Bursary Information
Do you know someone who is interested in becoming an Alberta Health Care Aide (HCA)? The provincial government created a HCA Education Bursary Program up to $9,000 to help students complete their education and work as certified HCAs.
Caregiver-Centred Care Education
The Alberta Health Care Aide Competency Profile (2018) outlines the knowledge, skills, behaviours, and attitudes required by all HCAs who deliver care in Alberta. HCAs are required to support, promote, and maintain the health and well-being, safety, independence, and comfort of their clients.
Health Care Aides, who interact with family caregivers can participate in additional learning to support their practice.
About the Caregiver Centered Care Education
We recognize that our Family caregivers are critical to the sustainability of the Canadian health care system and would like to encourage the following educational supports for family caregivers.
With funding from the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)-Spark grant and the AHS Seniors Strategic Clinical Network grant, the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta have co-designed and evaluated Foundational Caregiver-Centered Care Education for healthcare providers.
For more information, visit the Caregiver-Centred Care website.
*There is no fee for access to the Caregiver-Centered Care Education, and certificates of completion are provided upon completion of each course via the Caregiver-Centered Care program.
Learning Opportunities
Foundational Caregiver Centered Care Education
This competency-based course follows the journey of a student nurse as they learn about Caregiver- Centered Care for family caregivers.
The series includes 6 videos and interactive exercises. The course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete all 6 modules.
- Module A: Recognizing Family Caregivers
- Module B: Communicating with Family Caregivers
- Module C: Partnering with Family Caregivers
- Module D: Fostering Resilience in Family Caregivers
- Module E: Navigating Health and Social systems
- Module F: Enhancing the Culture and Context of Care
COVID-19 Caregiver-Centered Care
The focus of these modules is to improve empathic conversations with family caregivers during a pandemic.
The series includes 3 modules and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete all 3 modules..
- Module A: Understanding the impact of the Pandemic
- Module B: Empathetically Understanding and Communicating
- Module C: Navigating Uncertainty and Providing Care Together
Advanced (Level 2) Caregiver-Centered Care Education
The Advanced level, competency-based education, follows the Fawcett family’s caregiving journey. Building on the Foundational level education, this course provides in-depth knowledge, skills, and approaches to foster healthcare provider competence in Caregiver-Centered Care to better support family caregivers in sustaining care and maintaining their own wellbeing.
The series includes 6, 45-60 minute modules, interactive exercises, videos, and additional tools and resources. This course takes approximately 6.0 hours to complete all 6 modules.
- Module A: Recognizing the Caregiver Role
- Module B: Communicating with Family Caregivers
- Module C: Partnering with Family Caregivers
- Module D: Fostering Resilience in Family Caregivers
- Module E: Navigating Health and Social systems & Accessing Resources
- Module F: Enhancing the Culture and Context of Care
All participants are welcome to complete the evaluation research pre/post questions to help advance the education into health workforce training and professional continuing competence education.