We’d like a do-over, please

By Jeff Jerebker & Rick Gamache If there was a way to go back to 1965 and have a do-over on nursing home design in America, we would not create or accept the institutional architecture, the chronic under-reimbursement and dysfunctional regulatory system that are hallmarks of our current reality. We suspect most stakeholders feel the […]

A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY REIMAGINING NURSING HOMES

Transforming nursing homes within the long-term care systems of support and services for frail elders and disabled can be analyzed as a three prong approach – Staffing, Architecture and Environment, and Culture. This can only be the result of a coordinated effort involving nursing home organizations, advocacy groups, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, regulation, tax policies, […]