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January 2012 Introduction Happy New Year to all our Eden friends and Associates. 2011 was a bumper year for Eden UK and 2012 looks like being equally as successful. We now have over 500 Eden Associates, seven Mentors, eight homes on the UK Register, our first Edenising home in South Wales and in November we helped to train 120 Eden Associates in South Africa. This year we look forward to welcoming on to the Register many more homes who are well on their Eden journey, forming strategic partnerships with organisations interested in helping to growing Eden further and a trip to the States to represent the UK and Ireland at the Eden International Conference. We would welcome anyone who wants to join us! Information Technology In 2005 when we began visiting and training staff in nursing and residential homes it was unusual to find a computer accessible to residents. Often there was an old ‘retired’ machine tucked away in a corner with some software loaded, but nobody used as it was too slow or just not user friendly. It certainly was not connected to the Internet. In a relatively short time that situation has been reversed and most homes that we visit have an accessible computer which is fully connected to the Internet. In our May 2011 we had a story from The Briars on the Isle of Wight and their experience in sharing the Royal Wedding celebrations with West Ridge Care Centre in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This is a relationship that has continued to blossom with regular contact via Skype. More Eden Alternative UK Newsletter back issues
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For all enquiries contact June Burgess Regional Coordinator for the Eden Alternative,, UK & Ireland 19 Woolley Drive Bradford on Avon Wiltshire BA15 1AU
Phone: 01225 309238 E-mail:june.burgess2@btinternet.com
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