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Decorating Our Eden Alternative Tree
Posted October 04, 2013
Eden Alternative Tree is meant to symbolize each long term care communities' commitment to the Eden Alternative journey and the achievements we have made so far.
Wailuku residents finished decorating their tree last month. They chose to add ceramic plumeria blossoms to the tree, making it look like the trees at Hale Makua. The photo above shows residents Sarah Takatani and Dolly Villarimo carefully adding flowers to the tree.
Wailuku Activities Director, Thaedra Aiyana-Pascarella says “The Eden Tree symbolizes our Eden Alternative journey towards making our community home-like and increasing feelings of well-being of those who live and work here.” The tree is now proudly displayed in the Wailuku dining room.
This story illustrates Eden Alternative principle #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.”