Eden Show or Tell
Should The Eden Alternative and The Green House Project become more active and aggressive and place a new emphasis on showing providers what change looks and feels like?
Celebrate National Nursing Home Week…..You Make a Difference!!!
As we come upon National Nursing Home Week, the reality is we aren’t likely to see a special section of the greeting cards aisle in the store dedicated to this theme.
The Eden Alternative: Using Community Involvement to Reframe Aging
Engagement with the broader community helps bring meaning and joy to elders living in The Eden Alternative-registered Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon, Canada.
May Marks 10 years Since The First Green House Homes Opened Their Doors
NEW VIDEO: Steve McAlilly, the visionary leader who believed in The Green House model and brought it to his organization, tells a story about its impact.
The Apple of Long Term Care
If McKnight’s Long Term Care News thinks The Green House Project is the Apple of aging services, let me introduce you to the “Steve Wosniak” of the Green House.
The Timeless Power of the Learning Circle
As Westerners, we’re not conditioned to be deep listeners. It takes commitment to lead by example to shift our cultural tendency to speak first and listen later.
The Wall Street Journal Investigates: How Does Dementia Impact Health-Care Spending?
The Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog highlights the financial impact of The Green House model on slowing the cost increase of dementia care.
Becoming Well-Known Through the Use of Technology
LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, Minn. has installed digital slideshows in their home with pictures of care partner employees, Elders, family members and activities.
Diversity Drives Change
Let’s face it. Care that is genuinely person-directed can’t exist without a dedication to diversity awareness.
Martin Bayne Talks about Life on the Inside
Today’s must read is an interview that Martin Bayne recently gave to the New York Times.
Facilitating Empowerment is a Full Continuum Experience
Feeling empowered is vital to our continued growth and development, no matter who we are, or where we live or work.
Gardens Support Care
Check out what Design for Generations has to say about the unique impact gardening can have in care environments in his article, “Incorporating Gardens Care Planning.”
A Great White Whine
I recently had a conversation here about an idea that would simultaneously improve the quality of life for residents while saving the lives of rescue animals.
Maria Shriver’s Blog Depicts a Sense of Peace for One Family
Maria Shriver’s blog recently featured The Green House model and how a small environment and deep-knowing relationships helped to create a meaningful life for one family.
Why Such a Big Gap?
A recent survey asks “Would you recommend this (skilled nursing) facility as a place to work?” Not surprisingly, there’s a 20 percent gap between administrators and CNAs.
The Great Personal Alarm Toss
A nursing home in Minnesota has set a goal to eliminate all personal alarms for “high fall risk” residents in order to create a better home for Elders.
What “Person-Centered Care” Means to Me
Nearly every home health care agency or senior care facility will tell you that they offer person-centered care. But what does that mean?
Alter the space to make ED senior-friendly (Part 2)
Because the needs of elders differ from the needs of younger patients, hospitals should make changes to create an emergency department geared to the needs of seniors.
Watch ‘Em Die
Take a look at the pictures of the facility that let 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless die. The slang term for a place like this is a “Brass and Glass Palace.”
Medicare for All(most)
In a time when politicians and deficit hawks are advocating raising the eligibility age for Medicare, we should actually be pressing to do the exact opposite.
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