
Transform Care. Support Meaningful Lives. Empower Your Team.
At LEADER, we are dedicated to making a difference for everyone who lives and works in Louisiana’s communities. By partnering with The Eden Alternative®, we make it easier for care providers, families, and organizations across our state to access trusted resources, practical education, and a strong network of support.
The following evidence-based self-study courses and special events equip care partners, leaders, and team members with real-world skills they can use every day. Together, we’re helping to foster care environments where everyone who lives and works in Louisiana can thrive, build connections, and enjoy a better quality of life.
Empowering Louisiana Care Partners
Go Further with Eden Membership
Education is only the beginning. Membership makes culture change sustainable. Eden Tracks & Practices provide detailed guidance, outcome measures, and a place to capture results of your change efforts. Learn More here.
Annual Access to Self-Study Courses
Whether you manage a senior living community, home care agency, or long-term care community, annual access plans make it easy to train all of your employees. With on-demand access to a wide range of courses, employees can learn at their own pace, when, and where it's most convenient for them. Learn more here.
Self-Study Courses (CE Credits Included)
Courses provide actionable strategies and meaningful support for caregivers, leaders, and teams. Accredited by NAB, NCCDP, and SHRM, our offerings help you easily meet continuing education requirements. Explore our course collection.
Foundational In-Person Learning Opportunities
For teams ready to deepen their learning together, we offer in-person training that builds shared language, shared purpose, and collective leadership confidence. Explore Upcoming Events.

Eden Membership: A Pathway to Sustainable Transformation
Real change doesn't happen in a day — and it doesn't happen alone. It grows through shared learning, steady practice, and the support of a caring community. That's why LEADER encourages organizations and care partners across Louisiana to explore Eden Membership. This membership model is designed to walk alongside you, offering guidance, tools, and connection as you deepen person-directed practices over time.
As an Eden Member, you have access to:
- The Eden Tracks & Practices — step-by-step, proven tools for implementing person-directed care.
- The Eden Alternative APP — learning on-demand, anytime, anywhere, with progress tracking that keeps your whole team aligned.
- A Resource library — filled with practical guides, tools, and real world strategies for sustaining culture change.
- A Private Member Community — where you can connect with others on the same journey, ask questions, share wins, and learn together.
- Online Gatherings & Support Calls — to keep momentum strong, stay inspired, and prevent culture change from fading over time.
- Discounted Pricing on select events, training, and certification opportunities.

Annual Access to Self-Study
Give your entire organization access to evidence-informed self-study courses that strengthen skills, deepen relationships, and support a culture of person-directed care. Flexible, on-demand learning for every care partner—anytime, anywhere.
Individual training can be costly, but with an annual access plan, you’ll save significantly on training costs. We offer flexible annual pricing based on your team’s size, so you can ensure your entire careforce has the skills they need without breaking the budget.
Empowering people, organizations, and cultures
Designed for professionals and family care partners alike, these self-study courses explore key topics in:
- Dementia care and well-being
- Workforce engagement and resilience
- Person-directed care practices that work in real-world settings
Each course blends evidence-based learning with the human side of care, helping you create meaningful change from wherever you are.
Gain Strategies to Help People Live Well with Dementia

6-Course Series
Discover a powerful new way to understand and support people living with dementia. The Living Well with Dementia self-study bundle brings together six transformative courses from The Eden Alternative®, designed to help you replace outdated, symptom-based care with a compassionate, person-directed approach.
Each course offers practical strategies grounded in real-world experience and The Eden Alternative’s Domains of Well-Being® — a proven framework for seeing the person beyond the diagnosis.
Enhance Your Role as a Care Partner
30 Days to More Fulfilling Care Partnerships
A consumer-friendly, 30-day series of short audio practices focused on practical, person-directed care partnership skills—ideal for both family and employee care partners.
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The Groundwork: Rethink Your Paradigm
Explore the five essential mindset shifts that make person-directed care possible. This session blends insight and real-world examples to help teams create cultures rooted in empowerment and meaning.
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The Framework: Reveal the Possibilities
This course introduces the core Eden Alternative® approach, combining the Ten Principles and the Domains of Well-Being® into a flexible, person-first framework for organizational and personal transformation.
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Community Building
Learn how to build a true community—not a resort—where people belong, contribute, and thrive. This course covers community norms, strength-based connection, and the four pillars of community.
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GROWTH: Six Steps for Framing Lasting Change
Take the lead in change. This course walks you through six steps—from building vision to sustaining momentum—so your efforts truly stick and meaningful culture change becomes possible.
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LeaderSHIFTS: Transform Your Mindset to Transform Your Organization
Ready to lead differently? This course equips you to reset your mindset, overcome resistance and imposter syndrome, and create an empowered culture of person-directed care.
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