What is a Continuing Care Home Type B (formerly Designated Supportive Living)?
Designated Supportive Living services are provided by Alberta Health Services and are available once you or your loved one have contacted and been assessed by a Case Manager.
For more information on privately run Supportive Living options, visit Alberta Health – Supportive Living Guide or speak with your healthcare team.
What is a Continuing Care Home Type B – Secure Space (formerly Designated Supportive Living Dementia)?
This environment provides a purposeful home-like design with small groupings of private bedrooms and associated spaces with security features (i.e., secured spaces).
Type B Continuing Care Home
Scheduled & Unscheduled Personal Care with Health Care Aides
Is for Individuals who are:
- living with a physical disability, mental health diagnoses or mild dementia, with no risk of wandering
- not a risk to themselves or others
- medically and physically stable but need scheduled and unscheduled supports.
- able to move independently or with some assistance.
- able to eat with minimal assistance and have minimal dietary or food texture modifications able to use a call system to get help
Who will provide your care?
- health care aides are onsite 24 hours a day to provide support, personal care and medication assistance.
- depending on the needs of the resident, professional care such as rehabilitation or nursing, is coordinated by a case manager.
- Medical care is provided by either the resident’s physician/nurse practitioner or a site designated physician/nurse practitioner that visits the site regularly.
Scheduled & Unscheduled Professional & Personal Care Support with Licensed Practical Nurses & Health Care Aides
Is for Individuals who may:
- have more complex medical needs, including chronic disease management which can be safely supported with onsite licensed practical nurses
- have mild to moderate dementia
- have some behaviours, but are not a safety risk to themselves or others
- may wander but are not at risk for leaving without supervision
- have some dietary or food texture requirements
- be able to use a call system for help
- require assistance with daily activities such as:
- assistance to eat meals (including tube feeding)
- transferring with help from 2-people or a mechanical lift
- medication assistance or administration
Who will provide your care?
- Health care aides are onsite 24 hours a day to provide support and personal care
- Professional nursing care available onsite by a licensed practical nurse 24 hours a day
- Depending on the needs of the resident, professional care such as rehabilitation or nursing, is coordinated by a case manager.
- Medical care is provided by either the resident’s physician/nurse practitioner or a site designated physician/nurse practitioner that visits the site regularly.
Scheduled & Unscheduled Professional & Personal Care with Licensed Practical Nurses & Health Care Aides in a Secure Space
Is for Individuals who may:
- have more complex medical needs, including chronic disease management which can be safely supported with onsite licensed practical nurses
- have moderate to advanced dementia
- wander and are at risk of leaving without supervision
- have unpredictable behaviours, but are not a safety risk to themselves or others
- be unable to use a call system for help
- have some dietary or food texture requirements
- require assistance, supervision and/or monitoring to complete their daily activities such as:
- assistance to eat meals (including tube feeding)
- grooming and hygiene
- medication assistance or administration
Who will provide your care?
- Health care aides are onsite 24 hours a day to provide support and personal care
- Professional nursing care available onsite by a licensed practical nurse 24 hours a day
- Depending on the needs of the resident, professional care such as rehabilitation or nursing, is coordinated by a case manager.
- Medical care is provided by either the resident’s physician/nurse practitioner or a site designated physician/nurse practitioner that visits the site regularly.
