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Meaningful activities enable person-directed living

2023-11-28T14:33:11-05:00November 28th, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

"CFI and its two organizations, The Green House Project and Pioneer Network, are known for ensuring the advancement of person-directed, relationship-rich living among all aging services settings. In Green House homes and other settings committed to non-institutional models of care, contextualizing and normalizing activities as part of everyday life is key to operations."

3 Experiments To Help Reduce Senior Care Worker Shortages

2023-11-16T16:48:18-05:00November 16th, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

"Three modest, low-cost experiments may help in small ways today and point the way to bigger, longer-term solutions ... One idea, designed by a group of creative nursing home operators under the banner of the Center for Innovation, is built around interactive training modules that teach staff how to better provide true resident-centered care."

Experts share ways to maximize organizational investment in training

2023-11-02T09:26:04-04:00November 2nd, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

"Long-term care leaders and managers have 'superpowers' that can improve their organizations’ return on investment in corporate training, according to experts speaking at a recent webinar sponsored by the Green House Project. Resources that can help managers avoid the challenges they face may be untapped, said Marla DeVries, chief learning officer at Green House Project’s parent organization, the Center for Innovation."

Experts create new vision for senior living

2023-10-05T14:43:07-04:00October 5th, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

"At the Center for Innovation’s 2023 conference this summer, C-suite leaders were challenged to build the aging support system of their dreams. ... Relying solely on ideas and concepts presented at major industry conferences, the authors warned, is a risk for today’s aging services giants. 'There will be nothing stopping outside competitors from entering the scene and redefining aging for themselves.'"

The Future Nursing Home Is Community-Centric and Embraces AI, While Rejecting Institutional Living Spaces

2023-09-28T12:33:48-04:00September 28th, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

"CFI leaders said their vision counters a 'stark decision' the sector faces. They can either stick with the status quo and fail to provide for the next generation of seniors, or pioneer breaking the cycle. But breaking out of a decades-old rut will mean creating something truly new and different. "

How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid

2023-08-21T11:24:56-04:00August 21st, 2023|Categories: In The News, National Media Items|

Facilities could improve their ventilation systems. They could abandon “semiprivate” rooms for private ones. Dividing buildings into smaller units with consistently assigned staff — an approach pioneered by the Green House Project — would both bolster relationships and reduce residents’ exposure to infection from workers coming and going.

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