East of Eden

Living on Earth

In the past decade, more than one hundred nursing homes have brought more life and nature in to their aging residents. Dr. William Thomas is the author of “Life Worth Living: How Someone You Love Can Still Enjoy Life in a Nursing Home – The Eden Alternative: ” and he is a leader in the movement to reinvent nursing homes. Steve Curwood talks with Dr. Thomas about some of the healing successes this ecological approach has brought.

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