"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 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 [...]

"Because some people do choose to receive long-term care in nursing homes, we must reimagine how we can offer higher quality care in residential settings. That does not mean [...]

While research has shown small, neighborhood-style nursing homes with private rooms were less vulnerable to deadly COVID outbreaks, many in the industry have argued that there is no viable [...]

"Here’s what we know: We know that the model is exceptionally attractive to consumers. Occupancy at Green House is essentially 100%. We know that academicians have studied the model [...]

My hope would be that this is a profound wake-up call and an opportunity for policy makers, regulators and society at large to take a look and see that [...]

Ninety-five percent of Green House homes reported zero cases COVID-19 among residents or staff, according to a study of coronavirus data gathered from February 1, 2020 through May 31, [...]

Researchers gathered coronavirus data from more than 3,200 seniors residing in 300 Green House homes between Feb. 1 and May 31. They found that COVID-19 cases remained low among [...]

Replace aging and outdated facilities, particularly in low-income communities. Moving forward, nursing homes and other institutional settings should be smaller, with single-occupancy rooms and low staff-to-resident ratios (see, for [...]

Ryan recently joined SNN’s “Rethink” podcast to discuss the challenges of turning Green House dreams into reality, as well as to issue a warning that the nursing home industry [...]

We can also embrace an alternative model, called the Green House Model, where instead of housing, say, 240 people in a big tower, you have individual homes with about [...]

The advantages of thinking smaller can be illustrated by the Green House Project, a national organization founded in 2003 that has created a network of 300 intimately scaled residential [...]

As part of the Green House Project, a network of clinicians and caregiving executives who are creating (or restoring) high‐quality environments and services for older adults, Berman understood immediately [...]

We have ageism and we have racism and that has had a tremendous impact on what we’re seeing. As a society we have accepted what some call warehousing. We [...]

Alternative designs have been in the works, such as the Green House Project, founded by innovator and anti-ageism advocate Dr. Bill Thomas. The nonprofit organization facilitates development and operation [...]

"When I think of good infection control, I think this model was made for this moment,'” said Susan Ryan, senior director of the Green House Project, adding that home [...]

Over the last decade, the medical practice of elder care has come to recognize the importance of well-designed housing as foundational to the well-being of the elderly. Leading geriatrics [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]