HOME REMEDY - Rising Challenger Takes On Elder-Care System

One of the largest U.S. philanthropies (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) wants to put nursing homes out of business. The initiative seeks to replace large facilities with small "Green Houses" for 10 to 12 people -- overthrowing what critics see as the impersonal, at times degrading life the elderly can experience at big institutions. - from the Wall Street Journal (subscription required to WSJ online)