Response Care Joins Eden Alternative in Culture Change Movement
April 27, 2011
Rochester, NY April 27, 2011 – Response Care Inc., a Webster company, and The Eden Alternative®, an international non-profit organization based in Rochester, NY, have teamed up to support the eldercare culture change movement in Eden Alternative Registered Homes across the country.
“We have always worked hard to deinstitutionalize our products,simplify processes, and connect caregivers and elders at a personal level. Everyone benefits and grows when communicationis simple, direct, and unencumbered,” 
says Myron Kowal, President and Founder of Response Care. “A core component of our mission is to promote the prudent and caring use of technology in eldercare communities, so working with the Eden Alternative was a natural fitfor us.”
Eden Alternative Registered Homes will benefit from the use of Response Care’s innovative R-Cube wireless nurse call and personal emergency system. The R-Cube is unique in the multiple methods through which elder calls can be answered including smartphones, iPads, 2-way radios, text messages, emails, IP phones, and pagers.
GreenCall™ Lights, the most visible components of Response Care’s product line, are custom nurse call sconce lights fitted with an array of white LEDs to keep energy costs down and deinstitutionalize nurse calling systems, which makes the environment feel more like home.
The Eden Alternative and Response Care share far more than just an interest in the success of the R-Cube and GreenCall™. Through a value-added partnership, both organizations support the Eden Alternative’s goal to “transform care environments into habitats for human beings that promote quality of life for all involved,” according to Chris Perna, CEO of The Eden Alternative. “Response Care is exactly the type of company we want as a value-added partner. Our value-added partners are businesses or organizations that are aligned with the Eden Alternative Philosophy and are participants in the culture change movement. They are dedicated to providing products and services that will have a positive impact on the lives of all care partners, and to offering those products and services at a discount to Eden Registered Homes to help keep quality care affordable” adds Perna.
About The Eden Alternative:
The Eden Alternative has been a leader in the long-term care culture change movement for the past 20 years. The Eden Alternative uses a person-centered care philosophy to improve the wellbeing of Elders and their care partners by transforming the communities in which they live and work from institutions into places where life is worth living.
Co-founded by Dr. Bill Thomas, an internationally recognized aging expert, the Eden Alternative provides unique educational experiences through workshops, seminars, webinars, and various publications to long term care organizations across the continuum of care. The Eden Alternative has trained more than 25,000 Eden Associates and now claims over 200 Eden Registered Homes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.
About Response Care:
Response Care Inc. is a leading provider of wireless nurse call and personal emergency systems for the entire spectrum of senior living communities. Response Care utilizes a nationwide network of distributors to go to market, allowing for a national product line to be installed and serviced at a local level. Response Care’s components integrate into a variety of healthcare communication systems to facilitate efficient and verifiable responses to medical emergencies.