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FAQ Category: Home Care & CDHCI Funding
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Is this covered under CDHCI or AADL?
They’re different programs. Professional nursing foot care is not a CDHCI service — CDHCI funds personal care, homemaking alongside it,…
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Is transportation covered by CDHCI or public home care?
CDHCI focuses on funding authorized service hours for personal care and essential health-linked homemaking; appointment transportation on its own is…
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Why involve our family physician?
The Patient’s Medical Home vision places your family practice at the center of coordination; we share concise updates and care…
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How do you coordinate with public services in Alberta?
For children, we align with FSCD service plans and AHS Pediatric Community Rehabilitation—including Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), and…
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Can wellness checks be funded under CDHCI?
CDHCI has no separate ‘wellness check’ category. Monitoring can happen within authorized personal-care or respite visits when it’s part of…
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Which items are commonly funded through AADL?
Examples include walking aids (and accessories), lifters and slings, wheelchairs (manual/power under specific criteria), and home-care beds, mattresses and accessories—all…
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Do you offer therapy?
We provide in-home support and coaching focused on daily routines, sensory environments, and active participation. Formal diagnosis, clinical treatment, and…
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What’s a reasonable vital-signs plan at home?
Your clinician sets the plan and thresholds (e.g., daily weights for heart failure or home BP logs). Our role is…
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Is any of this covered by CDHCI?
CDHCI funds authorized service hours (e.g., personal care and essential health-linked homemaking). The purchase of equipment is through AADL (or…
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Can parents get training or peer support?
Yes. Alberta Health Services (AHS) and community partners maintain specialized resource hubs; MyHealth Alberta notes that training family members reduces…
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