Alberta Family Caregiver Strategy and Action Plan: Enhancing Integration Across Health and Social Care Systems.

ABSTRACT: Family caregivers provide up to 90% of care in Alberta's communities and play an essential role in sustaining the province's health and social care systems, yet they remain under-recognized and insufficiently supported. To address this gap, we co-designed the Alberta Family Caregiver Strategy and Action Plan (2024-2025), a provincial framework developed through participatory research and collective impact methods. Guided by principles of co-production, equity, and lived experience, the project engaged over 500 stakeholders, including caregivers, healthcare providers, educators, employers, and policymakers, through Phase 1 interviews (health/community leaders, n = 44; Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), n = 47; navigation experts, n = 9), Phase 2 co-design tea

SUBMITTER: Parmar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12840734 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature