Alberta resources

Health benefit resources for Albertans

Find out about provincial programs and health benefit services that are offered to Albertans.:

• Alberta Blue Cross non-group coverage
• Alberta Blue Cross review of all plans: Individual and family plans
• AISH: Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH)
• Alberta Adult Health Benefit
• Seniors health benefits

Alberta living donor resources

• Southern Alberta Transplant Program (ALTRA) - Living Donor Program in Calgary
• Northern Alberta, Living Donor Services in Edmonton

Alberta organ and tissue donation

Register to become an organ or tissue donor. Find out who can be a donor and the donation process.

• Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry

Alberta kidney care services

Alberta Health Services provides support, programs, and services throughout the province. Find out more about kidney care in Alberta.

• Alberta Kidney Care - North and South (Alberta Health Services)

Kidney health section, Medicine Strategic Clinical Network (SCN) - Alberta Health Services

Read more patient stories. Learn about projects and research that is being done to improve kidney care in Alberta.

• Kidney health – Medicine SCN, Alberta Health Services

MyHealth.Alberta.ca

A trusted source of general health information for Albertans. You’ll also find links to services and healthcare facilities around the province.

• MyHealth.Alberta.ca
• Treatment options for failing kidneys
• Other sites that are supported by the Medicine Strategic Clinical Network and Alberta Kidney Care include:
  • Glomerulonephritis - About
  • Exercise and chronic kidney disease

Other resources

British Columbia Transplant

Learn about transplant and living donor programs in BC.

• transplant.bc.ca
• Living Donation

Canadian Blood Services

Select on the Organs for Life tab and find out more on donor and transplant programs across Canada.

• Kidney Paired Donation: Becoming a live kidney donor
• Canadian Blood Services

Cancer screening

Learn about cancer screening programs near you.

• Screening For Life
• Skin Cancer Screening

Can-SOLVE (Chronic Kidney Disease Network)

Find out how kidney health is being improved through patient-oriented research.

• cansolveckd.ca

CANN-NET (Canadian Kidney Knowledge Translation and Generation Network)

A network of healthcare professionals and researchers working together to create guidelines for kidney care. Learn about kidney function and kidney care.

• cann-net.ca

Kidney Foundation of Canada

Learn about kidney health and living with kidney problems. You’ll also find resources and services available in Canada and in your province.

• The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Transplant Manitoba

Learn about transplant and donor programs and services available in Manitoba.

• transplantmanitoba.ca

Transplant videos

• Organ transplant: Patient education video series. These videos give you information about several kinds of organ transplants and what to expect while on a transplant waitlist.
• Solid Organ Transplantation: An Educational Mini-Series for Patients – Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program. 6-part video series to help patients and caregivers learn about kidney transplant. Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program.

Trillium Gift of Life Network (Ontario)

Learn about organ and tissue donation programs and services in Ontario.

• giftoflife.on.ca/en​​