FUNDING DEADLINE: Provincial Funding – Community and Home Supports Funding for Older Adults

FUNDING DEADLINE for Provincial Funding – Community and Home Supports Funding for Older Adults

DUE MARCH 10 at 11:00 pm MST

Older adults overwhelmingly want to live in their own homes but face barriers to accessing non-medical community supports they need to live independently and safely in the community while enjoying positive health and social outcomes.

With investment from the Government of Alberta, Healthy Aging Alberta is offering funding to support programming focused on the coordination and delivery of community-based non-medical support services to older adults across Alberta who are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing, psychosocial, mental health, or addiction issues.

This opportunity is a multi-year investment which is a continuation of a phased approach to development and implementation of a provincial model for program delivery. Local community-based organizations that deliver a range of non-medical supports to older adults that promote their psychosocial and mental well-being in alignment with a coordinated provincial service delivery model can apply. The purpose of these non-medical supports will include:

• promoting physical and mental wellness and social connection for older adults and their
• caregivers
• addressing loneliness, isolation, and anxiety
• providing positive impacts for caregivers

Building on an initial investment in community-based home supports, this multi-year funding will allow for a sustainable approach to be developed in high-need communities. This project allows early recipients of funding in Phase 1 to act as mentors in a Community of Practice for organizations onboarded in this next Phase 2. The ability to collect and roll up local and regional data on a provincial scale will enable the senior-serving sector and allied systems partners (e.g. health and housing) to understand the benefits of holistic care for older adults. Implementing shared evaluation, common language, and mutual support are critical pieces to the long-term success of older adults aging in the community. This project requires funded organizations to actively engage with health care partners to develop referral pathways and collaborative approaches to service delivery.

For more information to apply: EOI Announcement: Provincial Funding - Healthy Aging Alberta - United Way Calgary and Area (calgaryunitedway.org)