The Eden Alternative UK

24/07/2023

“Communication has got so much better; we support each other, and we love the residents to bits. You have to get on and your day goes quicker and is better.”

– Team Member, Eden Platinum Awarded Home

Principle Wellbeing 4 - Being able to give care and love back, as well as receive it, reduces helplessness and gives people back a sense of self-worth.

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Your Team - The people we care for - Their families.

*contact us for prices - The Eden Alternative UK operates as a not-for-profit organisation

18/07/2023

Wow, MARY this looks incredible😍 Variety is the spice of life👌 What a taste sensation for the residents of Weybourne Care Home😋Yum!

An Eden home is non-prescriptive and allows for creativity 🙏
Everyone should having a purpose every day, be allowed to hope, and do things that interest them particularly. An inclusive culture commits to everyone!

The Team - The People we Care for - Their families

Doing things we find meaningful is essential to good health and wellbeing. Go team Weybourne!! 🏆

11/07/2023

One more sleep until the Care and Occupational Therapy Show - Westpoint, Exeter.

The Social Care Wellbeing Programme - improving the quality of life for all involved in the giving and receiving of care, creating an inclusive culture that commits to everyone 🪴🪴🪴 - lets grow together ❤️

10/07/2023

Wednesday 12th July 2023, 10am - 4pm
The Care & Occupational Therapy Show - Westpoint, Exeter

FREE TICKETS HERE ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/care-occupational-therapy-show-2023-tickets-600524142877?aff=website

We'll see you there 🪴 Stand 230 ☺️

27/06/2023

Team Sefton Hall ❤️ - A Eden Platinum Awarded Home🏆 This care home encompasses all that is Eden 🪴well done team, truly🙏

Every person has the right to identity, growth, security, connectedness, autonomy, and joy. Wellbeing is a human right.

The Eden Alternative philosophy of care is strikingly simple: trained Eden Associates help people to live fulfilled lives. People living with disabilities or dementia teach us the gift of living in the moment - lets value and embrace living in this moment with them.

“We need joy, variety and spontaneity in our lives. This is the antidote to boredom” - Eden

22/06/2023

Quite the turn out 🎸🪴 The residents let George know what they like, and he rolls with it 😎

George is an Eden Associate who shares a variety of joyful musical entertainment with residents. Hosting interactive story telling through song, and taking people through multiple journeys of music throughout the years.

With the air full of laughter, it's clear to see why George's sessions are so popular 🥰

19/06/2023

Connectedness ✅ Doesn't need to be humans! 😊🐕🐇🐰🐈

19/06/2023

🪴🌿Next **IN PERSON**, 2-day Eden Associate Training 🌿🪴
Monday 18th September 2023 & Tuesday 19th September 2023

The wellbeing training programme in social care, improving the quality of life for all involved in the giving and receiving of care, creating an inclusive culture that commits to everyone.

We focus on many topics throughout the course, together we will zoom in on and explore the 7 domains and 10 principles of wellbeing. Through loving companionship and working together in partnership, we can all bring meaning, joy, and spontaneity to people’s lives.

🪴Identity-growth-security-connectedness-autonomy-joy🪴

15/05/2023

Principle 3 - People benefit from building close relationships. 'Loving companionship' is an antidote to loneliness.

Identity 😊 Security 😊 Connectedness 😊 Meaning 😊 Joy 😊

11/05/2023

👑👑🦙🦙 Llamas 🦙🦙 👑👑 at The Old Rectory Nursing Home

What a team! Stories and laughter all round ❤️ Tom is an amazing activities coordinator - inspiring people through endless possibilities and experiences! Always lots of spontaneity, variety and choice when it comes to recreation at the TOR.

Growth🪴Connectedness🪴Autonomy🪴Meaning🪴Joy🪴

The Old Rectory Nursing Home - A Gold Award Standard Eden Accredited home 🥇

Two llamas from Sidmouth, with the 'royal' names of Harry and George, visited a care home in the run-up to the King's coronation

05/05/2023

“Every single resident reacted with joy and pleasure at meeting the lambs. One resident farmed for about 50 years before retiring and she used to keep ewes. She sat with one on her lap for ages, having never thought she would hold a lamb again"

- what an inspiring experience to share together. The Seaton, you are amazing!! ❤️❤️❤️

The Eden Alternative UK in action -

🐑Meaning
🐑Loving Companionship
🐑Joy
🐑Connectedness

20/04/2023

In-person The Eden Alternative UK - Eden Associate Training*

Hosted by Geoffrey Cox and Margot Whittaker - both highly respected in social care and advocates for radical change in the sector, locally and nationally.

Geoffrey and Margot own 4 highly rated, award-winning care homes in Devon, UK.

*£200 pp, lunch and refreshments included. Both days MUST be completed to achieve Eden Associate accreditation.