Philosophy of Care
THE EDEN ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN
The EDEN Alternative creates a better world for our elders living in a long term care facility. It is about transforming these institutions into "real homes" for the people who live and work in them, to provide opportunities for emersion of relationships, placing "resident-centred model" first and setting a standard of excellence. The EDEN Alternative enables organizations to move away from the departmentalized, task-orientation of the current institutional model. By changing the culture of organization from a top-down bureaucratic management approach and moving decision making closer to the elders, Edenizing organizations are helping to support a meaningful life for their elders.
It is through this re-alignment of responsibilities that the Eden Alternative creates opportunities to achieve a higher and more comprehensive level of accomplishments for care-givers and a new level of success in areas that have been overlooked or under-appreciated in the past.
The EDEN Alternative is seeking to remake the experience of aging around the world. The bulk of our work to date has been in de-institutionalizing the culture and environment of today’s nursing homes and other long term care institutions.
Based on a core belief that aging should be a continued stage of development and growth, rather than a period of decline. Tideview terrace has committed to adopting the EDEN Alternative philosophy and through this implementation will bring about deep culture change within its organization.
Studies show that implementation of the EDEN Alternative is a powerful tool for improving quality of life and quality of care for those living in nursing homes . Also, in homes that have adopted EDEN as an organizational-wide philosophy, there is often improved staff satisfaction and retention and significant decreases in the overuse of medications and restraints. Most importantly, elders, supported by their caregivers, can once again direct their own daily lives.
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