The original lead partner, CACC, merged with CHA in December, 2006. CACC’s broad membership base included home care and home support agencies, meals programs, community groups, long term care facilities, Community Care Access Centres, regional planning bodies, provincial and national associations, corporations and individuals. The major activities of CACC included promoting information exchange among provinces/territories, producing training resources, carrying out practical research projects, and advocating on behalf of the community care sector.

CHA is the federation of provincial and territorial hospital and health organizations across Canada representing a broad continuum of services, including acute care, home and community care, long term care, public health, mental health, palliative care, addiction services, children, youth, and family services, and housing services. CHA is a leader in developing, and advocating for, health policy solutions that meet the needs of Canadians.

The Canadian Association for Community Care (CACC)
The Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA)

Founded in 1907, the CPhA is the national professional voluntary association committed to providing leadership to pharmacists and improving the health of Canadians. Members are active in community and hospital pharmacies, in long term care facilities, home care, academia and industry. CPhA’s mission is to establish the pharmacist as the health professional whose practice, based on unique knowledge and skills, ensures optimal patient outcomes from drug therapies. CPhA achieves its vision through advocacy, facilitation, provision of knowledge, participation in partnerships, research and innovation, education and health promotion. CPhA is Canada’s largest publisher of drug and therapeutics information, including the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialities (CPS, e-CPS), Therapeutic Choices, Patient Self Care – Helping Patients Make Therapeutic Choices, and Herbs: an Everyday Reference for Health Professionals.

Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA)

VON Canada is a national health care organization and a registered charity that has been caring for the lives and well-being of Canadians in their homes and local communities since 1897. VON is dedicated to being a leader in the delivery of innovative comprehensive health and social services, identifying health care needs, developing appropriate services, and influencing the development of health and social policy in Canada. It offers a wide range of community health care solutions that meet the needs of Canadians from coast to coast. Today, more than 15,000 staff & volunteers in a network of branches provides a wide range of more than 50 different health care solutions and services within the areas of home health care, health promotion, home support, and community support. VON is committed to quality improvement and is accredited by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.

Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)

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Production of these project and website materials has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada through the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.