If you didn't already know the reason for the event, the scene would have been indistinguishable from traditional neighborhood block party, the kind held on warm summer days where kids run across lawns and adults [...]
Michael Holt has lived at Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo for about two years. He said the community, which is set up like a normal subdivision with nursing home capabilities in each home, was unlike any other he’s seen. “I am alive for these parties,” Holt said with a smile as music blared, people danced and others played yard games. “I love it up here. There’s no comparison.”
"There is an increasing urgency and growing expectation for change in Australia – driven by residents, customers, workers, and regulators alike – to move to a model of care where the priority is the older person’s preferences and staff skills are developed and nurtured. The Green House Project delivers this."
ACH Group will be the first aged care provider in Australia to implement the U.S.-founded Green House Project (GHP) model of care, which promotes the autonomy and individuality of residents and staff. Informed by person-directed care principles, GHP maximizes the independence of residents, empowers staff, and enhances the benefits of the highly regarded small household design that Healthia has adopted.
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, [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 From outdated infrastructure to caregiving shortages to widespread ageism that devalues older lives, the pandemic revealed and exacerbated deep issues [...]
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 [...]