Bill Thomas, Erickson School, on NPR

Bill Thomas, professor of the Erickson School, is a man on a mission: to change our concept of nursing homes, aging and eldercare forever.

Thomas, a self-described "nursing home abolitionist," took his mission to the national airwaves on April 2, as a guest on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation."

Learn more about the Erickson School at UMBC and Dr. Thomas at his blog, www.changingaging.org.

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