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The Eden Alternative and Pioneer Network are co-hosting a 4-part webinar series that will explore the power of boldly busting our paradigms in the quest for meaningful change.
FULL SUITE of WEBINARS DEAL AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT SERIES SCHEDULE!! SAVE 20%!
July 11, 2012: Now Available ON-DEMAND
Transforming Job Descriptions and Performance Evaluations to Promote Culture Change
September 18, 2012: Redefining "Activities" Culture and the Role of the Activity Professional
October 23, 2012: Well-Being Strategies: Reframing Policies and Procedures for Person-Directed Care
November 28, 2012: Recreating the Role of the Therapy Professional in Person-Directed Care
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Real Jobs, Real Descriptions
by Denise Hyde
 Who benefits from job descriptions and evaluations? Is it the risk managers, the human resource team, the lawyers, administrators, nurses' aides, nurses, or housekeeping? Why are they created and evaluated? Ask any number of people that work and live in long term care settings and you will get a variety of answers. Job descriptions and evaluations are part of all business organizations and fulfill a different need in each one. The question is how do they affect the people who work and make their home within the organizational structure? Click here to read the entire article. |
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First Paradigm Busters Webinar Launches Release of New Job Descriptions/Performance Evaluations Resource Packet
The first webinar in our new Paradigm Busters Series, Transforming Job Descriptions and Performance Evaluations to Promote Culture Change, was a big success on July 11th! This Eden Alternative/Pioneer Network collaboration packed in over 70 participants. If you would like a second chance to experience this webinar, click here.
Webinar registrants were given the option to purchase a corresponding resource packet created as part of the new Paradigm Busters Series, a set of information-packed resource materials developed by The Eden Alternative.
To learn more about the newly-released "The Role of Job Descriptions & Performance Evaluations in Person-Directed Care," click here.
This new resource packet will be available to order and download on Monday, July 23, 2012. To get on the waiting list for purchase, contact Kathy Hagen at opm@edenalt.org.
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Revolutionizing the Experience of "Home" by
Bringing Well-Being to Life
The Eden Alternative Domains of Well-Being™
 The ultimate goal of culture change in any care environment is well-being for all care partners (the Elder or individual accepting support, employees, family members, and volunteers), the organization and ultimately the larger community. How can you take the concept of well-being and make it come alive for everyone involved in the care relationship?
The Eden Alternative has answered this question by identifying seven Domains of Well-Being: identity, growth, autonomy, security, connectedness, meaning and joy. Assessment Tools have been created to measure well-being for individuals, teams and groups. Once understood, the language of the seven domains can be woven into daily life. Well-being, as a frame of reference, requires a focus on strengths, possibilities, dreams, and goals of each individual. Well-being presents the opportunity to define quality of life in terms of what each individual can do and what they have to offer their communities.
We invite you to learn more about the Domains of Well-Being, how they can help drive your culture change journey and how they are woven into the Path to Mastery. A free webinar is being offered on:
July 19, 2012 at 2:00pm ET |
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TIP OF THE WEEK:
ON-DEMAND Webinar Archive Keeps the Learning Alive!
 Missed an Eden Alternative webinar event you wanted to be a part of? Our extensive ON-DEMAND webinar archive offers you a second chance! Our 15-title Feature Collection includes the Dementia Beyond Drugs Three-Part Series with Dr. Al Power, the What You Do Matters Three-Part Series with Barbara Frank, Cathie Brady, and David Farrell, and the three-part Conversations with Dr. Bill and Jude Thomas. For a complete listing, click here, and scroll down the page.
Our ON-DEMAND system is a user-friendly, online option available as recordings of our Feature Webinars that deliver both audio and visual content directly to your desktop or group viewing environment. Our archived recordings also provide the opportunity to play back the event multiple times, if you wish, which packs in more bang for your buck and helps you touch many more members of your team..
In addition to our for-purchase feature options, we also always offer some free ON-DEMAND titles for you to consider, as well.
On-going education is the backbone of successful culture change. Webinars, whether live or recorded, are a convenient, cost effective way to educate large groups of people all at once. They provide excellent platforms for group discussions and deeper learning potential for all.
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Time to "Pop the Question?"
by Dr. Al Power
 I just returned from a rockin' session in Denver, Colorado. Nearly 50 people attended the 2-day Dementia Beyond Drugs training and the energy in the room was palpable. Among the attendees was Mary Dieffenbach, RN from Amberwood, who shared the success of their antipsychotic reduction trial-they have currently reduced their use by 32%! Mary has promised to send me more details of their process. I'll be on a conference call with CMS next week to discuss how to further identify the homes that have had great success and enlist them to help us teach others how to achieve similar results. Click here to read the entire article. |
News from the Eden Registry
A Beautiful Passing: A Family Care Partner Reflects
Eden Alternative Principles Six, Seven and Ten 
Submitted by Masonic Village
Submitted by Masonic Village I am writing to praise the vision of administration to create and develop a hospice on the Masonic Village Lafayette campus. What perfect insight for you to see the potential for a seamless transition of care at end-of-life; of having your own staff care for the dying. I think it is particularly beneficial for those residents who have resided on the campus for one year, five years, ten years and more. The continuation of a long standing connectedness is so important. My mother recently experienced a decline on the Lafayette West neighborhood. Relative to her days of dying and her stay on hospice, I have nothing to say, but words of kindness and deep appreciation. Thank you for putting these people in place and allowing them to serve the specific needs of families such as mine. The hospice staff members I met were professional and educated in their specific tasks; comforting, indeed. The C.N.A. was gentle and compassionate. The RN was informative and communicative. And the chaplain's presence was priceless as he played a key role in helping orchestrate a peaceful passing. I was touched by the depth of the guide that he had prepared, and the palpable feeling of love and compassion it conveyed. Click here to read the entire article.
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