Eden Alternative Publications

In peer-review academic journals

1998

Ransom S (1998). The Eden Alternative: Creating human habitats in Texas nursing homes. Texas Journal on Aging, 1(1): 8-13.

Thomas W (1998). Remembering hospitalism. The Eden Alterative recognises growing, living things as essential ingredients in the health care mix. Balance, 2(2): 17-18.

1999

Tavormina CE (1999). Embracing the Eden Alternative in Long-term care environments. Geriatric Nursing, 20(3): 158-161.

2001

Lee C (2001). Creating Eden for aged care. Australian Nursing Journal, 8(7): 31.

2002

Barba BE, Courts NF, Tesh AS (2002). Promoting thriving in nursing homes: The Eden Alternative. Journal or Gerontological Nursing, 28(3): 7-13.

Coleman MT, Looney S, O’Brien J, Ziegler C, Pastorino CA, Turner C (2002). The Eden Alternative: Findings after 1 year of implementation. The Journals of Gerontology. Medical Sciences 57A(7): M422-M427.

Hamilton N, Tesh AS (2002). The North Carolina Eden Coalition. Facilitating environmental transformation. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 28(3): 35-40.

Hinman MR, Heyl DM (2002). Influence of the Eden Alternative on the functional status of nursing home residents. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 20(2): 1-20.

Sloane P, Zimmerman S, Gruber-Baldini A, Barba BE (2002). Plants, Animals, and Children in Long-Term Care: How common are they? Do they affect clinical outcomes, Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 3(1): 12-18.

Tesh AS, McNutt K, Courts NF and Barba BE (2002). Characteristics of nursing homes: Adopting environmental transformation. Journal or Gerontological Nursing, 28(3): 28-34.

2003

MacKenzie S (2003). Implementing the Eden Alternative in Australia. Culture change in long-term care. New York, Haworth Press, p, 325-338.

Monkhouse C (2003). Beyond the Medical Model – the Eden Alternative in Practice. A Swiss experience. Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 2(3-4): 339-353.

Sampsell BG (2003). The promise, practice and problems of the Eden Alternative. Nursing Homes, 52(12): 41-44.

Thomas W, Johansson C (2003). Elderhood in Eden. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 19(4): 282-290.

Thomas W (2003). Evolution of Eden. Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care, 2(1-2): 141-157.

2004

Bergman-Evans B (2004). Beyond the basics. Effects of the Eden Alternative model on quality of life issues. Journal or Gerontological Nursing, 20(6): 27-34.

Keane B (2004). Building the new culture of ageing – one leader at a time. Nursing Homes, 53(8): 44-46.

Steiner JL, Eppelheimer C, Devries M (2004). Successful Edenization through Education. Nursing Homes: Long Term Care Management, 53(3): 46-49.

2005

Kane RL (2005). Changing the face of long term care. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 17(4): 1-18.

Rosher RB, Robinson S (2005). Impact of the Eden Alternative on family satisfaction, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 6: 189-193.

Rosher RB, Robinson S (2005). The Eden Alternative: Impact on student attitudes. Educational Gerontology, 31(4): 273-282.

2006

Robinson S, Rosher RB (2006). Tangling with the barriers to culture change: Creating a resident centred nursing home. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(10): 19-25.

2007

Kane RA, Lum TY, Cutler LJ, Degenholtz HB, Yu TC (2007). Resident outcomes in small-house nursing homes: A longitudinal evaluation of the initial green house program. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(6): 832-839.

2009

Burgess J (2009). Sowing seeds: Introducing the Eden Alternative. Journal of Dementia Care, 17(21): 27-30.

Caspar S, O’Rourke N, Gutman GM (2009). The differential influence of culture change models on long-term care staff empowerment and provision of individualized care. Canadian Journal on Aging, 28(2): 165-175.

White-Chu EF, Graves WJ, Godfrey SM, Bonner A, Sloane P (2009). Beyond the Medical Model: The Culture Change Revolution in Long-Term Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 10(6): 370-378.

2010

Otsuka S, Hamahata A, Komatsu M, Suishu C, Osuka K (2010). Prospects for introducing the Eden Alternative to Japan. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(3): 47-55.

Petersen M, Warbuton J (2010). The Eden Alternative: Innovation in Australian aged care? Australasian Journal on Ageing, 29(3): 126-129.

2011

Brownie S (2011). A culture change in aged care: The Eden Alternative. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(1): 63-68.

Brownie S, Neeleman P, Meyer C (2011). Establishing the Eden Alternative in Australia and New Zealand. Contemporary Nurse Journal, 37(2): 222-224.

Hill NL, Kolanowski AM, Milone-Nuzzo P, Yevchak A (2011). Culture change models and resident health outcomes in long-term care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(1): 30-40.

Last updated July 2012