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Poydras Home’s Green House Project Aims to Destigmatize Aging

2023-05-08T09:50:28-04:00May 8th, 2023|Categories: Local News Items, In The News, Louisiana|

"A hallmark of The Green House Project is the elimination of the institutional feel of traditional, long-hallway nursing facilities. Instead, care is provided in small groups, in family-style settings. Big changes include private accessible bathrooms for each room and secure medicine cabinets that eliminate the need for rolling nurses’ carts. The nurses have an office, rather than a station. And there’s even a fire pit outside for residents to enjoy with each other and their families."

Poydras Home Unveils $23M Expansion and New Model of Care

2023-04-27T17:18:07-04:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: Local News Items, In The News, Louisiana|

“Today, the head of our hospitality department is doing culinary training with our care partners,” said Erin Kolb, Poydras Home CEO, at the event. “They will be cooking meals. Laundry will be done in a home, just like you and I live in. And that is one of the core values of a Green House home: creating meaningful life each day for the elders who live in that home and having a dedicated team of empowered staff to provide care.” “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.”

Traceway Retirement Community ‘Green Houses’ celebrate 20 years

2023-04-21T10:51:46-04:00April 21st, 2023|Categories: Local News Items, In The News, Mississippi|

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.”

Leaders Discuss Next Steps to Implement Small House Nursing Homes

2022-12-05T12:13:10-05:00December 5th, 2022|Categories: Local News Items, In The News, New Jersey|

“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 senior living industry will never be the same

2021-11-23T12:57:57-05:00November 23rd, 2021|Categories: Local News Items, Arkansas, In The News|

"The Green House model costs no more to the consumer than traditional facilities and offers a philosophy of care that emphasizes quality of life, emotional well-being, and elder choice. That has led to everything from better clinical outcomes to higher levels of family and elder satisfaction and lower depression rates among elders."

Interview with Edie Morgan, Founder of The Mustard Seed Project

2021-10-29T13:29:35-04:00October 29th, 2021|Categories: Local News Items, In The News, Washington|

The word “facility” was outlawed when talking about the Green House Project. The word “home” evolved to mean “facility” in the past, but we’re taking it back and embracing the real meaning. It’s never going to be exactly like a person’s very own home, but the concept of care revolves around each individual and their preferences and their needs, their lifestyle, their skills and abilities, their memories.

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