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 world, GHP launched the "Elevate [...]

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 of symptoms and behaviors to [...]

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 From outdated infrastructure to caregiving shortages to widespread ageism that devalues older lives, the pandemic revealed and exacerbated deep issues with the way the world [...]

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 the setting of their choice [...]

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 Village community began advocating for [...]

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 building a case for systemic [...]

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, the Green House peer network [...]

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 of real home, meaningful life, [...]

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 for both caregivers and organizational [...]