Although this country is blessed with a network of tens of thousands of long-term care facilities for our elders, we often come up short when it comes to providing a high quality of life for them. Usually, the Three Plagues are to blame. When we are feeling lonely, helpless, or bored, the wonders of modern medicine don't make that much difference to us. Luckily, the Three Plagues are easy to cure. Once we focus on the Three Plagues as our guiding principle, the rest is easy.
Green plants are everywhere.
Birds can be heard singing from resident rooms. Dogs and cats roam the halls twenty-four hours a day. And children are a focal point of everyday life. Some facilities offer daycare for children of their staff, and others set up a kindergarten or preschool right on the premises. Whatever the method, the uniting principle in an Eden Alternative facility is life.