Will I have to pay privately for care services when I require assistance, while living in a retirement home setting?

In a retirement home setting your suite is your private home, this enables you to access home care services from Alberta Health Services. You access home care services the same way you would if you were in your own home; referral by a family physician, health professional, family member, or self-referral.

The only time you would choose to pay privately from the retirement home health care staff, would be if you had been advised by home care that a particular service was not able to be provided at the time you require the service. Home care is mostly able to provide scheduled care, whereas the retirement home is able to provide care throughout the full 24 hour period.

Home care is always approached first before any private options are presented.