Positive Lights News
May 23, 2005

Here is an interesting alternative to in-home care of an elderly or
disabled relative and an assisted living facility or nursing home. It's
called the "Eden Alternative" and is superbly described in an article by
Abbie Reese in the Rockford Register Star. The article was written on May
19th, 2005 and we are going to try to get permission to archive the article
so that it won't be lost if the newspaper has a policy about how long they
keep articles on their web site.

The Eden Alternative is an approach to elder care that involves small
numbers of residents, with professional caregivers and with volunteer help
from the relatives of the residents. More extensive information about the
concept is available at http://www.edenalt.com/welcome.htm

The concept is based on ten principles of elder care. They are described at
http://www.edenalt.com/10.htm.

Vern Jacobs
http://www.PositiveLights.org