Green Nursing Homes

"For greater warmth and nurturing, seniors are turning to small residences like Green House, which is part of a complex of senior housing and care options, and privately owned care homes that are often unmarked in residential neighborhoods. They are usually newer, sometimes cheaper, and generally offer more customized care than most nursing homes."

Bill Thomas and others pioneered "green nursing homes."  There is a chapter on this in Gawande's "Being Mortal."  A recent article in the NY Times addresses this movement.  It would seem that these more user-friendly homes can be cheaper and more humane than the more mercantile facility that prevails in most of our country.

See: "Putting the 'Home' Back in Nursing Home".

Resident and Staff at "Green House"

Also see:  Jane Brody on The Green House Effect.