Entrust provides specialized Respite Care services in Edmonton and surrounding areas, offering caregivers essential breaks while ensuring quality support for individuals with special needs and disabilities. Our special needs disability respite services help caregivers access the right mix of medical, physical, social, and behavioral supports for their family members. If you’re receiving funding under FSCD or PDD, book an initial consultation to explore your care options.
Accredited by Alberta Council of Disability Services for providing supportive, personalized care to children on the spectrum.
Need ongoing respite care that helps you regain independence for yourself and social inclusion for your child or adult?
Our respite programs are one component of the range of supports you receive. Our priority is to make you feel comfortable, supported, and enabled to take the break you need. Do you have funding and you’re ready to organize respite care for your loved one?
Respite services provide caregivers a planned break from primary care duties through in-home, out of home, and at-centre respite services.
Caregivers need time to rejuvenate and attend to obligations outside of special needs caregiving.
Entrust has a team of trained respite workers, therapists, educators, and special needs healthcare professionals who collaborate with you to develop custom plans to achieve short and long-term goals.
Entrust provides group homes throughout Edmonton city limits and surrounding areas, including Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Nisku, Beaumont, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, and St-Albert.
Usually with a 1:1 or 1:2 staffing ratio, this option includes a variety of programs such as after-school clubs, weekend activities, camps, and more. Great for supporting social inclusion and short-term respite for caregivers.
Your loved one comes to stay with us for an average of 2-3 days in an Entrust Residential Care Homes in Edmonton and area. They are treated to individualized creative activities and receive specialized support if needed. You also get 24-hour respite for scheduled overnight or weekend stays.
Designed for longer stays of 5-10 days, this type of care involves your loved staying with us in one of our Edmonton based residential care homes. We have multiple homes with a dedicated amount of beds reserved exclusively for short-term respite care.
This option is ideal for caregivers who need a longer break such as a holiday, and allows your loved ones to gain independence and get used to being away from home while still having all the support they need.
Being a caregiver is hard. Perhaps you’re a sole caregiver who needs a break, or you’re a parent who wants to spend quality time with their other children.
Perhaps you need to get some life admin done, want to stretch yourself in your career more, or just need some space to recover from burnout. Whatever the reason, Entrust will look after your loved one with care, diligence, and compassion.
We understand the urgency. With Entrust, expect services to begin within 2 to 8 weeks, tailored to your needs.
We pair your loved one with specialists who truly meet their needs, ensuring they thrive during their time with us.
With us, you’ll always know the costs and service levels upfront. No surprises, just clarity.
We maintain your loved one’s routine, ensuring any changes are communicated with a two-week notice.
Proudly holding the CET Level II accreditation for 8 years with a 100% score, we’re committed to top-tier respite care for all ages and needs.
Beginning your journey with Entrust starts by filling out our contact form, and we’ll take the first step towards understanding your needs by matching you with the right specialists. To ensure a perfect fit, we offer the option of personalized meetings, either through home visits or orientations at our center. Within just 2-3 months, we’ll have everything in place for you, smoothly transitioning you into our care.
Daytime Supports
Our services enable parents to confidently return to work, knowing their loved ones are in safe hands.
Positive Family Impact
Our interventions have helped keep families together, allowing more quality time with siblings and reducing the need for external family services.
Adaptive Goals and Expectations
From intake through ongoing care, we focus on health, happiness, and skill development, including language skills and eating habits.
Varied Short-term Goals
Catering to immediate needs like basic care, toileting, and learning to tie shoes.
Ambitious Long-term Goals
Aiming for reintegration into regular programs, long-term care with Entrust, independence, community access, and inclusion.
Gagan Grewal
Program Manager
PROGRAM MANAGER
Gagan holds a Bachelor in Science with an emphasis on Human Development and Family Studies. She discovered Entrust at a job fair and unexpectedly developed a deep passion for supporting individuals with disabilities through the organization. She is now a strong advocate for her clients. Gagan started as an Assistant Manager with Entrust and since has shifted to a Service Manager position. She enjoys spending time with her family and volunteering in her spare time.
Rory LaRocque-Walker
Director of Operations
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Rory’s journey with Entrust began in 2011. With the knowledge, skills and experience acquired through completing his Bachelor of Education at the University of Alberta, as well as brief career as a professional educator, Rory created and continues to lead the Community Access Supports Program. Rory is passionate about acknowledging and honoring the unique needs of each individual and providing a framework around them. He believes this framework should respect each person’s limitations while favouring their strengths, interests and abilities.
For those not receiving aid from established programs like Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD), Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD), Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH), or support from Edmonton Public Schools, our services are available for a fee.
Individuals or their families paying for these services themselves may be eligible to deduct these expenses as medical or attendant care costs on their income tax returns. We advise seeking advice from a qualified tax expert for more details.
At Entrust, we offer competitive rates in Edmonton tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual, ensuring accessible and personalized care.
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Paying for our respite care services is flexible and can be achieved through multiple avenues. Funding options include support from organizations like Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD), Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD), Child and Family Services Authority (CFSA),. Alternatively, if you choose to privately fund the care, we ensure you receive the same high-quality care at competitive rates, providing you with valuable and accessible options for your respite care needs.
Respite care hours depend on your contract with PDD and/or FSCD, and are assigned based on the assessment process with the funding body and dependent on each family’s unique needs.
Special needs Respite care in Edmonton can costs vary depending on the type and length of care required for the client: read our full blog on respite care service costs to learn more.