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Just a few months into the pandemic, it became apparent that Green House homes were faring better than traditional nursing homes. When the University of North Carolina partnered with Green House to collect and analyze data, the picture became clearer and more...

Study: Green Houses had fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths The study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association found that residents of Green Houses and other smaller nursing homes (NH) are less likely to contract or die from COVID-19 than...

For many years, families have been concerned about placing loved ones in traditional nursing homes and have sought alternatives. The Green House model, begun by The Green House Project in the early 2000s is one that has been adopted across the country and has provided...

Keeping you informed, protected and respected. The Green House model is proving effective at keeping infectious diseases such as COVID-19 at bay. We recently inquired with a Green House Project manager on this topic and she reported, “Unofficially we have heard that...

Funding our Green House® community Part of our funding will rely on the private-public partnership that has enabled much of our growth for decades. Government funding is integral to the Vernon Homes mission of providing affordable housing and healthcare. This Green...

Vernon Homes Resident Phil Nelson Sr. Served Our Nation Honorably Editor’s note: The author’s father, Philip N. Nelson, participated as a waveguide in five amphibious assaults during the War in the Pacific during World War II. Waveguides are...

Donating masks to Vernon Homes With instructions for sewing your own We need masks now to protect our 120-person frontline team and residents. Masks of any type are appreciated, including homemade fabric masks. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has highly...

Keeping You Up To Date on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the Facilities at Vernon Homes At Vernon Homes we are working to keep you up to date on the ever changing status of Vernon Homes as it relates to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation, and the actions being taken...

Momentum is accelerating at our vernon campus as planning continues towards our long-held vision for a revolutionary nursing home model.    Readers of past Crossroads may be acquainted with the “Green House” approach to the care of seniors needing 24-hour nursing...

If you're nearing retirement, or recently retired depending on who you ask, when it comes to social security you might hear it’s never running out of money, or it is headed for insolvency. According To The Non-Partisan Congressional Budget, 2010 Was That First...