model of Nursing Home DeSign, reminds me a bit of Alexander Patterns and Jane Jacobs

FramIng "senior" as "[EldEr]"

http://www.edenalt.com/about.htm

http://www.edenalt.com/mission.htm - Vision: To eliminate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom.

principles http://www.edenalt.com/10.htm

getting started http://www.edenalt.com/getting.htm

list of homes in the northeast http://www.edenalt.com/region1/region1c.htm

[William Thomas]: Life Worth Living ISBN:1889242098

• as the book was written in 1995/6, I suppose it's [OK] Thomas doesn't talk much about pre-Nursing Home Senior Housing options (ALF-s, [CCRC]-s)

Some practices

• lots of pets - 80% of residents have parekeet in their room (typically cared for by staff)

• lots of kids - they run daycare, after-school, summer camp on-site

• lots of plants - turn lawns into plant/flower/vegetable garden, use harvest in kitchen

• some level of Workplace Democracy

Part of the challenge seems to me that once you remove a group of people from any grounded ConText, it's hard to add it back. Just like when Educating Kids.

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