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$32.95

Stock #29562
(ISBN 978-1-932529-56-2)
288 pages
papercover
6" x 9"
© 2010

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Changing the Culture of Care
By G. Allen Power, M.D., F.A.C.P.



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G. Allen Power, M.D.

G. Allen Power, M.D., is a board-certified internist and geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester, New York. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Power has practiced medicine for 25 years, the last 18 of which have been in long-term care and rehabilitation.

As a Certified Eden Alternative Educator, Dr. Power serves as an Eden Mentor at St. John's Home in Rochester, New York, where he has worked since 2000. He also serves on the board of directors of the Eden Alternative, Inc. His regular contributions to the blog of Dr. William Thomas, founder of the Eden Alternative, can be found at www.changingaging.org.

Dr. Power has lectured on geriatric and culture change topics both nationally and internationally. He has been interviewed for print and broadcast media including BBC Television, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and WHYY radio among many others. Dr. Power is also quoted in the book Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes by Beth Baker (2007, Vanderbilt University Press).

An accomplished musician and songwriter, Dr. Power's music has been performed on three continents. His song of elder autonomy, "If You Don't Mind," was performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, and Walter Cronkite used his song "I'll Love You Forever" in a 1995 Discovery Channel documentary on American families.


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