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December 7, 2011 | Story
The San Francisco partnership created the first-ever plan to improve community-based aging services. A coordinating council reporting to the mayor guided implementation, including bringing aging services into public housing and influencing policy.
November 1, 2011 | Story
New York Times recognizes Green House® model as, "the most comprehensive effort to reinvent the nursing home"
September 28, 2011 | News Release
New poll, economic data underscores demand, viability of The Green House model.
September 26, 2011 | Story
RWJF Celebrates the 100th Green House Home.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Compared with traditional skilled nursing homes, the Green House model allows for more time to be spent caring for and engaging residents.
January 13, 2011 | Program Result
From 2007 to 2010, a team of researchers at Yale University School of Medicine conducted a study examining how both older adults and clinicians view the tradeoffs faced by patients facing multiple medical conditions.
January 7, 2010 | Journal Article
The culture-change movement is a broad-based effort to transform nursing homes from impersonal health care institutions into true person-centered homes offering long-term care services. The movement encompasses almost three decades of consumer advocacy coupled with legal, legislative, and policy work aimed at improving both the quality of care and the quality of life in nursing homes.
February 12, 2010 | Story/Audio
RWJF invites audiences interested in American elder care models to attend an informational webinar to learn more about Vulnerable Populations Portfolio grantee, the Green House Project.
November 18, 2009 | Video/Story
Green Houses provide an environment in which residents receive nursing support and clinical care without the care becoming the focus of their existence.
May 23, 2011 | Journal Article
A study of older people's willingness to take medication to prevent cardiovascular disease according to their assessment of the medication's benefits and harms found that their willingness to take a medication is predicated more on its harms than on its benefits.