Rogers and Kran for Eden Board RedNova
At Eden San Leandro Hospital, a 30-bed nursing unit was closed in September. At the same time, the Cardio Rehab unit in Castro Valley, which had kept many hundreds of people alive and healthy over the years, was cut. This is happening while the Sutter hospitals are highly profitable.
With some grit, you're never too old to garden The Myrtle Beach Sun News
One of the last things 97-year-old Gladys Randolph did earlier this month while saying farewell to independent living was take a long, lingering walk around her house in Le Sueur, Minn., where she pinched spent blooms from a few front-entry geraniums. Yet despite her new nursing home surroundings, my mother won't have to give up gardening.
Steps on the Journey: The Pioneering Concept for Culture Change in Long-Term Care Facilities Southern Illinoisan
"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
With grit and a little flexibility, you're never too old to garden Daily Record
ST. PETER, Minn. -- One of the last things 97-year-old Gladys Randolph did earlier this month while saying farewell to independent living was take a long, lingering walk around her house in Le Sueur, Minn., where she pinched spent blooms from a few front-entry geraniums.
San Mateo Daily Journal San Mateo Daily Journal
ST. PETER, Minn. — One of the last things 97-year-old Gladys Randolph did earlier this month while saying farewell to independent living was take a long, lingering walk around her house in Le Sueur, Minn., where she pinched spent blooms from a few front-entry geraniums.
Eden alternative to come to city The Edmond Sun
EDMOND — There is a new movement at some American nursing homes called the “Eden alternative.” It includes bringing in children, pets and even plants to make the life adjustments easier for nursing home residents.
Minnesota voter-panelists crave positive ads Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
They've been watching the ads, of course, and not much liking what they've been seeing. They've also been talking to friends and neighbors, and a few have picked up reasons to keep pondering their choices. One of them even met in the flesh a leading candidate she was considering, and decided on the spot that she wouldn't be voting for him after all. In August, the Star Tribune contacted eight
A healthier take on the nursing home The Philadelphia Inquirer
Linda Johnson is never going back. After 14 years as a certified nursing assistant - the bottom of the food chain in the nursing home culture - she has tasted the future.

An Eden Alternative: A Life Worth Living
The Eden Alternative™ -- Renewing Life in Nursing Homes Studies of the Texas Eden Alternative Project at several nursing homes charted significant
Alabama Nursing Home Association
How is the Eden Alternative™ facility different from a regular nursing home? A nursing home that adopts the Eden Alternative™ principles has:
Eden Alternative-News Update
Eden Store/ Our store offers books and videos on Eden Alternative They don’t want to move because they know that nursing homes usually mean loneliness,
Nursing Homes: The Eden Alternative
Nursing Homes: The Eden Alternative. Bill Thomas, M.D., is co-founder of the Eden Alternative, a replacement for the institutional nursing home.
Online NewsHour: Nursing Home Alternative -- February 27, 2002
Susan Dentzer reports on life at a different kind of nursing home. He's devised one approach that he calls the Eden Alternative.

Nursing Homes: The Eden Alternative
Nursing Homes: The Eden Alternative. Bill Thomas, M.D., is co-founder of the Eden Alternative, a replacement for the institutional nursing home.
Online NewsHour: Nursing Home Alternative -- February 27, 2002
Susan Dentzer reports on life at a different kind of nursing home. He's devised one approach that he calls the Eden Alternative.
Long-Term Care, Nursing Homes
The approach, labelled the "Eden Alternative" (as in Garden of Eden) was started by geriatrician Dr. William Thomas in a nursing home in upstate New York in
Successful Edenization through education: suggestions for
Successful Edenization through education: suggestions for encouraging LTC staff to embrace the change of the Eden Alternative from Nursing Homes in Health
The promise, practice, and problems of the Eden alternative: one
'The promise, practice, and problems of the Eden alternative: one facility's learning experience' from Nursing Homes in Health & Fitness provided free by
Dog Owners Guide: Eden Alternative
In 1994, The Eden Alternative: Nature, Hope and Nursing Homes by William H. Thomas MD described a program to eliminate what he called the three plagues of
Nursing Homes Magazine
Nursing Homes Magazine Media Kit and other advertising information The history of the Eden Alternative is paved with such anecdotes.
Health Care Facilities - Tennessee Alternative Grant Assistance
The Tennessee Eden Alternative™ Grant Assistance Program was developed to provide seed money to nursing home, assisted care living, and home for the aged