ambassadors through clear messaging and communication channels
- Model Integrity Committee
The purpose of The Green House Project Peer Network Model Integrity Committee is to participate, review, discuss, and Assist adopters who are struggling to achieve full Green House model adoption.
- David Farrell
David Farrell holds a master’s degree in social work with a concentration in business administration and gerontology from Boston College, a license in nursing home administration and an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College. He is co-author of the award-winning book “Meeting the Leadership Challenge in LTC: What You Do Matters,” and has co-authored numerous journal articles on quality improvement and culture change.
- Marla DeVries
Marla is a Project Guide with The Green House Project. Her experience as an Eden Educator lends itself well to delivering strong and comprehensive Technical Assistance
- Susan Frazier
25 years of nursing with a concentration in gerontology and Alzheimer’s/dementia care—Director of Nursing/Geriatric Nurse Educator...
- Mary Hopfner-Thomas
Mary is a project manager with The Green House team
- Lisa Maxwell
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- Torya McGee
Torya is the Operations Manager for The Green House Project
- Meaghan McMahon
Meaghan is a master's prepared social worker, and will use her skills to support Green House adopters to implement deep culture change
- Anna Ortigara
Anna is currently the Director of Innovations, where she oversees the development of resources and tools to successfully implement the Green House model...
- Maura Porcelli
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- Rachel Scher
- Margaret Stansbury
Margaret is a master's prepared social worker, and will use her skills to support Green House adopters to implement deep culture change
- Kate Waldo
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- Debbie Wiegand
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- Work With Us
- Make The Case
- Scope of Services
- Take the Next Step
The Green House Workshop is the first step for an organization interested in bringing Green House homes to their community. The workshop includes an overview of the key components of the model, a discussion of the financial and operational implications, and a summary of services provided by The Green House Project.

