Essential Care Partner Support Hub Overview

Caregivers play a critical role in providing unpaid emotional, physical, or cognitive support to their family member, partner, or friend.

In other words, they are essential care partners.

Through essential care partner programs and practices, care settings can identify, include and support caregivers as part of the care team.

Evidence shows this can lead to improved health outcomes, better care experiences and reduced health system pressures.

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Supporting healthcare organizations

The Essential Care Partner Support Hub exists to guide and support healthcare organizations as they adopt caregiver-inclusive practices, providing:

Free resources, tools and templates that you can use right away

Leading practices based on what’s worked at other organizations

Opportunities to connect, learn, and exchange knowledge with system leaders, providers, caregivers, and peers

Hands-on, 1:1 support to help you advance caregiver inclusion at your setting — whether you don’t know where to start, have an idea, or want to take your program to the next level

On-going coaching to your organization

Our Learning Collaborative

Our Learning Collaborative is where our Support Hub community comes together to learn across sectors.

Join for access to events where healthcare organizations share how they’re addressing common challenges like:

Improving communication with caregivers,

Responding to caregiver distress,

Improving transitions,

Staff buy-in, and more.

To ensure everyone feels comfortable asking questions, none of our Learning Collaborative sessions are recorded.

Plus, you’ll get evidence-informed resources and need-to-know news straight to your inbox, about how others are working just as hard to include and empower caregivers across Ontario.

Joining is easy, just sign-up here

Find the resources for your setting

Learn how to advance caregiver inclusion and support in:

Hospitals

Long-Term Care Homes

Ontario Health Teams

Primary Care

Home and Community Care

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Caregivers are Essential

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WHAT’S IN THIS VIDEO

Caregivers are the thread that connect all aspects of patient care, providing valuable knowledge that is crucial to keeping care recipients healthy and safe while helping providers in their role. In this video, seven caregivers and two providers share their story; shining a light on the reality of caregiving, and why identifying, including, and supporting them can is key to advancing patient- and family-centered care.

This is the Essential Care Partner Support Hub

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WHAT’S IN THIS VIDEO

Caregivers or care partners play an essential role on the care team, providing a family member, partner, or friend with critical physical, emotional and cognitive support. The Essential Care Partner Support Hub and its team provide healthcare organizations access to expert guidance, coaching, and ready-to-use resources

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Evidence Summary: Integrating Caregivers as ECPs

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Essential Care Partner Programs Overview

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Poster: Taking care of someone?

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Caregiver ID Templates: Caregiver ID Heart-Shaped Icon

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Connect With Us For Support

If you are a healthcare organization interested in learning more about the support offered by the Essential Care Partner Support Hub, contact us to schedule a 30-minute introductory session.

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Join our Essential Care Partner Learning Collaborative

Join our Essential Care Partner Learning Collaborative, an interactive forum for healthcare organizations with a focus on caregiver inclusion. t

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