PRACTICAL. ENGAGING. MOTIVATING.

                             An interactive, in-person training experience

Now, more than ever...

Loneliness, helplessness, and boredom are a serious threat to health and well-being.

For 30 years, The Eden Alternative has focused its approach to care on eliminating the three plagues of loneliness, helplessness, and boredom for elders and their care partners.

Research reveals a significant correlation between social isolation and serious health effects, including lower immunity, poor sleep, depression, higher levels of inflammation, and a greater risk of heart disease and stroke.

Participants of this
training will

  • Understand the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the person-directed care movement

  • Learn how person-directed care improves quality of life and quality of care

  • Help transform perceptions of aging in our society

  • Leave the course equipped and inspired to initiate change

  • Gain practical strategies and techniques that transform the culture of care

  • Learn how to apply the Ten Principles of The Eden Alternative®

  • Explore how to attain the Eden Alternative Domains of Well-Being®

Onsite Education Pricing Options

Standard Registration - $605
General/Individual Members - $545
Growth Members - $514
Certified Members - $484

***If you are an Eden Member, a State Surveyor, a Long-Term Care Ombudsman, or a returning Certified Eden Associate, you qualify for a discount. For more information, contact [email protected].

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Profound impact . . .

“I had the pleasure of attending a 3-day Eden Alternative training. From start to finish, I was so impressed with this approach. Our discussions were robust and presented different perspectives that would not normally be considered.

As a registered nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience,
this training made me rethink and reconsider senior care.

This has made a profound
impact on how I plan to continually challenge
and improve clinical care in senior living.”

~ Lynne West
Regional Director of Clinical Services, Colorado

Participants will learn how to

  • Gain

    Powerful team-building skills that strengthen care partnerships

  • Drive

    More impactful outcomes, more efficiently

  • Help

    Reduce staff turnover and improve financial performance

  • Create

    High engagement among Elders, family members, and employees

  • Explore

    Innovative strategies that support empowerment, purpose, and growth for all

Exceptional content . . .

“The quality and content of Eden Alternative education is exceptional. It exceeded our expectations, and it will assist us to change the culture of care
to a person-directed approach.”

~ Jackie Simkins
General Manager, Kaitaia, New Zealand

This onsite workshop includes:

  • Participant workbook

    Leave with a rich resource that includes your own insights.

  • Downloadable bonus material

    Gain access to additional resources that will help you deepen your learning.

  • Suggestions for next steps

    Discover how to extend your education and better apply what you've learned.

For 30 years, The Eden Alternative® has been on a mission to disrupt institutional approaches to care and eliminate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. 

The landscape of aging services is forever changed by pandemic life. 

Person-directed care and the tools that put it into action are needed now more than ever to uphold and protect the well-being of elders and the people who support them as their care partners.