Dr. Bill Thomas

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As he approached the century mark, entertainer Bob Hope was known to use this little joke… “Who wants to live to be a hundred?!?” Pause for a beat. “A ninety-nine year-old man!” Ba Da Boom. That’s really the point isn’t it. Except in the most extreme and distressing situations, people want, very much, to stay […]

Dr. Al Power writes with this contribution to the changing aging blog… From the news… “A former Lely Estates day-care provider who drugged babies was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail on child abuse and tampering charges for concocting a pink milk “drug cocktail” to make babies sleep — and pouring some evidence down […]

I was just going back over the summary of research from the Ohio State press office. I can’t believe I missed it the first time but the headline for the press release… Older people are more prejudiced — and they can’t help it … is almost exactly the opposite of what the researcher claims and […]

“Having close friends and staying in contact with family members offers a protective effect against the damaging effects of Alzheimer’s disease according to research by physicians at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The study, which is currently posted online in The Lancet Neurology, will be published in the May print edition of the journal.” […]

Slate’s Daniel Engber rings in with what must be the most bizarre silver lining sighting long-term care has ever encountered. Must be read to be believed.

We just finished up the first week of intensive instruction for the students enrolled in the first of its kind Erickson School Masters of Aging Services Program. We have 27 students enrolled and they are an exceptionally strong group. The class discussions were lively and offered an excellent look into the successes and failures of […]

I was Googling around and found that our friends at As Time Goes By had a nice summary of press clips about The Elders. For Example, “…Mr Mandela explained that The Elders would be able to dedicate their experience and moral courage to help solve some of the problems the world was facing. “’The Elders […]