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'Dr. William H. Thomas' is an international authority on geriatric medicine and eldercare and a professor of aging studies at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Thomas also serves as president of The Center for Growing and Becoming, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and developing constructive, holistic approaches to aging and the care of our elders. He is the founder of The Eden Alternative, a global non-profit organization that is committed to improving the care received by people who live in institutions everywhere. ^[1] Most recently, Dr. Thomas developed the Green House, a radically new approach to long-term care. In 2005, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced a five year ten million dollar grant that will result in the creation of Green House projects in all fifty states. ^[2]

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1. Article on the The Eden Alternative provided by the National Center of Accessibilty
2. "Reformers Seek to Reinvent Nursing Homes" by Joseph Shapiro