Overview
The need for continuing care is expected to rise significantly over the next 10 years as Albertans are living longer with increasingly complex needs.
The Continuing Care Capital Program provides one-time capital grants to develop modern continuing care homes across the province.
Grant streams
There are 4 different grant streams under the Continuing Care Capital Program that target different provincial continuing care priorities:
- Priority Communities Stream – focuses on developing new continuing care spaces in communities across the province with the greatest need for continuing care accommodations and services.
- Modernization Stream – focuses on modernizing existing aging and/or outdated continuing care homes.
- Indigenous Stream – focuses on developing culturally-appropriate continuing care capacity with Indigenous groups and organizations.
- Small Care Home Stream – focuses on developing small residential continuing care settings for specialty populations and small rural communities with a high need for facility-based continuing care.
Funding
The amount of funding allocated to each grant stream is determined by several variables. This includes:
- the number of applications received
- alignment with continuing care capacity need
- number of projects the evaluation team recommends
- amount of available funding
- ministerial approval
How to apply
All application materials and eligibility criteria for the associated grant stream will be posted on this webpage when a grant intake launches.
Continuing Care Design
The Continuing Care Design Standards and Best Practices in Alberta 2023 (CCDS) provides an overview of key requirements and recommendations for designing and constructing continuing care homes. The CCDS is based on industry standards, evidence-based research, COVID-19 learnings, federal requirements and recommendations from the Facility-Based Continuing Care Review. This document will be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect changing delivery practices, technologies, emerging research, evaluation findings, and expectations.
Note, the CCDS does not address all facility and design requirements for continuing care homes. Developers will need to ensure their designs meet or exceed all legislated requirements. This includes all provincial and federal building, fire, life and safety codes, as well as requirements from authorities having jurisdiction such as local bylaws, land use (for example, zoning) restrictions, and permit conditions. In cases of difference between these documents and National/Provincial Codes, the most restricted and higher requirements shall govern.
News
- Improving continuing care spaces for Albertans (April 25, 2023)
- Better continuing care for Indigenous people (March 16, 2023)
- Grant call to modernize continuing care homes (September 20, 2022)
- Expanding Indigenous continuing care (August 19, 2021)
- Improving quality of life for continuing care residents (May 31, 2021)
Contact
Connect with the Continuing Care Capital Program:
Email: [email protected]