Pursuing a "noble end" among a community of friends:
Dr. Bill Thomas and his vision for Eldershire

 

Editor's note: Dr. Bill Thomas and his wife Jude, co-founders of the Eden Alternative™ and the Green House Project™, two radical alternatives to traditional nursing home care, have dedicated their lives to transforming the culture of aging. At Second Journey's May 2005 Visioning Council on Creating Community in Later Life — held at the Summer Hill Farm, the Thomases' home and retreat center in Upstate New York — Bill Thomas shared his thoughts and ideas about aging, elderhood and Eldershire, his newest project.

Dr. Bill Thomas and Bolton Anthony at Second Journey's Visioning Council at Summer Hill Farm

June 2005 Issue

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