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　　After graduation from Harvard Medical School, Dr William Thomas never thought he'd work in a nursing home. Then, __1__, he became a medical director of a nursing home in New York, and his ideas began to __2__.“For the first time in my career, I was __3__ for the answer to the question-- what does it mean to __4__ another person?”

　　__15__ that the biggest trouble facing nursing-home residents（居住者）are helplessness, __6__ and boredom, he arranged laughter, usefulness and love as __7__.

　　__8__ Thomas calls it, he began the“Edenization”of the nursing home in 1992. At last he founded the Eden Alternative.

　　Lazy moments and loud television programmes were __9__ with lovely children, playful pets, __10__ plants and music in the lobby. These living things are __11__ into life. Residents are __12__ to tend the animals, water the plants, weed outdoor gardens and do crafts with the children.

　　The Eden Alternative changed the __13__ of the residents at this 80-bed nursing home. In a three-day study, the nursing home was __14__ with a nursing home of equal size. The Eden Alternative had 26 percent less nurse-aide turnover, 15 percent __15__ resident deaths and 38 percent lower medication costs.

　　In 1995 Dr Thomas __16__ his full time to the promotion of the Eden Alternative. More than 200 nursing homes throughout the country have __17__ the Edenization process. Thomas receives queries（质疑）from as __18__ away as Turkey, Japan, Brazil and the Nether-lands. He hopes that his idea of filling“__19__”into nursing homes and inviting the community in will help to“break conventional practice in long term __20__.”