Courses

In-Person Certified Eden Associate Training

Eden Associate Training

Tuesday, May 6th – Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Sherbrooke Community Centre
401 Acadia Dr
Saskatoon SK S7H 2E7

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Tuesday, May 13th – Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Riverview Health Centre
1 Morley Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3L 2P4

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It Can Be Different… Learn how person-directed care is about doing what we already do, differently.


Host a Training and Bring the Learning to You

Benefits of Being a Host Organization…

  • No travel costs for your employees, enabling individuals to attend at once
  • Scholarship slots in the training you host, (registration must exceed 20 people)
  • Special reduced registration fee for host site
  • Be recognized as a change agent around the culture of care in your community

Host Sites Provide…

  • A venue for the training (in your own location or another suitable venue)
  • Audio visual equipment
  • Lunch and refreshments for two breaks
  • Local leads for promoting the training
  • A commitment to send or recruit at least 4 participants for the training

The Eden Alternative Will…

  • Market the training, with assistance from the host organization
  • Respond to all phone/email requests for information
  • Promote your training on the Eden Alternative website
  • Develop and distribute email flyers
  • Receive and track registration forms
  • Send confirmation letters
  • Receive payments
  • Assign a Certified Eden Educator to the training
  • Provide and ship all educational and training materials

We offer the following Eden Alternative® education experiences…

The courses are taught by Suellen Beatty and Cheryl George, Eden Global Partners for Western Canada. Registration is on a first come basis and many classes are filled before the registration deadlines.

Contact: edenalt.canada@gmail.com

The Eden Alternative® is a powerful tool for improving the quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities or are isolated in the community. It is a new way of thinking about eldercare and has the potential of remaking facilities and communities. The Eden Alternative® is not a program, but rather a total philosophy that seeks to address what Dr. Bill Thomas calls the Three Plagues of Nursing Homes: loneliness, helplessness and boredom.


Open Hearts Open Minds: Introduction to the Eden Alternative® one-day course hosted by your home.

Open the hearts of everyone who lives and works within your organization with this compelling introduction to the power of the Eden Alternative’s Ten Principles. This one-day learning experience, available as an in-person training, is a meaningful, cost-effective way to welcome employees to life in a person-directed care culture. Once hearts are opened, minds will follow!

Participants will:

    • Gain a foundational understanding of The Eden Alternative;
    • Be inspired to join the culture change journey; and
    • Learn why change is important to the well-being of the whole care partner team.

“Inspiring creativity and passion in people is a gift – one that both of you have. I look forward to being able to go forth and multiply.”

– participant from Eden Associate Training program

Certified Eden Associate Training Programs

Suellen Beatty and Cheryl George, Global Partners for Western Canada have been training Certified Eden Associates since January 2000.  They offer a very practical, experience based approach to the philosophy of the Eden Alternative and will support you to create a life worth living.

For more information please visit their website www.edenhealthsolutions.com or email them at edenalt.canada@gmail.com

We have been Changing lives in Western Canada for over 20 years.  It is time to take a new direction. Certified Eden Associate Online Training takes you on an exciting and challenging 4 week journey into the world of person-directed care.  (This training meets 2 times per week for 2 hours.) As the most widely practiced approach to person-directed care, Certified Eden Associate Training has been proven to offer practical tools, resources, and inspiration that empower individuals and teams to initiate and maintain effective change. Experience it to believe it! Through our Ten Principle approach to person-directed care, participants will:

  • Tap into the cutting edge of the person-directed care movement;
  • Return equipped and inspired to initiate change;
  • Gain powerful team building skills to strengthen care partnerships in your organization;
  • Discover how person-directed care can drive improved quality and financial performance for the entire organization;
  • Get connected to a broad network of person-directed care resources worldwide; and
  • Contribute to reframing the culture of care and perceptions of aging in our society.

Who Should Attend?

Leadership teams from organizations along the entire care continuum and representatives of any long-term care communities who are interested in initiating a culture change journey in their organizations. This flagship training is an essential first step for organizations who wish to adopt the Eden Alternative Philosophy and join the Eden Registry and long-term care policymakers and hands on staff interested in learning more about person-directed care.

