Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Revolutionizing Long Term Care

From Care2, an article about Bill Thomas, and his revolutionary approach to nursing homes. A geriatrician who became indignant about the state of nursing home care when he was the medical director for one in New York, Thomas is now one of the nation’s most outspoken critics of institutional eldercare and a tireless advocate for homelike alternatives that restore meaning and dignity to older people’s lives.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/revolutionizing-long-term-care.html

For more on the Eden Alternative:
http://www.edenalt.org/

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