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THE GREEN HOUSE® Model Overview Webinars
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| Happy New Year from The Green House Project
Wishing you a Season of Relationships, Convivium and a Happy New Year! Dear Green House friends and family, What a year 2011 has been for The Green House Project! Through synergy and a unified vision, this model continues to grow ...
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Casey, Schumer, Enzi and Wicker Introduce Bipartisan Bill Help Older Americans Access Care Close to Family and Friends 
REPRINTED from Senator Robert P. Casey's Website Friday, December 16, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) today introduced legislation to help small house nursing homes more easily ...
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Director Of Nursing Speaks: Major Difference in a Green House home
Samantha Snapp, RN, DON: "The major difference between a traditional nursing home and a Green House home for nurses is the relationships that develop. The Green House concept creates an environment that allows nurses to build lasting relationships with elders. ...
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The Green House Project research study: "Prove it works."
You wouldn't buy an expensive medication without confidence that it works, would you? Because the Green House model requires an investment, people are asking for evidence that it works and to understand why it works. In response, the Green House ...
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Conference in California Today, Changing the Physical Environment of Nursing Homes: Addressing State Regulatory Hurdles
Partnership is key to any innovation. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's CEO and President - Risa Lavizzo-Mourey recently expressed why Green House homes are crucial to California's aging services in an opinion piece for The Sacramento Bee. Today, regulators, legislators, advocates, ...
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Ask Dr. Bill: Convivium, the particular pleasure that accompanies sharing good food with the people we know well
Some people eat to live. Others live to eat. Those in the first group regard food as fuel; those in the second group know better than that. Good food has always offered people much more than ...
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In Their Own Words: Betty Schaeffer, "May the movement keep growing"
It has been my pleasure to work in one of the Green House Homes in Palmyra, PA for the past four years. I can say without reservation, that this is indeed the way of the future...
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The Power of Language in Culture Change
The institutional "dragon" is too big to swallow in one mouthful. If we really commit to understanding the depth associated with institutional creep (sliding back into medical model practices), it's important to start small with dragons that are manageable. One such ...
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Anna Ortigara
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Rachel Scher
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Aja Lawson
Operations Coordinator
THE GREEN HOUSE Newsletter
Published monthly to share information with providers, elders and others about THE GREEN HOUSE ® Project, a new and innovative approach to long-term, skilled nursing care. To learn more, visit www.thegreenhouseproject.org.
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