The Green House Project
News, Events & Updates
IN THIS ISSUE :

>> June 4 marks the sixth event in our eight-webinar COVID-19 series that explores how the values of GHP can profoundly address coronavirus-specific issues in long-term care.

>> The Green House Project continues to garner a significant amount of media attention for the model's ability to successfully manage COVID-19.

>> On June 17, we host a new virtual workshop that offers a deep dive into all things Green House model.

>>On June 19, in celebration of CNA Week, we will host a CNA Appreciation Happy Hour.

>> On June 22 is a special webinar with Lori Porter , co-founder of the National Association of Health Care Assistants.

>> On June 23, we present the second webinar in our two-part workforce webinar series that examines ways to support staff and elders as they contend with the stress and trauma of the pandemic.

>> The Green House Project contributes to new recommendations for family presence during a pandemic.
Workforce & COVID-19: Upcoming Webinars
Workforce is the focus of the next two webinars in the COVID-19 series. This Thursday, June 4, is Caregiver Stress Amid COVID: The Skillset and Mindset of Resilience in the Workplace at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.


For more information about the remaining webinars in the Elevate: Rise Above the Chaos Series: >> CLICK HERE <<
Green House Virtual Workshop Just Over Two Weeks Away
With more than two weeks until the first Green House virtual workshop, registration for the event has exceeded expectations!

Scheduled for June 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, the workshop features leaders from Green House homes, financial feasibility and market study experts, architects, designers, and more. 

Find out why major media outlets, thought leaders, and adopters are talking about the Green House model's resilience amid COVID-19.

Media Update: Green House in the Spotlight

With coverage from the New York Times , HuffPost , the New England Journal of Medicine , Senior Housing News , Skilled Nursing News , and more, we are proud of the fact that Green House homes are getting the attention they deserve.

Following are some coverage highlights:
Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis:

Quote: "Better options can help ensure that the tragedy currently unfolding in nursing homes never happens again. Smaller-scale, high-quality group models, such as the Green House Project, provide care in small, self-contained, family-style houses with a small number of residents. Such models could offer one community-based alternative to nursing homes."
How to Improve and Protect Nursing Homes From Outbreaks :

Quote: "It’s time to really focus on private rooms in nursing homes,” said Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist and researcher at Cornell University. In the Green House model, for example, a dozen residents live in private rooms with homelike common spaces and assigned staff who know them well. This approach has gained ground very slowly, with 268 homes, of more than 15,000 nursing homes nationwide.”
As COVID-19 Ravages Nursing Homes, A New Push For Better Senior Housing:

Quote: “Downsizing current facilities is not as realistic as building smaller new ones. This was one driving force for Steve McAlilly, chief executive office of Methodist Senior Services in Tupelo, Mississippi, who launched the first of what would become a national movement called The Green House Project in 2003..."
Born Before COVID-19, $30M Green House Nursing Home Development Takes on Greater Significance:

Quote: “'Two years ago, I said: I want to be part of the change, and I want to see more Green Houses,' she said.
But in the wake of COVID-19, with grim data showing just how easily the virus and other diseases can spread through a traditional nursing facility, the project has taken on a new significance for Navigator Elder Homes."

The New York Times,
May 12:

As Death Toll in Nursing Homes Climbs, Calls to Redesign ...

...That is the conviction of the Green House Project, a nonprofit organization that oversees 266 small-house nursing homes. Of the 243 projects that supplied data in early May, eight reported having cases of Covid-19..

Read more
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Let's Celebrate CNA Week (June 18 to 24)
Join us as we partner with iN2L to toast and appreciate CNAs in Green House homes and everywhere on June 19 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. This un-webinar webinar will celebrate the heroism of nurse assistants, especially amid the pandemic, and feature Green House Shahbazim in addition to some GHP team members.
What do CNAs truly want their employers to know? Join us on June 22 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern , as Lori Porter, co-founder of the National Association of Health Care Assistants, imparts the wisdom of her many years of working on the frontlines of nursing home care to tell the unfettered truth about how to truly appreciate CNAs.
Workforce Focus

An earlier webinar, Grief, Loss, and Trauma Amid COVID 19: Caring for Staff and Elders, is available for viewing.

This webinar examines trauma-informed care as it relates to staff and residents' experiences amid COVID-19.

Dr. Kathleen Weissberg explores the key elements of a trauma informed approach to care and apply these to the current pandemic environment.

Watch it HERE .
Workforce Wellness & COVID-19
In continuation of CNA Week and appreciation for CNAs everywhere, Dr. Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L, will examine many aspects of caregiver care and wellness amid COVID-19, including strategies, exercises, activities, and considerations for stress management, sleep, and social connectedness.

This webinar offer one (1) contact hour each for nurses.

The Green House Project Contributes To New Recommendations for Family Presence During a Pandemic
New recommendations for family presence in hospitals, long-term care communities, and other care settings during the COVID-19 outbreak were released last week by a "pop-up" coalition of organizations.

The Green House Project was one of more than 60 groups that participated in the coalition” that developed the guidelines for a compassionate approach to family presence that balances the benefits of family’s physical presence with a loved one and the need to minimize the risks of transmission of COVID-19.

These recommendations are now widely available to provide guidance to healthcare leaders and local and regional authorities on what constitutes responsible, compassionate family presence during, and in the aftermath of, a pandemic.

The recommendations emphasize the importance of considering not only the risk that family presence may pose to the staff, patients, residents and loved ones, but also the risk that restrictions may create for the physical, emotional, and psychological health of these same individuals.
Donate to The Green House Project
As we continue to grapple with the devastation of COVID-19 across the world and within the United States, we at The Green House Project are emboldened to fight harder than ever to develop elder care communities that create real homes, meaningful lives, and empowered staff.

As a 501(c)(3) organization, we rely on grant support, consulting funds, and other means to fight for elder care that is radically non-institutional, person-directed, and relationship rich.

With this in mind, we ask that you consider supporting us via the link below, which allows you to either give once or set up a monthly gift that will help us continue offering COVID-19 webinars, sharing stories of heroism, and building nursing homes that are equipped to not only manage COVID-19 and other viruses, but also to ensure the dignified quality of life experiences that Green House offers.
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