20 for 20: The Green House Footprint Hits 300
When Londonderry Village opened its first Green House homes way back in 2007, there were no more than 20 of their kind in the country. More than a decade later, when the community in Palmyra, [...]
Why Nursing Homes Need A Total Redesign
Small, household models of skilled nursing care are not new, but they have been largely overlooked until the COVID-19 pandemic, during which they fared far better than traditional nursing homes. At the same time, a growing body of research shows a multitude of quality advantages over traditional nursing homes.
20 for 20: GHP Hits the Podcast Airwaves with “Elevate Eldercare”
As with every other organization in the eldercare space, the COVID-19 pandemic presented the most challenging operating environment in our history. Isolated from our partner communities and working over Zoom like the rest of the [...]
20 for 20: Building the Best Life for People Living with Dementia
Even as public awareness of dementia has grown in recent decades, care for people living with dementia has remained largely static. At best, in many settings, caregivers see elders living with dementia as a cluster [...]
20 for 20: Green House Goes Global
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that the problems plaguing U.S. eldercare are shared around the globe. From outdated infrastructure to caregiving shortages to widespread ageism that devalues older lives, the pandemic revealed and exacerbated deep issues [...]
20 for 20: PACE Partnership Innovates Eldercare in Detroit
GHP is known primarily for our flagship small-house alternatives to traditional nursing homes, but that's only one part of our mission. We believe that every elder deserves to receive empowering, high-quality services and supports in [...]
20 for 20: Grassroots Effort Grows 200th Green House Home
When GHP opened the 200th Green House home in Pompano Beach, Fla. in 2016, the celebration was especially sweet for the residents who made it all possible. Starting in 2006, members of the John Knox [...]
20 for 20: MERIT Surveys Generate Data, Prove Value of Model
From the very beginning of The Green House Project, stories from elders, caregivers, and families validated the decision to reimagine and transform the traditional nursing home. But anecdotal evidence can only go so far toward [...]
20 for 20: Peer Network Strengthens Connections, Promotes Innovation
While GHP doesn't directly operate any of the nearly 400 Green House homes across the country, our provider partners form a vital, thriving network of organizations looking to provide truly empowering, life-affirming care. Since 2012, [...]
20 for 20: 100 Homes Within Eight Years
When the Green House model was first implemented in 2003, it was still very much an experiment based on the observations and theories of Bill and Jude Thomas and their colleagues. While the core values [...]