The Green House Project, in partnership with the Pioneer Network, has created a waiver as part of an expanded trademark process that will allow providers to adjust traditional Green House small home requirements “to their communities’ unique needs, from land-use challenges to capital constraints to local regulatory issues,” Green House Project Senior Director Susan Ryan said in a statement Monday as the entities announced the program.
“This new approval process is the result of intensive work by our model integrity experts to ensure the correct balance between adaptability and adherence to the principles that set Green House homes apart from traditional hospital-style facilities,” she added.
Under current trademark standards, for example, individual Green House homes can have no more than 12 rooms. An organization looking to build Green House homes with 14 or 16 private rooms, however, now could apply for that requirement to be waived. Such a waiver could be approved “as long as the provider commits to incorporating Green House education and supports into its ongoing operations,” the organizations said.
The entities also announced that the Green House project has granted trademark use approval to The New Jewish Home, Manhattan facility under development in Manhattan. Once opened, it will be the first purpose-built Green House community exclusively designed for post-acute care.
“As we embark on building a state of the art Rehabilitation and Community Healthcare Center on The New Jewish Home’s Manhattan campus, we look forward to partnering and innovating with the Green House Project to introduce the benefits of person-directed care to a growing segment of older adults who need post-acute care,” Jeffrey I. Farber, MD, president and CEO of The New Jewish Home told the McKnight’s Business Daily. “The Green House Model was originally created to serve a long-term care population, and we have already experienced firsthand the transformative effects of person-directed care in the Small Houses at our Westchester nursing home. This initiative varies from the traditional Green House Model, as we will expand its reach to serve older adults who will receive short-term rehabilitation in an urban, purpose-built setting.”
The Green House Project with the Pioneer Network now is under the banner of the Center for Innovation. The joint entity is meant to serve as a full-continuum consulting, advisory and education partner for eldercare organizations “looking to spark cultural and physical change,” according to a news release.
