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Family Partnership in Care
Personalized guidance and implementation coaching for families navigating caregiving.
Behind every diagnosis is a person.
Behind every person is a family.
Behind every family is a caregiver.
Caregiving can feel overwhelming, especially when families are navigating a new
diagnosis, changing care needs, healthcare appointments, and difficult decisions.
CaregiverStrong Institute walks beside families with compassionate, research-
informed guidance that helps them feel more confident, organized, informed, and
connected.
Every family begins with Dr. Denise Bedard.
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Compassionate Support from Consultation to Coaching.
1
Book Your Complimentary Consultation
Meet privately with Dr. Denise to discuss your family’s caregiving journey and needs.
2
Develop Your Road Map
Complete a comprehensive Family Partnership Consultation and receive personalized recommendations. Together, you’ll identify the support and coaching program that best fits your family.
3
Meet Your Coach
Receive Your Personalized Care Plan. Denise thoughtfully matches your family with the Implementation Coach best suited to your needs.
4
Begin Your Caregiving Journey
Put Learning into Practice. Work alongside your coach to apply practical strategies, strengthen confidence,and navigate changing care needs.
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FAMILY PARTNERSHIP CONSULTATION
Building Your Personalized Roadmap
Families who decide to continue begin with a comprehensive Family Partnership
Consultation led personally by Dr. Denise Bedard.
Drawing on more than 45 years of healthcare leadership, gerontology, family
partnership, person-centred care, doctoral research, and implementation science,
Denise takes the time to understand what matters most to your family.
Together, you will identify your family’s strengths, priorities, concerns, goals, and
next steps.
COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION
Every family’s story is different. Your journey begins with a private, complimentary 30-minute consultation with Denise Bedard, Co-Founder of CaregiverStrong Institute.
- Complimentary 30-Minute Consultation with Denise
- Share what your family is experiencing
- Discuss your immediate concerns
- Identify your most important priorities
- Learn how Family Partnership in Care may help
- Determine the most appropriate next step
- Complimentary consultation with no obligation.
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP CONSULTATION
- Comprehensive family consultation
- Family strengths and needs assessment
- Review of current healthcare and community supports
- Personalized recommendations
- Written consultation summary
- Practical resource suggestions
- Personalized implementation pathway
- Recommendation and matching with an appropriate Implementation Coach
8-WEEK IMPLEMENTATION JOURNEY
- Designed for families navigating a new diagnosis or changing care needs.
- Personalized coaching into practical, everyday caregiving strategies.
- Eight personalized coaching sessions
- Practical caregiver education
- Personalized implementation support
- Family resources and tools
- Progress reviews
- Next-step planning
12-WEEK IMPLEMENTATION JOURNEY
- Designed for families with more complex caregiving needs
- Twelve personalized coaching sessions
- Individualized implementation support
- Practical caregiver education and resources
- Ongoing guidance and encouragement
- Personalized action planning
- