Could the Pandemic Transform Nursing Homes?
Those that build Green Houses or provide private rooms, for example, could get paid a higher rate from Medicaid, John Ponthie adds. The government could also offer more low-interest construction financing.
We know the nursing home is broken. Here’s how to fix it
By Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Steve McAlilly, and Susan Ryan The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the problems baked into America’s nursing home infrastructure. These issues – low pay for frontline staff, woefully outdated buildings, “semi-private” rooms [...]
The Green House Project Takes on New Relevance
This not-for-profit organization committed to redefining traditional nursing homes has garnered extensive media exposure for defying the odds.
The Green House Project Announces Hire of Ann McLaughlin as Project Coach
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD., November 12, 2021 – The Green House Project (GHP) today announces the hire of Ann McLaughlin in the role of Project Coach. McLaughlin comes to GHP with a deep and unique perspective [...]
Interview with Edie Morgan, Founder of The Mustard Seed Project
The word “facility” was outlawed when talking about the Green House Project. The word “home” evolved to mean “facility” in the past, but we’re taking it back and embracing the real meaning. It’s never going to be exactly like a person’s very own home, but the concept of care revolves around each individual and their preferences and their needs, their lifestyle, their skills and abilities, their memories.
Mustard Seed Begins Building First Home for KP Elders
“What we’re building is a Green House Project model; it’s a small-hearth home model, so for example if there’s a resident whose family wants to come and bake cookies, they can do that in the common kitchen. The whole effort is to make it feel like home and not a facility."
$1.3B in Funding for Small Homes in Peril
Green House Project Senior Director Susan Ryan said in a statement to Skilled Nursing News that while the organization fully supports the efforts included in the bill, leaving out the pilot program “is a [...]
Key Peninsula’s first senior living to use design showing success with COVID rates
“This is a model that has more or less revolutionized care for seniors,” said Mustard Seed Project board chair Sara Thompson, a retired family-care physician. “It gives seniors a much more home-like atmosphere.”
A New Culture of Aging
Join Green House Project founder Dr. Bill Thomas, Green House adopter Matt Trimble of Saint Elizabeth Community, and Navigator Elder Homes of New England CEO Renee Lohman for a discussion about Navigator's new Green House-inspired development on Martha's Vineyard, as well as the overall future of elder-directed care.
COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes
"We need small. Green House is a model that is very exciting. They have small locations of care. Maybe 12 individuals live in a setting. It’s personalized. It would look more like your living room than [...]