Dr. Bill Thomas is a physician specializing in geriatrics and a crusader determined to revolutionize nursing home care. The Harvard graduate and father of five has so far "Edenized" about 300 nursing ...
A person-centered nursing home approach that focuses on relationships can also turn out impressive data when it comes to clinical practices and quality of care, according to new research. Two separate ...
Q: What interested you in becoming The Eden Alternative’s new CEO? A: I have been a nursing home administrator for a long, long, long time and I used The Eden Alternative in my own communities. This ...
A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab announced that the Marietta nursing home, located at 900 Wylie Road SE, has become the first stand-alone nursing home in the state to be accepted into the Eden Alternative ...
Eden Alternative homes aim to improve the nursing home experience, featuring widespread plants, animals and onsite day care for children. About 240 nursing homes nationwide -- including St. Luke's ...
Lazy afternoons in front of the TV are a thing of the past at Abbeyfield Kent Society's care homes, writes Amy Taylor, where spontaneity is the watch-word for residents Whizzing through the ...
A decade after implementing the world-renown Eden Alternative program, which aims to improve the well-being of elders and their care partners in many realms by transforming the communities in which ...
In the summer of 1991, Dr. William Thomas was working as the medical direc tor of a small rural nursing home when he noticed what he referred to as a “ spiritual malaise” in the residents. Trained as ...