3-day course offered at your home or at Sherbrooke Community Centre.
Are you interested in hosting Eden Associate Training at your home? We have special rates. See available dates for booking.

Changing lives for over twenty years, Certified Eden Associate Training is an exciting and challenging 3-day journey into the world of person-directed care. As the most widely practiced, comprehensive approach to person-directed care, Certified Eden Associate Training has been proven to offer practical tools, resources, and inspiration that empower individuals and teams to initiate and maintain effective change in long-term care.

Through our Ten Principle approach to person-directed care, participants will:

  • Tap into the cutting edge of the person-directed care movement;
  • Return equipped and inspired to initiate change;
  • Gain powerful team building skills to strengthen care partnerships;
  • Learn how person-directed care drives improved quality and financial performance;
  • Get connected to a broad network of person-directed care resources worldwide; and
  • Contribute to reframing the culture of care and perceptions of aging in our society.

Who Should Attend?
Leadership teams from organizations along the entire care continuum seeking to grow their teams and transform their organizational culture; Representatives of any long-term care communities who are interested in initiating a culture change journey in their organizations. This flagship training is an essential first step for organizations who wish to adopt the Eden Alternative® Philosophy and join the Eden Registry; and Long-term care ombudsman and policymakers interested in learning more about person-directed care.


“I loved it! I wish to run back to work right away and make a huge, instant, overall, sweep-everyone-off-their-feet overhaul! – But I’ll follow the “rules” and take baby-steps and solicit the support of the right people in the right order.”

– participant from Eden Associate Training program

Untie the Spirit

Untie the Spirit is an exciting two day course where you will learn how to “untie the spirits” of those living with dementia. You will be refreshed in the principles of the Eden Alternative® which provide a solid framework for reaching out to those whose “minds have changed.”

In this packed two day course you will learn concepts from the best leaders in the field to help you adopt new and successful approaches. The course will focus on non drug related interventions to improve quality of life for those who live with dementia and those who care for them. You will leave this course with a renewed energy for caring for those with dementia and an appreciation for the importance of the work you do everyday.

Who Should Attend?
All those interested in culture change in long term care with a focus on caring for those with dementia. Senior Leaders, Managers and hands on staff will all be inspired and renewed by this course.

Untie the Spirit Training Program

New course dates coming soon.

“Presented with energy. Lots of thought and time put into activities. Left with realistic expectations and associates can immediately go out to change their respective facilities.”

– participant from Eden Associate Training program

One Day Eden Alternative® Workshop

Putting the Principles into Practice
This day will inspire you, enhance person-directed care in your Home, and improve well-being for all.
The Eden Alternative® is a powerful tool for improving the quality of life for people who live in long-term care homes or are isolated in the community. It is a new way of thinking about eldercare and has the potential of remaking homes and communities. The Eden Alternative® is not a program, but rather a total philosophy that seeks to address what Dr. Bill Thomas calls the Three Plagues of Nursing Homes: loneliness, helplessness and boredom.

This one-day session is appropriate for everyone who lives and works within your organization and builds on the basic understanding of the ten principles that guide us in creating a better world for our Elders.

Participants will:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the principles of the Eden Alternative® and how to make them a part of daily life;
  • Understand the importance of well-being in the lives of all Care Partners (Elders, family members, staff, etc.) through The Eden Alternatives 7 Domains of Well-being;
  • Learn why change is important to the well-being of the whole care partner team; and
  • Be inspired, re-charged and refreshed in their commitment to a person-directed culture

If you are interested in Online Training, please contact us.

Certified Eden Associate Training Online logo

An online, LIVE GROUP LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Practical. Engaging. Motivating.

 

Now, more than ever…
Loneliness, helplessness, and boredom are a serious threat to health and well-being.

In the COVID era, the impact of isolation has never been more profound. For over 25 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
  • Discover how to exceed new regulatory expectations
  • 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 leverage the Eden Alternative Domains of Well-Being®

“Fantastic! Thank you so much for your collective passion and dedication.”

– participant from Eden Associate Training program