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One Week Left To Make A Difference

January 12, 2015 | Rayne Stroebel

This is a personal appeal to help the Eden Alternative succeed in raising $11,500 to buy washing machines for elders in a care home in South Africa. We have a week to raise $1,500, and with your help we know we can do it.

Changing the Game with the Passions Project

December 19, 2014 | Laura Beck, The Eden Alternative

Sometimes amidst the chaos, there are moments of clarity, when we’re reminded why we do the work we do. I had one of those moments last October, during one of those speaking engagements when you’re not sure anyone really cares what you have to say.

Must Read: Why Everything You Think About Aging May Be Wrong

December 3, 2014 | Virgil Thomas, ChangingAging.org

The Wall Street Journal published an article recently that challenges head on the declinist myths of aging.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel: Open Mouth, Insert Foot

September 24, 2014 | Laura Beck, The Eden Alternative

THE EDEN ALTERNATIVE BLOG — A doctor noted for his role as a key architect of President Obama’s healthcare reform reminded us just how narrow the lens of the medical model is when it comes to aging.

Joie de Vivre Over Possibility and Ability

September 11, 2014 | Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org

CAREGIFTED.ORG — Caring for a child with a severe disability means a lifetime of being an outsider. Heather Kirn Lanier, a poet, teacher and mother, beautifully illustrates this experience in her post “Notes from the Land of Beauty and Difficulty” in Caregifted’s Blog of the Week Award-winning post.