Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org
‘What is the Eden Alternative?’ A Board Member’s Point of View
Earlier this week we blogged about Community Place, a non-profit Eden Alternative nursing home in Jackson, Miss., breaking ground tomorrow in a major development to completely relocate their facility onto an innovative 22-acre campus of cottages, assisted and independent living complexes and skilled nursing inspired by the Eden Alternative care philosophy. Jim Archer is a secretary/life [...]
Eden Alternative Inspires Major Elder Care Transformation
Community Place in Jackson, Miss., breaks ground this Friday in a ceremony culminating seven years of work to relocate and transform the non-profit nursing home into an innovative 22-acre campus of cottages, assisted and independent living complexes and skilled nursing inspired by the Eden Alternative care philosophy. The new campus will even include a fishing [...]
Culture Change Pioneers Kiyota and Power Headed For Bella Italia
Two of the culture change movement’s most respected leaders — Eden Mentor Dr. Al Power and environmental gerontologist Emi Kiyota — have been awarded an exciting residency in Italy to work on community-based “Innovative Responses to Global Aging.” Dr. Power has this update on the ChangingAging Blogstream: I’m thrilled to announce that Emi Kiyota and [...]
Aging Services Summit Will Address Potential Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Aging Populations
From the ChangingAging Blogstream: The negotiations in Washington over raising the federal debt limit are going down to the wire this month with potentially drastic budget cuts to programs that protect and serve older adults on the negotiation table. Leaders in aging community services will travel to Washington July 18-20 for The National Association of Area [...]
UK Study Finds Use of Psychotropic Drugs Nearly Eliminated Under Eden Alternative
The UK-based Accord Housing Association is reporting a dramatic fall in the number of residents being prescribed psycotropic drugs from 47% to just 2% since adopting the Eden Alternative philosophy. The association conducted a trial study to reduce the use of psycotropic drugs through the Eden Alternative approach among 21 residents and completely eliminated the drugs [...]
How Eden Alternative Can Help Your Aging Parent and You
Please join “Transition Aging Parents” radio host Dale Carter for an upcoming broadcast focused on the Eden Alternative featuring Holly Whiteside, author of the “The Caregiver’s Compass. Dale and Holly will explore the benefits and principles of the Eden Alternative philosophy and in particular how it supports and family members caring for aging parents. Join [...]
Denver’s Saint Paul Heath Center Joins the Eden Registry
The Eden Alternative is proud to announce that Saint Paul Heath Center in Denver has joined the ranks of The Eden Alternative® Registry, marking its commitment to improving the quality of care and quality of life for its residents and staff. Saint Paul staff and administration recently completed the Eden Alternative’s professional development training in person-directed care. [...]
Watch My TEDx Talk – Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age
My TEDx talk “Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age” has been posted to YouTube and I’m excited to share it with the ChangingAging Blogstream. Thank you to everyone in the ChangingAging community who provided comments and suggestions to help me prepare my TEDx talk. You can help now by sharing this video [...]
Portrait of an Eden Registered Home: Providence Horizon House
Providence Horizon House, Anchorage, Alaska Providence Horizon House in Anchorage, Alaska, renewed their Eden Registry status on April 20, 2011. This home provides assistance to elders living in apartments or one of two cottages for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory disorders. Providence Horizon House is home to 85 people. The elders are very involved [...]
Dr. Bill Thomas San Francisco Chronicle OpEd: Learn to value life in elderhood
Published June 3 in the San Francisco Chronicle Opinion section: I am a rare breed of physician who specializes in the care of older people – a geriatrician. More than 30,000 geriatricians are needed to care for America’s coming age boom. But shockingly, there are fewer than 6,000 and the number is dropping. The reason [...]
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