Comments on: The Green House Nursing Home Alternative

By: sweetiefacejo

sweetiefacejo — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

I thoroughly agree …
I thoroughly agree with you on the concept of an organic greenhouse. The elimination of processed foods from my diet has contributed to enormous improvements in my health and vitality. I’m sure with a better diet we can live to be 110 with a better quality of life without the need for nursing homes. However, this setting is a vast improvement to the ordinary setting! -Jennifer

By: holly21278

holly21278 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

This should stand …
This should stand up to it’s name Green House Nursing, they should add a hydroponic greenhouse in which they can grow their own food and participate in the daily care it takes to make the community truly Eden. Could you imagine their health boost they would get from the organic foods they would consume instead of all those processed foods and sweets. :O)Bless them all.
Spirituality, Love and Light._Holly

By: happyidiot90049

happyidiot90049 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

Greenhouse isn’t …
Greenhouse isn’t supposed to be for everyone. Of course maintaining independence at home is the number one option.
But some people don’t have that choice. Greenhouses are supposed to be a loving affordable alternative to traditional institutional almost jail like nursing homes. Thanks for your comment.

By: pabstabilly

pabstabilly — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

I’m not 100% …
I’m not 100% convinced. Dying is not traditionally something that is done in a community environment. It’s a very personal thing that many people wish to do alone. I for one would not want to live with a group of my peers when I am old and spend my last moments with them. Some people just don’t get on, especially the elderly and the infirm.
The GreenHouses work on the supposition that the elderly are somehow miraculously transformed in these small community settings. Death will come regadless.

By: Blaylock1988

Blaylock1988 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

When I am that old, …
When I am that old, I hope I can still run and ride my dirt bike. I have seen it done before.

By: BeaDaNurse

BeaDaNurse — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

I have been in …
I have been in health care for 35 yrs, starting out as a candy striper. I worked as a CNA, while attending nursing school. There has been a slow, but steady, transformation of caring for the elderly. I fully support the Eden or Green House alternative. It CAN BE DONE. Smaller homes with a few residents, instead of warehousing our elderly. Get the profit companies out.
Currently, Medicaid pays an average of $4,000 a month for nursing home care. A nonprofit company could do a lot with that.

By: IslandOfSanity

IslandOfSanity — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

It sounds great..I …
It sounds great..I hope it is true and that many more places like this will come to exist.

By: cavegirl99

cavegirl99 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

That is just …
That is just awesome.

By: greencoveredbridge

greencoveredbridge — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:20 +0000

the promo video is …
the promo video is nice, but where are you going to find all these wonderful caregivers? will they have an hour to feed someone is the family doesn’t come in and do it? What happens when you’re short staffed? How often do you change people’s diapers? The building is nice, but who cares? Staffing is the issue. Many places claim to bake “all the time”. I know of a place that claimed to have jucuzzis, but they never had the plumbing hooked up!

By: leonbosman38

leonbosman38 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:36:19 +0000

wow this is great …
wow this is great it about time old people are treasured