What design/architecture trend in senior living design do you think is right for the sector? Dillard: "'Compartmentalization’” used to be a dirty word in senior living communities. Now, it literally saves lives. The kindest [...]
And many advocates tout the Green House model, a small-homes approach in which 10 to 12 residents get their own private rooms and bathrooms with access to an open kitchen and common area. "It’s [...]
Simpson was in particular discussing the development of cottage-style nursing home developments, a model exemplified by the Green House Project — a non-profit that supports the construction of post-acute and long-term care campuses that [...]
Green House homes are perhaps the ideal setting in which Elders live meaningful lives, where staff are empowered to provide high quality care, and given their physical design and focus on quality and data, [...]
Although the coronavirus has ravaged many long-term care facilities, small group homes are seeing success in minimizing effects of the virus. To date, at the two St. John's Penfield Green House homes in Fairport, [...]
The [Green House] model has been praised by academics and doctors and seems far better suited than traditional facilities to stave off the spread of infection and the isolation that has devastated the elderly [...]
Well, one idea that's got a lot of currency now has been around for nearly 20 years. It's called the Green House Project. These are nursing homes with an emphasis on the home part [...]
When—and if—institutionalized care becomes necessary, there are alternatives to warehousing in large buildings. The innovative Green House Project, for example, provides individual “houses” where small groups of 10 to 12 seniors can support and [...]
As the pandemic wreaks havoc on our mental and physical health, it is also quietly reshaping how Americans will face retirement and old age in the years to come. Read More [...]
There have been many attempts to apply a more human lens to nursing home care. There is a 20-year history of a culture change movement in nursing homes directed at this very issue ... [...]