Wayne County
Nursing Home is one of only a few nursing homes in the fourteen-county
Finger Lakes area of New York State to adopt what is known as the Pioneer
Movement, a trend all facilities are going for in new builds
in last 6-7 years.
In the Wayne County Nursing Home Household Model, the old "hospital" model
that became so prevalent in nursing facilities throughout the nation in the 1960s
is gone.
There are no
large central nursing stations with residents parked around it in geri-chairs.
There are no long, isolating hallways of hospital rooms. The noise of
carts and equipment doesn't disturb the pleasant, calm atmosphere. There
is no intrusive, loud page system.
The Household Model replaces this with a home. The households consist of small
groups of residents, and each household is designed with amenities to
resemble a traditional family home. The result is more privacy for residents,
a calm, quiet environment, a sense of normalcy, and more chances to interact
in quality relationships with fellow residents, staff, and family.
