What if nursing homes felt more like real homes and actually improved lives?

In this episode, we talk with Susan Ryan, CEO of the Center for Innovation, about reimagining eldercare through person-directed living and human-centered design.

Susan brings decades of experience in nursing and eldercare transformation. She was instrumental in scaling the Green House Project, a nonprofit that replaces institutional nursing homes with small, self-contained homes that foster dignity, choice, and connection.

She walks us through the mission of the Center for Innovation and how their work alongside the Pioneer Network is shifting the culture of long-term care nationwide.

Susan also shares how their “beliefs, behaviors, and systems” framework helps redesign care environments and empower caregivers in ways that improve well-being for e ...