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By Dr. Bill Thomas, ChangingAging.org
What are old people for? That is something I've thought hard about most of my life and yes, even wrote an entire book on the subject. Here's one example I can summarize it in a Twitter-length answer - old people are living bridges to history.
The Atlantic Monthly blog shared a YouTube video that seems to breath life into something that all of us consider distant history well outside of living memory. An eye-witness to Abraham Lincoln's assassination appeared on a TV gameshow in 1956 and that video is now on YouTube.
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 By Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org
One of the themes in Tribes of Eden I personally found compelling was the idea of getting closer to nature and living off the land. Readers get their first taste of this when the survivors of the Wallace family, seemingly at their lowest point, find nourishment in nature by foraging for edible plants.
Wild foraging is one of my hobbies, and yes, it's something I can do right out my door in Baltimore.
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By Kavan Peterson, Editor, ChangingAging.org
Asking older adults to hand over their keys is a difficult but necessary part of aging. It is so difficult because it is often a family member or physician, not the elder, who has to make the decision to end an age of independence.
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 By Virgil Thomas, ChangingAging.org
Over the weekend Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space and parachuted to the ground, breaking records and the sound barrier along the way. What I think is the most interesting point here, besides the fact that a man broke the speed of sound with his face, is that we are seeing a space boom like that of the 1960s.
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Blogstream Roundup
Top stories from ChangingAging Blogstream contributors. Do you know a blog that is changing aging? Submit it here!
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By John Schappi, Parkinson's and Me on October 18, 2012
My blog's traffic statistics show that the most-visited post by far is my February 12. 2012 report on claims that coconut oil is a remedy for Alzheimer's. That post has been viewed three times more often than any other.
Clearly, I'm not alone in worrying about dementia and Alzheimer's.
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By Martin Bayne, The Voice of Aging Boomers on October 16, 2012
There is a new and simple algorithm that describes the challenges of upgrading our current institutional aging facilities - WHAT.
W-Wages
H-Human Potential
A-Advocacy
T-Technology
SUB-STANDARD WAGES ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE
The women of color that are the backbone of this country's network of institutional aging facilities - many of them single parents - are denied a living wage. This creates a "revolving door" phenomenon that cripples moral and destroys any sense of continuity for the residents. This cannot stand.
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By Anna Ortigara, The Green House Project on October 18, 2012
Each elder is rich in life stories just waiting to be heard. Three elders from Porter Hills Green House homes came and shared their stories at the 5th Annual Green House Meeting and Celebration in early September at the Amway Grand in Grand Rapids, MI. Elders, Ota Champaign, Betty Hechman, and Shirley Farley agreed to talk about their current lives in the homes.
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By Carmen Bowman, special to The Green House Project Blog on October 15, 2012
Drs. Judah Ronch, Dean of the Erickson School of Aging, and Dr. William Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative and Green House Project, have coined a new term and developed a new concept called surplus safety. The first-ever Surplus Safety Symposium was held on September 12 - 13, 2012 in Baltimore. Approximately 50 stakeholders from a diverse group of constituencies discussed the current state of the safety landscape.
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By Rachel Scher, The Green House Project on October 17, 2012
Rebecca Priest, of St. John's home in Rochester, talks about her experience with Surplus Safety, and how to create a process to support risk in long term care.
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By Carol Ende, The Eden Alternative Blog on October 17, 2012
On September 26, 2012, culture change advocates from around the world gathered in Reykjavik, Iceland to listen to presentations about The Eden Alternative. They shared the challenges they face in bringing culture change to long-term care settings and amazing success stories.
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By Chris Perna, The Eden Alternative Blog on October 13, 2012
One of the ways we are getting exposure for The Eden Alternative these days is by exhibiting and speaking at industry events like the recent AHCA Annual Conference in Tampa, Fl.
In Tampa Nancy Fox and I partnered on an educational session where we talked to more than 100 people about our new Neighborhood Guide Curriculum and how to use neighborhood teams as an organizational design strategy to position for future success.
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By Ronni Bennett, TimeGoesBy.net on October 18, 2012
Part D, the Medicare prescription drug program, was created in 2006 to help elders, who use more drugs than younger people, pay for those drugs. It is private insurance for which you pay a monthly premium separate from your Medicare Part B and supplemental (Medigap) premiums.
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By Martha Stettinius, special to the WNYAPCC Blog on October 10, 2012
At age 80, my mother, Judy, is living with advanced dementia (vascular dementia and probable Alzheimer's disease), and I've served as her primary caregiver for 7 years.
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By Sarah Stevenson, A Place for Mom Blog on October 8, 2012
A new, up-and-coming model for long-term care moves away from the institutional nursing home tradition and towards autonomy, dignity and well-being.
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 "Thomas has written a classic tale of good and evil built in a solid, substantial world where elders are woven into the everyday fabric of life, valued for their experience, knowledge, and wisdom-- a story that needs to be repeated far and wide."
Ronnie Bennett, As Time Goes By
By the Book today!
www.TRIBESofEDEN.com
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