Dr. Bill Thomas is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare. He is a professor at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and has been heavily involved in the culture change movement to promote elderhood as an honorable and valuable position in our society. Click here to read more. Eldertopia […]
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Nate is joined by Ithaca songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Chopak. Nate and Tenzin discuss the process of songwriting on a personal level. Sit back and learn about the visceral reaction that comes from listening to music and taking in lyrics.
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Magic dwells in the spirits of those, most generally elders, who are savvy enough to know, that they know enough, to know, they don’t know very much.
Continue Reading[Editor’s Note: Dr. Thomas has invited Eden Alternative’s Europe Coordinator Christa Monkhouse to guest-post on a weekly basis from across the Big Pond. Christa is personally responsible for introducing the Eden Alternative to Europe, first in the UK, then Denmark and soon in Sweden, Finland and other European nations. Stay-tuned for regular updates on ‘Monkhouse […]
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The full text of Eilon Caspi’s recent journal article “Trust at stake: Is the “dual mission” of the U.S. Alzheimer’s Association out of balance?” is now available for free thanks to an anonymous donor seeking to raise awareness of the gross imbalance of effort and funding between the Association’s dual mission of seeking cure and best care.
Continue ReadingI remain committed to an evidence-based critique of anti-aging theory. If the anti-agers put up real results they will get respect from me. Until then. Not so much. I saw reports that a group at Harvard had “reversed aging.” Naturally, I was intrigued. I started, of course withe the actual scientific paper. (Don’t worry— translation […]
Continue Readingi’m at the TEDMed conference. High tech meets new age… Not sure I’ll like it Location: http://j.mp/bYoym3 # i’m at the #TEDMed conference. High tech meets new age… Not sure I’m going to like Location: http://j.mp/bYoym3 # The RWJF gang is hanging around #ideapowered # Dkilly21 am on twitelator # RT @SAeditorinchief: Keschavjee – focus […]
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Long-term care residents living with dementia labeled as “aggressive” when they engage in distressing and harmful “resident-to-resident incidents” are in reality expressing real human needs and frustrations that are not being met by understaffed, undertrained, and inadequately supervised direct care staff members.
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