A student preparing her master’s thesis in healthcare management recently asked me, “Why aren’t more organizations doing The Eden Alternative or something like it?” From the tone...
I finally visit a Green House (and it blows my mind!)
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 20, 2014
In my last post, I discussed culture change and its positive impact on the mental health of the residents, particularly at Eden Alternative facilities. I recently also had the opportunity to tour a Green...
Reducing depression through person-centered care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 06, 2014
Culture change, the Eden Alternative, whatever you call it, things are moving in that direction. In my experience, the nursing home I worked in that was most attentive to the psychosocial needs of the...
Would you want to live in the LTC home where you work?
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 17, 2013
I used to live in a fabulous old fourth-floor walk-up apartment in Manhattan. When I moved out of Manhattan to a borough of New York City for an elevator building with a laundry room in the basement, I...
Nursing homes as human habitats
By
Jean Dobay, MSN, MBA, RN, NHA
Sep 09, 2013
Things were so much less complicated when I started into the nursing home business in 1973. My father, looking for a business venture, built a 19-bed nursing home on the family farm. My older brother was...
Green House in our midst
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 24, 2013
I almost feel like I’ll need to find a confessional booth after completing this blog post. I come not to bury the Green House project but to praise it. This is tough to do.
The laying on of paws
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 30, 2013
Around 4 a.m. a few nights ago, I woke up feeling miserable. As I curled up back in bed after taking some meds, one of my cats hopped up next to me, looked at me with concern and laid a paw atop my arm.
The argument for well-being through culture change
By
Chris Perna
Aug 08, 2012
Loneliness, along with helplessness and boredom, are singled out in the Eden Alternative philosophy as the “three plagues” most detrimental to the health and well-being of elders in long-term...