Opinion: New Type of Homes Can Change Long-Term Care
"'Green House' homes -- the first of their kind in California -- will provide seniors with quality care [and] could revolutionize the way California cares for seniors who can no longer live independently," Risa Lavizzo-Mourey -- president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a former member of the federal Task Force on Aging -- writes in a Sacramento Bee opinion piece. Lavizzo-Mourey notes that the homes, which provide private rooms and bathrooms for up to 12 seniors, "look and feel like real homes" but also are fully equipped with "all the medical equipment and clinical apparatus" found in traditional nursing homes. She discusses construction under way in Pomona to build two Green House homes, adding that the Green House model "shows that it is possible to deliver the highest level of skilled to the most vulnerable members of society in a practical, affordable way."
- "Viewpoints: A Chance To Revolutionize Long-Term Care" (Lavizzo-Mourey, Sacramento Bee, 12/3).