Jewish Home Lifecare in New York City is the latest Green House Project to get the green light and is arguably the most ambitious project to date.
Unlike the majority of other Green House Projects, Jewish Home is planning a 24-floor highrise in Manhattan consisting of pods with private rooms and bathrooms designed to feel more like home.
Continue ReadingRecently, Robert Jenkens and John Ponthie (Member, Summit Health) had the opportunity to present a series of webinars for members of the American Health Care Association (AHCA). Below are links to view these webinars, archived on the AHCA website. There is … Continue reading →
Continue ReadingWell it has been a pretty good week all told. I started out by flying to Omaha where I met up with Trinity Health’s Sue Penoza, we drove north to Sioux City, Iowa, stopping for lunch in Blair, Neb., at a really nice down home Mexican restaurant on main street.
Once in Sioux Falls, I did a TV interview about the Senior ER innovation and a couple of days later Eden legend Nickie Bigley sent me a note telling me that she saw the clip on her local TV station.
Continue ReadingCheck out Friday’s issue of USA Today for a special supplement on Alzheimer’s Disease. The story features Green House Project Director Robert Jenkens as part of an “expert panel” discussing new approaches to caring for people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Created by our own Dr. Bill Thomas, the Green House model embodies principles that support […]
Continue ReadingTHIS is an excellent exploration of how and why our medical system manages to do so much harm to so many people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that almost 100,000 Americans now die from hospital-acquired infections alone, and that most of these are preventable. People like Carole LaRocca are the human […]
Continue ReadingEquipped only with inexpensive HD Flip Camcorders, a few intrepid staffers for the Green House® Project support team fanned out during their recent 2010 Annual Conference and Celebration to capture some thoughts and stories from the Shahbaz, Guides and other attendees from the Green House® movement. Here are a few compilations I pulled together from […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Please continue this conversation on the newly-created LinkedIn Changing Aging Network. Now that the snail mail has delivered hard copies of this month’s outstanding issue of Provider Magazine, I’d like to revisit highlights of the cover story: “Culture Change Goes Main Stream.” In 2005, nearly three-quarters of health care opinion leaders surveyed by the […]
Continue ReadingI had a wonderful reception in Jackson Hole, Wy., today. Hopefully they’ll be breaking ground soon on a Green House Project. Magnificent views:
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