Policy Briefing: Redesigning the Nursing home

A February 8, 2013, Capitol Hill briefing on the Green House project, an RWJF grantee.

Leader Creates Program to Ensure Culturally Appropriate Care for Alaska Native Elders

October 17, 2012 | News Release

RWJF honors Kay Branch, MA, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.

Language of Interview, Self-Rated Health, and the Other Latino Health Puzzle

July 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Potential linguistic bias was found when Spanish-speakers rated their own health.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

National Program

Program to provide grant support, technical assistance, and loan funds to states to create affordable models of assisted living targeted to low-income seniors and linked with existing community health care systems.

New on RWJF.org

June 29, 2011 | Story

Llearn what's new on the Campaign for Action Web site; and read about an INQRI team's work with assisted living facility residents, and a collaboration between a nurse and physician who are helping new mothers and babies in Michigan.

New Grant Helps Spread Word about How Nurses Can Help Elderly Function Independently

June 28, 2011 | Story

INQRI-funded study on using nurse leadership to help ensure adoption of "function focused care" will be disseminated to 20 Baltimore-area assisted living facilities.

Satisfaction with Assisted Living

May 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Changing elders' attitudes toward physical activity could increase their satisfaction with living.

Green House Model Featured in Parade Magazine

June 1, 2009 | Story

The autonomy it provides its residents has led to the 50th Green House opening in the United States a full year earlier than anticipated.

What Factors Influence the Kind of Long-Term Services Patients with Private Insurance Choose Over Time

September 5, 2008 | Program Result

Researchers with the Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research interviewed nearly 1,500 individuals with long-term care insurance policies and followed them for up to two years.

Frontline Caregiver Daily Practices

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.