Contracted operators are both privileged and challenged to meet the lofty expectations of aging Albertans. There is so much we can do together to make transformational change a reality.

CHAA operators are well-positioned to lead the way with our values, mission, and decades-long experience as not-for-profit providers. We boast an 80-year history of providing values-based, holistic health and healing to vulnerable Albertans. Our legacy of caring for the province’s most elderly, ill, marginalized and vulnerable citizens has remained one of the greatest privileges of our faith-based member organizations.

CHAA has a unique perspective on strengthening the continuing care sector. Why? Because our operators have worked in every stream of the health care system. We understand acute care (hospitals), palliative care, home care, mental health care, community care, and subsidized housing.

That's why we never recommend a change in one part of the system until we've thought through the spin-off effects elsewhere in the system. This upstream-downstream lens means the solutions we propose are usually high potential ideas. But because they affect multiple parts of the system, our solution ideas can also involve messy change involving lots of stakeholders. Bringing all these varying interests together is what we do best.

Here's how we view the continuing care and health care systems ... and how they can be better integrated and aligned to deliver the best possible care.