Colorado Culture Change Coalition

02/10/2026

Creating a care culture where everyone thrives begins with shared learning.
The Colorado Culture Change Coalition is proud to highlight organization-wide access to evidence-informed, self-paced education from The Eden Alternative®.

These course bundles support:
• Person-directed care
• Dementia best practices
• Team growth and well-being

With flexible, on-demand access, your entire team can learn together, apply learning in real time, and strengthen care culture across the whole organization.

✨ Learn more: https://bit.ly/4p4rNOE

These courses offer continuing education credit through:
• NAB
• NCCDP
• SHRM

…and exceed requirements for person-directed dementia care.

Support your workforce. Strengthen relationships. Improve outcomes.
We’re building better care, together.

02/02/2026

11/26/2025

We’re happy to share that the Eden Alternative® International Conference, in partnership with the Dementia Action Alliance, will take place March 9–12, 2026, in Atlanta, GA.

This year’s theme — In Unity, We Thrive — reflects the work happening across Colorado to create care environments that honor individuality, nurture relationships, and support well-being for everyone who lives and works in our communities.

This gathering brings together care partners, people living with dementia, organizational and community leaders, advocates, policy influencers, and culture change champions from across the country and around the world. It’s an opportunity to learn, connect, and return home with practical approaches that strengthen person-directed care across Colorado.

Early Bird Registration is open through November 30.
We encourage our Colorado culture change community to join us — let’s continue building meaningful, connected, and thriving care environments together.

Use link below to register!
https://bit.ly/4oB2G6t

07/21/2025

🌿 Colorado Nursing Homes—We Have Exciting News! 🌿
The Eden Alternative is launching a grant-funded project to help transform traditional life enrichment practices and improve quality of life in long-term care.
✔ In-person consulting & coaching
✔ 9 Best Practices as Performance Improvement Project ✔ Aligned with Colorado's VBP goals

No cost to participate—open to certified CO nursing homes with an active CCN.
📅 Letters of Support due by July 25, 2025
📩 Email Meredith at mmartin@edenalt.org or call 585-461-3951
🔗 Learn More Here.
Let’s create a new vision of daily life in long-term care—together. 💚

05/29/2025

A THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Shalom Park
Hover Senior Living Community
PharmcareUSA
The Eden Alternative

🗓️ Date: June 4, 2025
📍 Location: Shalom Park Auditorium
⏰ Time: 3:30-5 PM MT
🎟️ Tickets are selling fast — secure your seat now and be part of a night filled with smooth tunes and timeless vibes.
🔗 Buy Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/jazz-event
Register for the Auction Here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/colorado-culture-change-coalition-incs-silent-auction

05/26/2025

Don’t miss our live silent auction featuring exclusive experiences, art, and more — all in support of Colorado Culture Change Coalition!
On-line bidding open now at https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/colorado-culture-change-coalition-incs-silent-auction
Auction closes June 4th at 4:30 pm.

PLUS: Don’t miss CCCC’s fundraiser event, featuring Live Performances by: Claire Lucas and Jake Malone!
Date: June 4, 2025
Location: Shalom Park Auditorium
Time: 3:30-5 PM MT
Tickets are selling fast — secure your seat now and be part of a night filled with smooth jazz tunes and timeless vibes.
Buy Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/jazz-event
Use code: ElderDiscount (for older-adults/elders attending)

05/23/2025

🎤 Meet the Sound of CCCC

🎶 Live Performances by: Claire Lucas and Jake Malone

🗓️ Date: June 4, 2025
📍 Location: Shalom Park Auditorium
⏰ Time: 3:30-5 PM MT
🎟️ Tickets are selling fast — secure your seat now and be part of a night filled with smooth tunes and timeless vibes.
💥 PLUS: Don’t miss our Live Auction featuring exclusive experiences, art, and more — all in support of Colorado Culture Change Coalition!
🎶 Live Performances by: Claire Lucas and Jake Malone
🔗 Buy Tickets: https://lnkd.in/gfuDfawt
Register for the Auction Here: https://lnkd.in/guBHyTnT

Exclusive discount for the Jazz Event!
Use code: ElderDiscount (for older-adults/elders attending)

05/22/2025

🎹 Meet the band! One of the performers for our Jazz Event will be Jake Malone-Brancato playing piano as he accompanies fellow board member Claire Lucas on vocals.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, Jake Malone-Brancato is an active member, composer, and educator in the Denver music community playing a variety of jazz, pop, and classical piano professionally. He is a graduate of The State University of New York at Buffalo, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English in 2014. Jake has experience teaching and leading adaptive lessons for adults and young students with disabilities.

Currently, Jake is the Life Enrichment Director of a skilled nursing community in Lakewood, Colorado. In this position, Jake can spread his love of music and play piano for the elders of the community. When not teaching or performing, Jake spends time composing original music for himself and for a quintet called the Jay/Sharp-Tet. Their debut album was released in May of 2022 and contains some of Jake’s original compositions. Jake’s mission and passion is to instill a love of music in students of all skill levels and ages. He believes that whoever is interested in learning music should have the ability to access this special experience.

Please try to attend this special show June 4th, from 3:30pm-5:00pm at Shalom Park. Link for tickets is below!
https://lnkd.in/gfuDfawt

05/19/2025

🎹🎤Colorado Culture Change Coalition presents our first ever Jazz Event: an afternoon of live music, food, and silent auction! Here is a preview featuring two of our board members performing at an elder community. CCCC values the compassion and empathy involved with eldercare. Having music in the home brings a sense of community. Join us at Shalom Park on June 4th from 3:30pm-5:00pm to connect with us, elders, and others within long-term care. More information and tickets can be found in the link below.

https://lnkd.in/gfuDfawt

05/16/2025

We've got less than 3 weeks until this awesome event!
🔗 Buy Tickets: https://lnkd.in/gfuDfawt
Register for the Auction Here: https://lnkd.in/guBHyTnT

05/06/2025

Join the Colorado Culture Change Coalition (CCCC) June 4th to enjoy a live jazz performance, snacks, and a silent auction to help raise money to support our mission/vision, ‘To elevate elderhood, while thriving in home and community’ through person-directed initiatives.
In 1977, Barry Barkan and the Live Oak Regenerative Community defined an “Elder” as: “An Elder is a person who is still growing, still a learner, still with potential and whose life continues to have within it promise for, and connection to the future. An Elder is still in pursuit of happiness, joy, and pleasure, and her or his birthright to these remains intact. Moreover, an Elder is a person who deserves respect and honor and whose work is to synthesize wisdom from long life experience and formulate this into a legacy for future generations.”
After all, your ability to thrive is only limited by your curiosity!
Ticket sales are open now! Silent Auction opens on May 26th. We hope to see you there!”
🔗 Buy Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/jazz-event
Register for the Auction Here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/colorado-culture-change-coalition-incs-silent-auction