What do you see? If you can see 2 different images, then you understand what an epiphany is. Epiphanies help us shift our perspective, see the world differently. And once you see that it can be different, there is no going back! That is what the Eden Approach offers, a chance to see the experience of aging and accepting support differently. When you can see it differently, it can be world changing!
In our healthcare system, care plans are used to identify the support a person needs and the challenges they face. However, framing care needs through the lens of diagnosis or disease can generalize individual experiences, emphasizing a collective identity rather than personal circumstances. Traditionally, care plans have been linked to nursing, with many people viewing them as exclusively within the nurses’ scope of responsibility. The Eden Alternative redefines care as supporting someone’s growth, intentionally replacing the term “care plan” with “growth plan.” To create a truly meaningful growth plan, each Elder must be thoroughly understood and assessed for factors like loneliness, helplessness, boredom, and overall well-being.
By Kathy Hagen, Interim CEO, The Eden Alternative Recently, along with some of the Eden Alternative team and our Board Chair, Angie McAllister, I had the good fortune to spend time with Eden Alternative founders, Dr. Bill and Jude Thomas, at their home on Cayuga Lake, NY. The adventure began by traveling a dirt road…
By Kristi Doan, Community Builder The Eden Alternative® I am excited to introduce our newest course bundle that includes The Framework: Reveal the Possibilities and The Groundwork: Rethink Your Paradigm. Growing and adjusting as an organization, as our world became highly virtual starting in 2020, pushed us to develop two courses that cover the basics…
By Laura Beck, The Eden Alternative Life coach Martha Beck’s book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, captures the key qualities of what she calls a “Wayfinder.” (No, Martha is not my kin, by the way.) Wayfinders, by her definition, look a lot like changemakers to me. Beck describes Wayfinders as individuals driven by…
By Denise Hyde, The Eden Alternative Our minister began a sermon recently telling the story of the Zen master. The story goes that a university professor traveled to visit a famous Zen master to learn from him. They sat down and the Zen master served the professor some tea. While the Zen master was pouring…
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