From the very beginning, education and training have been at the center of the Green House movement. It’s not enough to build small homes; creating a truly elder-directed environment also requires a solid educational foundation [...]
The Green House model was initially developed as a replacement for traditional long-term nursing homes, but partners quickly realized that the core values of Real Home, Meaningful Life, and Empowered Staff could apply to multiple [...]
The Green House Project received a significant boost in 2006 when the first academic research into the model’s efficacy by Judith Rabig, Bill Thomas, Rosalie Kane, Lois Cutler, and Steve McAlilly was published in The [...]
When Methodist Senior Services opened those first Green House homes in 2023, the organization was taking a major leap of faith: The concept was just two years old and had never before been operationalized. The [...]
Private rooms alone won’t remedy nursing home system’s shortcomings. “The Green House model is a lot more than just the building,” says Alex Spanko. “It’s about the culture, too.”
“The only question,” Cook said, “is whether they will take the harsh lessons of the pandemic to heart and implement empowering care models such as Green House — or choose to ignore the experiences of elders and decades of research and build the exact same types of traditional, outdated buildings that failed too many Canadians before, during and after COVID-19.”
Provider to operate first Green House community outside of the U.S. Linthicum, Md. and Elizabeth, South Australia, April 18, 2023 – The Center for Innovation (CFI) and ACH Group today announce that the Green House model [...]
Former Pioneer board members to bring national, international perspective LINTHICUM, Md., January 19, 2023 – The Center for Innovation, Inc. (CFI) today announces the addition of Jessica Luh Kim and Thomas Gilmartin to the non-profit’s [...]
"Analysts say the nursing-home model is outdated. Many nursing homes are 40 or 50 years old, looking much like hospitals: large, impersonal and with shared rooms. Research has shown that smaller nursing homes — like ones known as Green Houses — often provide better, more personal care."
CFI offers hearty congratulations to our partners at Southern Administrative Services in Arkansas for raking in a host of 2022-2023 Best Nursing Home awards from U.S. News & World Report! The Green House Cottages of Wentworth [...]