Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey
Guest: Beth Baker
Broadcast and podcast on webtalkradio.net. The podcast is also on the links below
One of our worst nightmares is having to live the rest of our lives in a nursing home. There are almost 50% more nursing homes than McDonald’s restaurants in the US. While most are fairly well run, the structure and values of nursing home typically make them warehouses that strip residents of their dignity, independence, and any semblance of a normal lifestyle. No wonder so many older Americans ask their children to “Promise me you will never put me in a nursing home.” It doesn’t have to be that way. Beth Baker, author of Old Age in a New Age, describes dozens of facilities that really are homes.
Beth Baker’s website is www.BethBaker.net. She talked about www.pioneernetwork.net the coalition that is supporting alternatives like the Eden alternative, the Greenhouse movement, and person-centered homes. Dr. Brickey’s other websites are www.DrBrickey.com and www.Anti-Aging-Speaker.com.
