Eden - Probably the best culture change training in the world!

The Eden Alternative was founded in 1991 in the USA by Dr Bill Thomas and Jude Meyer-Thomas.  It is based on the core belief that ageing should be a continued stage of development and growth, rather than a period of decline. 

Eden Alternative training is a philosophy of care that is strikingly simple.  Managers, Eden Trainers, Eden Champions and Eden Associates teach that people should live in positive environments, not sterile medical institutions.  The philosophy is based on ten principles that have been developed to support the elimination of Loneliness, Helplessness and Boredom.  The Eden Alternative is about changing the culture of care, removing the departmentalised, task orientation of an ‘institutional’ model. 

Eden promotes moving decision-making closer to those living in Homes or being cared for within their own homes.  ‘Edenising’ organisations empowers both those who provide and receive care and supports people to achieve personal development and growth.  Organisations that have adopted Eden as an organisation-wide philosophy have found there is improved team satisfaction and colleague retention and it supports those people being cared for to continue to lead meaningful, fulfilled and vibrant lives focused on what people can do, rather than constrained by their needs or health conditions.