Four million family caregivers across Ontario provide an estimated 75% of the care in the system, making caregivers essential to improved transitions and healthcare outcomes.

Essential Care Partner Programs – Key Practices for Ontario Health Teams that can be included in OHT Essential Care Partner programs.

Essential Care Partner Program Implementation Toolkit for Ontario Health Teams – guidance on implementing Essential Care Partner Programs in OHTs.

eLearning for healthcare providers – Learn from three 20-minute modules with practical, tangible tips for providers working with caregivers.

Contact the Ontario Caregiver Organization for tailored education sessions for providers across your OHT.

Caregiving impacts the health, employment, finances, and personal relationships of caregivers. Caregiver well-being also impacts patient outcomes.

Care providers are well positioned to connect caregivers to support.

OHT providers can connect caregivers to support by referring them to the 24/7 Ontario Caregiver Helpline.

Overview of OCO programs and services for caregivers – One page overview for healthcare providers to give to caregivers.

eLearning for caregivers – Explore a valuable e-learning module for caregivers to learn how to best communicate with care providers.

Caregiver Identification (ID) is any form of official identification (i.e. card, badge, button) issued by a healthcare organization to a caregiver.

Caregiver Identification (ID)* is a tool that can be used to facilitate the inclusion and meaningful participation of family caregivers in care settings.

The benefits of using Caregiver ID include: 

• Tangible way to show organizational commitment to caregivers
• Enhanced caregiver experience and empowered essential care partners
• Better staff awareness of the role and importance of essential care partners
• Greater mutual trust and dialogue between caregivers and care providers
• Enriched patient care

* Adapted from materials originally created by The Change Foundation