Green House Model

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Introduction

same regulation & same reimbursement as nursing home

Benefits:

residents may spend more time with staff, have better quality of life, maintain higher functional levels at a lower cost to Medicaid than traditional nursing homes

↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
↑ Zimmerman S, Bowers BJ, Cohen LW et al New Evidence on the Green House Model of Nursing Home Care: Synthesis of Findings and Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research. Health Serv Res. 2016 Feb;51 Suppl 1:475-96. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2670838
↑ Bowers B, Nolet K, Jacobson N; THRIVE Research Collaborative. Sustaining Culture Change: Experiences in the Green House Model. Health Serv Res. 2016 Feb;51 Suppl 1:398-417. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26708269
↑ Cohen LW, Zimmerman S, Reed D; THRIVE Research Collaborative. The Green House Model of Nursing Home Care in Design and Implementation. Health Serv Res. 2016 Feb;51 Suppl 1:352-77. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601799