Photo by: Rick Danzl/The News-Gazette, Seth Malley, president of Blue Yonder Inc., and his wife, Reyna, help their kids Lincoln, 3, left, Bennet, 5, Eloise, 3, and Oliver, 1, shovel some dirt during a ground-breaking ceremony Tuesday at Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System in Danville, to mark the start of construction of two homes for veterans.
10/13/2010 - On the rolling fairways of the former Back Nine golf course, the old greens are making way for "green" houses and making history in the nation's Veteran Affairs system at the same time.
More than 100 people gathered Tuesday at the Danville campus of the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System to celebrate the start of construction on a $4 million initiative to build two Green Project homes, which will house up to 10 veterans each and feature an innovative approach to long-term skilled nursing care.
The homes, which are being built on a portion of the VA-owned former Back Nine golf course, are the first of their kind in Illinois and in the VA's nationwide system, according to Michael Hamilton, director of the VA's Danville campus, 1900 E. Main St., Danville.
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The Green House concept, according to VA officials, offers the personal care and clinical services of high-quality nursing homes but emphasizes quality of life for veterans, providing a "real home" setting.
The Green House approach has 42 projects either functioning or under construction in 27 states, and a team of VA officials had been working for years to bring the concept to Danville and the VA system. The Green House initiative as a whole has received support through a special grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Hamilton said Tuesday that local long-term plans call for more Green House homes on the VA campus, for 10 altogether. He said the VA staff take pride in serving veterans, because the project is about them. {read rest}
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Making History in the Nation's Veteran Affairs System
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