Aging well: Finally, boomers — and politicians — are paying attention
That's why there's a growing call for smaller households, like the Green House model, that can be created within larger care homes but also in residential communities.
With Regulatory Changes on the Horizon, Green House and Pioneer Network Join Forces
The Green House Project and Pioneer Network hope to draw on their decades of shared experience to improve the lives of people living in nursing homes, while also building a better eldercare infrastructure for future generations.
LTC alliance aims to bring ‘real systemic transformation’
By coming together, we can create a consolidated source of knowledge and best practices based on experience gained through both organizations’ years of work on the ground
Life plan communities earn high marks from residents
Communities that have adopted the universal worker model, espoused by the Green House Project, are seeing much higher levels of engagement than those with traditional workforce models.
Workforce Housing Proves to be Powerful Tool as Hiring, Retention Crisis Persists
Companies like Navigator Elder Homes of New England are teaming up with workforce housing developers to build apartment complexes for nursing home staff.
No Innovation Without Compensation: SNFs Need Federal Support to Realize Biden’s Private Room Plans
Removing financial barriers like access to capital and Medicaid underfunding would be a step toward nursing home innovation, Ryan said, like the shift to private rooms and the small home model.
LTC small homes could become big venture, but policy, funding must catch up
“People vote with their feet,” Ponthie said, adding that traditional rural providers are facing unprecedented closures. “During COVID, we grew our census. Everyone else had huge declines. Drop the mic. We’re done. The demand is there.”
Smaller and cozier than standard long-term care facilities, group homes may provide comparable care for some older adults
Residents can continue to live in a Green House home as their care needs progress, without having to undergo transfers to different facilities, which can be more traumatic as people age. Deinstitutionalization is a core value.
Green House Project Looks to Get More States to Incentivize its Small Home Model
“It’s important to me that we incentivize what we want to see incentivized and figure out how we increase quality at a lower cost and create something that meets consumer demand.”
PACE, Green House Project to forge partnerships
The Green House Project wants to provide a full continuum of care for residents, bridging the gap between home care and more extensive institutional care.
Changing nursing home culture
Listen to Passamaquoddy Lodge board president Caroline Davies and Nova Scotia Centre on Aging director Janice Keefe discuss the power of a proposed new Canadian Green House community set for groundbreaking in 2023!
Changes COVID-19 Brought to Long-Term Care Facilities
"The Green House Project is an innovative, nationally recognized model in LTCFs that creates small homes that recognize the individuality of residents and respect their autonomy, choice, privacy, and dignity, yet are also affordable."
How smaller long-term care homes can help address big elder-care issues
"We get a lot of referrals. ... We get people from other counties and other states. They come here and they're like, 'When I retire, when I have to go into a home, this is where I want to be because it's so homelike, it's so personal.'"
Small nursing homes challenge what senior care looks like
Go inside a Green House community outside of Toledo, Ohio with a reporter and crew from Canada looking to find alternatives to institutional long-term care.
There are benefits to thinking ‘small’ for Alberta continuing care facilities
“We must fundamentally change the way we provide elder care because we absolutely cannot have a repeat of the illness and death that COVID-19 caused in nursing homes and other institutions,” says Ryan.
Could the Pandemic Transform Nursing Homes?
Those that build Green Houses or provide private rooms, for example, could get paid a higher rate from Medicaid, John Ponthie adds. The government could also offer more low-interest construction financing.
The Green House Project Takes on New Relevance
This not-for-profit organization committed to redefining traditional nursing homes has garnered extensive media exposure for defying the odds.
$1.3B in Funding for Small Homes in Peril
Green House Project Senior Director Susan Ryan said in a statement to Skilled Nursing News that while the organization fully supports the efforts included in the bill, leaving out [...]
COVID-19 Crisis Advances Efforts to Reimagine Nursing Homes
"We need small. Green House is a model that is very exciting. They have small locations of care. Maybe 12 individuals live in a setting. It’s personalized. It would look more [...]
With new legislation coming, will Ontario take the ‘bold’ road and breathe life into long-term care?
“Emotion-focused care is the way we need to care for our seniors,” Levin said. “We have seen evidence of this globally with the Eden Alternative, the Butterfly Model, the [...]
Providing Independent Living and Quality of Life for People Living With ALS
“'The Leonard Florence Center for Living is the nation’s first urban model Green House,'” Barry Berman said. ... Today there are 35 people living at the Leonard Florence Center [...]
Push for Nursing Home Alternatives Made on the Hill as Financing, Staffing Remain Obstacles
"The non-profit has invested at least $81 million in its small house campuses, with a $12 million expansion underway that will see two rooms added to each house across its portfolio [...]
Nobody Wants to Live in a Nursing Home. Something’s Got to Give.
"In the Covid era, these alternatives are getting new attention. Research shows that Green House homes weathered the early pandemic far better than traditional facilities. The need for innovation and reform in [...]
Policy Change to Put the Home Back Into Nursing Homes
"The authors acknowledge that the advantage of Green House homes comes from more than mere size. They have the advantage of private bedrooms and bathrooms, limited ancillary staff, and [...]
The Big Idea Behind A New Model Of Small Nursing Homes
“'The Lord has really blessed me in going to the Green House,' Dorothy Foot, an 83-year-old resident, said. 'The fact that every one of us has our own room [...]