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Monica Eastway
Eco Gerontologist





Innovating A New Model of Living and Care
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Connecting All Ages to the Goodness of Our Shared Home
Age-Integrated ~ Community-Based ~ Resident Sustained ~Nature Inspired
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Care Outdoors 2025: The Founders Year ~Leading the Way in Eco Gerontology~
Enroll TODAY and Join Our Founders Cohort! 2025!!! Have you ever visited a care community—assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing,...
Monica Eastway
Feb 216 min read
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Why Care Outdoors Matters: Got Rhythm?
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower . –Hans Christian Andersen VIDEO: Why Care Outdoors...
Monica Eastway
Feb 192 min read
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Rewilding Care: A Return to Nature
A Gift from The Garden Girls Cleaning the chicken coop turned into an unexpected experience of awe! The Garden Girls hadn't laid eggs in...
Monica Eastway
Jan 147 min read
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Care Outdoors in Winter: Lead with Wonderment
Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the Earth. The elements are less reserved and...
Monica Eastway
Dec 3, 20246 min read
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The Art of NOT Catastrophizing
In the quiet of the morning, when the earth is soft and the sun spills golden over the land, let your feet find joy in every scratch and...
Monica Eastway
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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A Healing Art that Benefits Every Organization
Think for a moment about the people you know, including yourself, who live or work in a care community, or with in-home care. How often...
Monica Eastway
Oct 3, 202416 min read
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Nature’s Path to Gerotranscendence: Cultivating Holistic Wellbeing
The earth is our home. Unless we preserve the rest of life, as a sacred duty, we will be endangering ourselves by destroying the home in...
Monica Eastway
Sep 13, 202411 min read
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Meaningful Moments With Nature
While the therapeutic benefits of Nature on human health are widely recognized, from bolstering the immune system to fostering inner...
Monica Eastway
Aug 6, 20245 min read
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A Friluftsliv Summer Solstice: Long Live The Clothesline
My happiest childhood memories are of times in our backyard. My mother had an old clothesline that hung out in front. It seemed like it...
Monica Eastway
Jun 20, 20248 min read
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The Future of Green Care Communities: Fostering Reciprocity
Imagine for a moment living in a residential care community that does not value your daily access to Fresh Air as paramount for your...
Monica Eastway
May 2, 20249 min read
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Nurturing Aging-Friendly Communities: The Vital Role of Eco Gerontology
"Nature has the power to heal because it is where we are from, it is where we belong and it belongs to us as an essential part of our...
Monica Eastway
Apr 15, 202412 min read
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Breaking the Silence: Pioneering Ethical Senior Living in a Sea of Greed
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has....
Monica Eastway
Mar 29, 20245 min read
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AGEISM VS. The Power of the Aging Brain
On February 21st, 2024, I gave a 'commencement style' speech for an audience ages 70-93. Below is the full transcript. View Recorded...
Monica Eastway
Feb 29, 20248 min read
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Pawsitively Transforming Lives: The Impact of Companion Animals on Aging and Community
Sometimes, your pet picks you. –Julie Wenzel Growing up, I never had a pet dog; when I turned 40, a JackChi named Bizkit adopted me. How...
Monica Eastway
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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From Indoor Confines to Outdoor Bliss: Rethinking Care Spaces
Quotes are from qualitative studies examining how adults (age 60+) describe their experience of the natural world. Feel the soft sand...
Monica Eastway
Nov 4, 20235 min read
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Eco Gerontology: Aging-Friendly Communities for People and Planet
Graphic: The 8 Domains of Livability with 9th Domain Added Has anyone heard of Environmental Gerontology? I asked a group of 30...
Monica Eastway
Oct 26, 20237 min read
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Reimagining Care: Our Bond with Nature and a New Ethical Paradigm
It is not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it. —Lena Horne Care Outdoors = Caring In, With, and For Nature Caring...
Monica Eastway
Sep 7, 20236 min read
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Care Outdoors: Nurturing Wellbeing for Carers and Nature
Greetings All! Family Caregivers, CNAs, Care Partners, Executive Directors, Home Health Care Professionals, Physicians, Occupational and...
Monica Eastway
Jul 7, 20236 min read
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Soulful Solstice: Noticing Nature and Rekindling Our Connection
Happy Summer Solstice! Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the...
Monica Eastway
Jun 21, 20234 min read
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The AWE Experience: A Simple Yet Profound Path to Becoming Well Beings
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow stronger - W.B. Yeats. AWE In a world that often feels...
Monica Eastway
May 18, 20234 min read
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