Protection for Persons in Care

Service offers:

• promotion of prevention and response to reports of abuse of adult Albertans receiving care or support services from publicly funded service providers
• publicly posted decision summaries on the Government of Alberta website (individually-identifiable health and other personal information are not included)

Service providers include:

• hospitals
• seniors' lodges
• nursing homes
• shelters
• group homes
• addictions and mental health treatment and rehabilitation centres
• some settings funded by the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program
• and other supportive living settings

• 18 years and older
• who have experienced abuse receiving care or support services from publicly funded service providers

• call to report abuse or concerns about the safety and security of a vulnerable adult
• abuse may be reported in writing by completing an Abuse Report form found on website and sending it by mail, e-mail, or fax
• if the client is or was detained under the Mental Health Act or if the client is or was subject to a Community Treatment Order at the time the alleged abuse occurred, report to the Mental Health Patient Advocate
• decision summaries may be found on website

• Seniors / Older Adults - Elder Abuse
• Violence / Abuse - Abuse Reporting
• Violence / Abuse - Elder Abuse

Closed statutory holidays.