Eden Alternative Founder Starts Greenhouse Project
Dr. William H. Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative approach to long-term care, has created a new initiative to “reinvent the long-term care environment for the 21st Century.” The project gives providers, consumers, gerontologists, students and policymakers an important new opportunity to have their voices heard in its creation. “The facility-based approach to care we use today is far better than it used to be but has significant, built-in limitations,” Thomas said. “With the help and input from many others, we are going to pioneer a collaborative model that is warmer, smarter and greener than what we have today.” On September 22 in Washington, D.C., Dr. Thomas and a distinguished panel briefed Senator Grassley and the Special Committee on Aging on the project.
Dr. Thomas is inviting the participation of all those with a vested interest in seeing the long-term care environment transformed to participate in an online discussion forum. The collaboration area, which can be found at http://www.thegreenhouseproject.org, will remain available to participants. To register as a participant, click on the link above.
None of the prevailing models of long-term care delivery were launched on the basis of a single, comprehensive document. The Green House Charter will be developed by a worldwide collaborative that includes health care professionals, designers, consumers, advocates, regulators, government officials, students and faculty. The document will be developed over a very intense nine-month planning process. We have chosen to work as a voluntary design collaborative, with the guarantee that the material we develop as a result of this project be made available for free to all people who might like to use it. Success is going to depend upon bringing a large number of interested people together for an intense period of collaboration. The results will be used to develop a new paradigm and working models for our society, with practical recommendations for their implementation.
Dr. William H. Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative approach to long-term care, has created a new initiative to “reinvent the long-term care environment for the 21st Century.” The project gives providers, consumers, gerontologists, students and policymakers an important new opportunity to have their voices heard in its creation. “The facility-based approach to care we use today is far better than it used to be but has significant, built-in limitations,” Thomas said. “With the help and input from many others, we are going to pioneer a collaborative model that is warmer, smarter and greener than what we have today.” On September 22 in Washington, D.C., Dr. Thomas and a distinguished panel briefed Senator Grassley and the Special Committee on Aging on the project.
Dr. Thomas is inviting the participation of all those with a vested interest in seeing the long-term care environment transformed to participate in an online discussion forum. The collaboration area, which can be found at http://www.thegreenhouseproject.org, will remain available to participants. To register as a participant, click on the link above.
None of the prevailing models of long-term care delivery were launched on the basis of a single, comprehensive document. The Green House Charter will be developed by a worldwide collaborative that includes health care professionals, designers, consumers, advocates, regulators, government officials, students and faculty. The document will be developed over a very intense nine-month planning process. We have chosen to work as a voluntary design collaborative, with the guarantee that the material we develop as a result of this project be made available for free to all people who might like to use it. Success is going to depend upon bringing a large number of interested people together for an intense period of collaboration. The results will be used to develop a new paradigm and working models for our society, with practical recommendations for their implementation.
SOURCE: elderweb.com
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