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Mar 30, 2005
"To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development." --Felix Adler
Nursing Home
Dr. Bill Thomas is a dynamic gerontologist with the unwavering belief that the nursing-home industry should be about creating spaces and services for living, not dying. His nonprofit company, Eden Alternative, "deinstitutionalizes" dreary facilities by introducing pets, plants, children, and dramatic cultural change to create enlivening environments and eliminate the plagues of loneliness, helplessness, and boredom.
BE THE CHANGE
Next time you're visiting a nursing-home or hospital, bring an extra plant or flower to brighten the day of an unsuspecting patient.
