Eden Alternative Training in India at TISS

Eden Alternative Training, India

Dec 9^th & 10^th, 2010

9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Eden Educator: Reis Woollen with Silver Inning Foundation

Venue:

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

Deonar, Mumbai - 400 088

Tel: 91-22-2552 5680

Host:

The Centre for Lifelong Learning, TISS, Mumbai

The Centre for Lifelong Learning, TISS and Silver Inning Foundation are happy to announce a two day workshop on  Eden Alternative Training to be held at TISS on the 9th and 10th of December,2010.

Eden at Home (EAH) applies our Ten-Principle Philosophy to improving quality of life for Elders living at home and their care partners.  A community-based approach to person-centered care, EAH focuses on building collaborative care partner teams that include the active participation of the Elder herself.   Working together, empowered care partner teams help to ensure the independence, dignity, and continued growth and development of our Elder care partners and each other.

What does attending this workshop provide?

 After training, you will inspire care partners, both within their organization and out in the community, to:

    * Reframe perceptions of aging and disability

    * Work together to reduce stress & burnout

    * Build strategies on strengths, rather than limitations

    * Develop meaningful connections with each other

    * Create opportunities for all to give as well as receive

    * Communicate effectively & thoughtfully

    * Share joy, hope, wisdom, spontaneity, & respect

    * Prevent loneliness, helplessness, & boredom for all on the care partner team

 Registration Fees: Rs. 600 . The fee includes working materials and hospitality & small donation to Silver Inning Foundation for cause of Elderly.

Payment to be made at: Cash counter at TISS between 10.30 am and 1pm on all working days. A copy of the receipt will have to be brought along on the 9th December at the time of registering.

Kindly send in your confirmation to Prof. Nasreen Rustomfram, nasreen_r@tiss.edu or  Mr. Sailesh Mishra at silverinnings@gmail.com before 7th December,2010.Any queries may be addressed to both the above on the given email IDs.

Only few seats , Register Now!

About The Eden Alternative: The Eden Alternative is a small not-for-profit organization making a big difference in the world. Based on the core belief that aging should be a continued stage of development and growth, rather than a period of decline.The Eden Alternative 10 Principles is seeking to remake the experience of aging around the world. The core concept of The Eden Alternative is strikingly simple. Dr. William Thomas, his wife Judy, the Eden home office staff, 50 Eden Educators, 60 mentors and more than 15,000 associates teach that where elders live must be habitats for human beings, not sterile medical institutions. They are dedicated to eliminating the plagues of loneliness, helplessness, and boredom that make life intolerable in most of today’s long-term care facilities.

The Centre for Lifelong Learning : The Centre for Lifelong Learning is an independent centre at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The mission of this Centre is to work with adult learners who seek to work with the disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of society and also cater to people who would like to continue their education by taking up professional courses. To this end, it offers part-time Diploma Programmes in Gerontology and Counselling. Besides, it conducts a range of outreach and short-term programmes for professionals, Para-professionals and volunteers. The thematic contents of these programmes focus upon work-related needs as also self-growth and individual development.

Silver Inning Foundation: Silver Inning Foundation is registered NGO dedicated for the cause of Senior Citizens. It is part of social enterprise Silver Innings which hosts one of the most comprehensive and dedicated website for elderly &their family www.silverinnigs.com . The vision, mission and goals of SIF are centered on creating and implementing services and programmes that are holistic in nature and address the need to acknowledge the much needed supportive environment that the elderly deserve. It looks at reintegrating the elderly into mainstream society and lives with dignity. Silver Innings is working towards creating Elder Friendly World where Ageing becomes a Positive and Rewarding Experience.

Reis Woollen: Ms.Reis Woollen (RN-BC, BSN/BSc, CRRN) who is trained Geriatric Nurse from California has successfully completed The Eden Alternative Associates and Eden Educator training. Reis is currently working with Silver Inning Foundation as Director-Eldercare Education. 

TEN PRINCIPLES BY EDEN ALTERNATIVE

TEN PRINCIPLES


1. The three plagues of loneliness, helplessness, and boredom account for the bulk of suffering among our Elders.



2. An Elder-centered community commits to creating a human habitat where life revolves around close and continuing contact with plants, animals, and children. It is these relationships that provide the young and old alike with a pathway to a life worth living.


3. Loving companionship is the antidote to loneliness. Elders deserve easy access to human and animal companionship.


4. An Elder-centered community creates opportunity to give as well as receive care. This is the antidote to helplessness.


5. An Elder-centered community imbues daily life with variety and spontaneity by creating an environment in which unexpected and unpredictable interactions and happenings can take place. This is the antidote to boredom.


6. Meaningless activity corrodes the human spirit. The opportunity to do things that we find meaningful is essential to human health.


7. Medical treatment should be the servant of genuine human caring, never its master.


8. An Elder-centered community honors its Elders by de-emphasizing top-down bureaucratic authority, seeking instead to place the maximum possible decision-making authority into the hands of the Elders or into the hands of those closest to them.


9. Creating an Elder-centered community is a never-ending process. Human growth must never be separated from human life.


10. Wise leadership is the lifeblood of any struggle against the three plagues. For it, there can be no substitute.