1st In New Jersey – Green Hill The Green House® Homes

Green Hill, Incorporated, sets a new standard for senior care, and skilled nursing in New Jersey with the ground breaking of The Green House® Homes. The first of its kind in New Jersey, The Green House Homes are a revolutionary, non-institutional skilled nursing model for seniors. To celebrate Green Hill seniors sponsored ‘Gifts for Seniors’ program, collecting, wrapping, and distributing holiday gifts for low-income senior citizens in West Orange, New Jersey.

Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 10AM, Governor Brendan T. Byrne, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Senator Richard J Codey, Assemblyman John F. McKeon, and other dignitaries with ‘Gifts for Seniors’ in hand, broke ground for a historic, New Jersey senior care event at Green Hill, 103 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange. Special guests included Dr. William Thomas, the founder of The Green House, standard of care. Residents of Green Hill Inc. presented the ‘Gifts for Seniors’ donations to Mayor John McKeon.

“I’m excited about joining with Green Hill, Inc as they begin work on this exciting new model of care. The Green House homes will benefit the elders of West Orange and their families for decades to come. It also marks the beginning of a new approach to services for older people that, I hope, will spread to all corners of the State of New Jersey”, Dr. Bill Thomas Professor, The Erickson School, UMBC.

Each Green House is a self-contained home for ten (10) residents who enjoy private bedrooms, and bathrooms centered by a living area with a hearth, an open kitchen and dining area. With the look and feel of a real home, The Green House model combines small homes with a full range of personal care and clinical services. The model’s operation and design is crafted to de-institutionalize skilled long-term care, and return dignity and a sense of well-being to residents, their families, and staff.

The six (6) state-of-the-art Green House Homes slated to be completed by December 2010 at Green Hill, Inc, meet all state and federal regulatory, and reimbursement criteria for licensure as skilled nursing facilities, and will replace the current fifty-seven (57) Medicaid/Medicare certified skilled nursing beds.

“For over 20 years my career focus has been to create a homelike environment for seniors in nursing care, built on the premise that senior care can, and should maintain ones dignity, nurture a sense of family and community, all while serving the unique medical needs of the aging”, said Toni Lynn Davis, Executive Director, President, Green Hill Inc. “With this revolutionary concept in senior nursing care we can create a skilled nursing unit in a home, bringing our most revered elders back home where they belong!”

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