KHN Blog: “What was once a novel idea for longterm care for the elderly — small, homey facilities of 10 to 12 residents each — is now a model cropping up around the country…The Green House Project– an alternative to senior institutional care created by Dr. William H. Thomas, a geriatrician and self-described ‘nursing home abolitionist’ — opened their 133th nursing home nationally and their first in Baltimore. According to Thomas, the homes are designed to emphasize quality living for seniors by creating a comfortable and independent space where residents sleep in private bedrooms, share family-style meals and have more freedom of movement than in traditional nursing homes.”
The four-unit facility on the site of the former Memorial Stadium is the first “green house” in the state of Maryland, and the first in the country to take advantage of special funding for low-income seniors thanks to a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NCB Capital Impact.”