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— or choose to ignore the experiences of elders and decades of research and build the exact same types of traditional, outdated buildings that failed too many Canadians before, during and after COVID-19.”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"Analysts say the nursing-home model is outdated.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 [...]
“It’s important that we leverage what we learned … this could be a game changer, it could really provide that level of support and incentives to really help us achieve what we all want,” Susan Ryan, CEO for the Center for Innovation, told SNN.
CFI celebrates Jefferson Park at Dandridge, a Green House operating partner in eastern Tennessee, for opening three Green House homes at a new second location: Jefferson Park at White Pine! The Jefferson Park team brought [...]
“Part of this transformation must include reducing the imprint of nursing homes and making existing facilities more homelike, person-centered spaces. Green House and other small nursing home models have been very successful in achieving these goals in other states and should be developed in New Jersey as well.”
The Center for Innovation, or CFI, the parent organization of the Green House Project and Pioneer Network, is reorganizing its leadership as it focuses on growth. Susan Ryan will serve as the Center for Innovation’s first CEO ... Ryan has led GHP as it grew to include more than 370 homes in 32 states."
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