Article from: Politico By: Beth Baker January 11, 2017 PALMYRA, PA—On a rainy January day, Grace Williard, 86, was absorbed in a jigsaw puzzle in the living room. A fire glowed in the hearth, and three of her housemates dozed in comfy chairs. In the open kitchen, chicken was baking, and noodles and succotash simmered on the stove. The doorbell rang, announcing the arrival of family visitors. Welcome to the Green House, a reimagined nursing home near Hershey, Pennsylvania. Williard and her … [Read more...]

Article from: The Rochester Business Journal By: Lisa Maria Rickman January 15, 2016 Upgrades to local senior living communities as well as new projects are centering on a fresh model of care that strives to create a more home-like atmosphere for residents. Two of the projects are coming from Rochester Regional Health and Jewish Senior Life. One is a $23 million project to build a 111-bed assisted living community in Greece. It is due for completion in the fall. The other is an $83 … [Read more...]

Article from: The Washington Post – Health & Science By Nancy Szokan April 27, 2015 Barry Berman, president of the Chelsea (Mass.) Jewish Foundation, had run assisted-living facilities and nursing homes for 23 years when he moved his mother into one. Two days after she arrived, Berman found her dramatically different than he had ever seen her: “I said, ‘Oh, my God, there’s my mother, this old woman, in a wheelchair, lifeless. Look what my own nursing home did to my own mother in a … [Read more...]

Article from : Argentum Daily – News for Senior Living Professionals January 8, 2015, Indiana University A new study from Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute researcher-clinicians reports on the first year of the implementation of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program they developed and implemented to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing facility residents. Their paper, "The OPTIMISTIC approach: preliminary data of the implementation of a CMS nursing facility … [Read more...]