Eden Alternative Blog

  • An Intention for 2025: Understanding

    By centering mutual understanding – both in leadership and in life – we create the conditions for people to connect bravely, collaborate respectfully, and live authentically.

  • Transform Dementia Care with The Eden Alternative®: Dementia Beyond Drugs

    Dementia care has often been approached from a clinical, task-oriented perspective, but there is a growing recognition that truly compassionate care requires something deeper: a focus on the person, their experiences, and their inherent potential for connection and meaning.

  • Handling Holiday “Have-To’s”

    Seeing the why can bring life-affirming energy to things we once dreaded; conversely, it can reveal that some things we’ve been prioritizing don’t actually align with our values.  Using this tool clarifies what we want to embrace and where we want to set boundaries.  

  • Understanding Distress and How to be a Better Care Partner

    There are ways to interact with each other that can decrease the distress experienced by everyone involved.

    You must shift how you view your role in the relationship and how you define what you see happening for the person living with dementia, including how they interact with the world around them.

  • Embracing a Well-Being Approach to Living Well with Dementia

    At the heart of Dr. Power’s approach is the recognition that a diagnosis of dementia does not eliminate a person’s humanity, their right to have influence over their own life, or their need for well-being.

  • Blah Blah Blah Trauma…

    Why do some people have lasting problems because of these different incidents? What helps some people be more resilient, and others more vulnerable, to the impact of trauma?

    And finally, what can be done to heal from trauma?

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