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Eden Alternative
Haro Park Centre
is proud to be a member of the Eden Alternative™ Registry. The
core concept of The Eden Alternative™ is strikingly simple. We must
teach ourselves to see environments as habitats for human beings rather
than facilities for the frail and elderly. We must learn what Mother
Nature has to teach us about the creation of vibrant, vigorous habitats.
The Eden Alternative™
shows us how companion animals, the opportunity to give meaningful care
to other living creatures, and the variety and spontaneity that mark
an enlivened environment can succeed where pills and therapies fail.
Eden Alternative
Vision:
To eliminate loneliness,
helplessness, and boredom.
Eden Alternative Mission:
To improve the well-being
of Elders and those who care for them by transforming the communities
in which they live and work.
Values:
The Eden Alternative
Ten Principles
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The
three plagues of loneliness, helplessness and boredom account for
the bulk of suffering among our Elders.
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An
Elder-centred 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.
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Loving
companionship is the antidote to loneliness. Elders deserve
easy access to human and animal companionship.
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An
Elder-centred community creates opportunity to give as well as receive
care. This is the antidote to helplessness.
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An
Elder-centred 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.
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Meaningless
activity corrodes the human spirit. The opportunity to do
things that we find meaningful is essential to human health.
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Medical
treatment should be the servant of genuine human caring, never its
master.
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An
Elder-centred community honours 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.
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Creating
an Elder-centred community is a never-ending process. Human growth
must never be separated from human life.
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Wise
leadership is the lifeblood of any struggle against the three plagues.
For it, there can be no substitute.
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