Shaped by the voices of more than 400 Albertans through roundtables, meetings, and conversations, this blueprint provides a unified framework for individuals, organizations, and decision-makers to collaborate and strengthen support for family caregivers across the province.
This report details the process that led to the development of the Strategic Action Framework as a blueprint for Alberta.
This report outlines the process for drawing together a broad spectrum of experiences, expertise and insights–including family caregivers, leaders and providers in health and community/social care, educators, policy influencers, researchers, and designers–in a shared purpose to co-design a provincial strategy to enable Alberta’s family caregivers to thrive.
This project team interviewed 44 individuals involved in providing health and social/community programs and services to Albertans. This is what they said.
An overview of the three-year project funded by the Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services to bring together multi-level, interdisciplinary collaborative partners from across the province to fortify the support systems available to family caregivers in Alberta.
Meeting the unique needs, and preferences of, family caregivers. Giving caregivers choice and control, ensuring they have the confidence and power to make decisions that affect their lives. Reflecting a whole-person view that respects cultural values and considers the overall well-being of both caregivers and the people they support. Ensuring that caregivers have access to the resources, recognition, and support they need to provide care while maintaining their own well-being.
Building on what individuals and caregivers can do and helping them work toward their own goals and vision of a good life. Building on knowledge, lived experience, assets and strengths that exist in individuals, groups, communities, organizations and networks to reduce barriers and bridge gaps.
Recognizing that family caregivers come from all walks of life and that their needs are as diverse as the people they support and that some experience greater barriers to access care and support. Working to ensure caregiving support systems are culturally safe, inclusive, equitable, and designed to meet the unique needs and address the social determinants of health for all caregivers.
Improving the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities through the seamless connectivity, alignment and collaboration of health, social and community care and supports. Promoting the comprehensive delivery of quality services across the life-course, designed according to the multidimensional needs of the individual and delivered by a coordinated multidisciplinary network of providers working across settings and levels of care.
