Green House Newsletter

March 2012

In This Issue
Green House Living in Wyoming Prepares To Welcome Elders
Community Partnership Key To Maryland's First Green House Project, Baltimore Sun Reports
Ask Dr. Bill: Flattened Hierarchy in Green House Homes
British Parliament Takes a Look at The Green House Project
Highlighting The Green House Project Team: Melissa Honig
A Legacy of Change: Honoring African American Heroes
THRIVE Research - What does this mean for Green House Homes?
Woodland Park, Virginia's First Green House Homes, Break Ground in Harrisonburg

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Green House Living for Sheridan Opening Celebration

 

Remarks of Robert Jenkens, Director, The Green House Project at The Green House Living for Sheridan opening celebration on 2/27: It is a real pleasure to be here today to offer congratulations to The Green House Living for Sheridan team ...

 

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Highlighting the Green House Project Team: Susan Frazier, COO  

 

Early in Susan's career she knew that institutional long term care was broken-she just didn't know how to fix it. As a Director of Nursing, her facility received deficiency-free marks from surveyors, but for Susan there still was something "off". ...

 

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Creating REAL Home 

 

Home is where I keep all the things that are important to me, where I feel safe and where I can be myself." Does that definition ring true for you?  It's how one Shahbaz defined home during a recent Green ...

 

 

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Rhythms of the Day, Evening Time 

 

Sometimes it's not as complicated as it seems.  Sometimes it just takes a closer look at a situation and the solution might not be as challenging or impossible as we may believe.  "Sundowning" has long been a complicated issue for ...

 

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Moving Day for St. John's in Rochester!!

 

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a ...

 

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Thrive Research: Guidelines for Reducing Risk Levels 

 

There are different types of research, and some are riskier than others.  Take the study of new medications, for example.  While a medication is tested for safety before people are asked to participate in a study to see how well ...

 

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A Theatre Metaphor for The Green House model

 

By Ann Wagle, Illiana VA, Danville, IL

 

As I was thinking about The Green House Model of care relative to the Clinical Support Team (CST), the professions who support the wellness of the elder in partnership with the self managed ...

 

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Green House Model and the Eden Alternative: Setting the stage for people to grow  

 

By Judith Meyers-Thomas

 

When I gave birth to my first child I had no idea that it would be a lesson in empowerment. Haleigh Jane, who is just about to turn 18, was born with Otahara Syndrome. In the simplest ...

 

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