Continuing Care Capital Program

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 different grant streams under the Continuing Care Capital Program that target different provincial continuing care priorities:

• New Capacity Stream – focuses on developing new continuing care spaces in communities across the province with the greatest need for continuing care accommodations and services. Intake One currently open for applications.
• Modernization Stream – focuses on modernizing existing aging and/or outdated continuing care homes. Closed January 6, 2023. Approved projects in development.
• Indigenous Stream – focuses on developing culturally-appropriate continuing care capacity with Indigenous groups and organizations. Closed December 17, 2021. Approved projects in development.

How to apply

All application materials and eligibility criteria for the associated grant stream will be posted on the stream webpage when a grant intake opens.

Visit the New Capacity Stream to learn more and apply before February 6, 2025. 

Continuing care home design

The Continuing Care Design Standards 2025 (CCDS) outlines the minimum requirements for constructing continuing care homes in Alberta. The CCDS is based on stakeholder expertise, industry standards, evidence-based research, federal requirements and recommendations from the Facility-Based Continuing Care Review.

Projects must be designed and constructed to meet the requirements in the CCDS 2025. 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.

News

• Building continuing care, more acute capacity (December 10, 2025)
• 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]