ChangingAging with Dr. Bill Thomas A Sanctuary for Elderhood By Dr. Bill Thomas on November 10, 2011 | ChangingAging.org — Along the journey of creating, launching and now rapidly growing The Green House® Project there have been many important milestones. Building the first Green Houses in Tupelo, Miss. Getting the strong backing of RWJF . And most recently celebrating the […]
Continue ReadingWhile covering the 2011 LeadingAge conference for ChangingAging.org I spent an afternoon interviewing Eden Alterantive’s CEO Chris Perna and two of Eden’s value-added partners: It’s Never 2 Late and WellAWARE Systems. Together, these three organizations presented a “Mind, Spirit and Body” exhibit at LeadingAge featuring a unique integration of technology and culture change. As part […]
Continue ReadingI started the week in a cab in DC. I was on my way to a meeting with people who wanted to talk about wellness. “Wellness” is a surprisingly difficult topic to talk about, here’s why… If you talk about wellness from a truly holistic point of view, the concept is so smooth and round, […]
Continue ReadingMore from the ChangingAging book of the year—- Life Gets Better. Several years ago, Wendy Lustbader, a former social worker, and her husband were on a bus in New Zealand. She says they were, by far, the oldest people on the bus, with most of their fellow travelers being in the late teens or […]
Continue ReadingAn interesting piece of news arrives telling me that the number of caregivers in California is set to double. One of the problems associated with this boom it that many of these soon-to-be caregivers are themselves facing the prospect of an “unhealthy future due to higher rates of poor health behaviors, compared with both non-caregivers in the same age range and older caregivers.”
Continue ReadingThe art of weaving a great story or composing a great song has changed very little over the past five thousand years. Indeed, my son Caleb and I love reading Greek myths that were already ancient when Homer was alive. The act of creation remains what it has always been; a human being alone, or […]
Continue ReadingA humorous, but pithy reminder for everyone — adults, adult children, and seniors — everything we routinely use and take for granted was new at one time or another. The video is a Norwegian Broadcasting Network comedy presentati…
Continue ReadingThanks to the power of Google News Alerts and social media I just came across a fantastic interview with Dr. Bill Thomas from a few years ago that the Growing Bolder radio show has posted online as part of their growing pro-aging media community. The interview focuses on the power of the Eden Alternative to […]
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