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Continuing Care Homes: Type B

Formerly
Designated Supported Living

Learn about resident and family member experience and quality of care in continuing care homes – type B (formerly designated supportive living). We believe reporting about continuing care homes is important to support transparency, quality improvement and a better understanding of Alberta’s healthcare system. Data in this section was collected in 2022-23, and released in 2024.

The Alberta Continuing Care Act changed effective April 1, 2024. Designated supportive living is now called continuing care homes, type B. Refer here for more info.

Delivery of care

Resident experience

Family experience

Starting a Conversation

Why do we talk about things like whether continuing care home – type B residents are admitted to the hospital from the emergency department or if they return to the emergency department within seven days after their last visit? The healthcare system is complex and inter-related. What’s happening in emergency departments and acute care (hospitals), as well as other areas of the healthcare system, can impact residents’ and their family members’ experience in continuing care homes.

These 28 interactive charts present administrative data as well as patient experience survey data. You can compare information about sites or zones, and look at data presented over time.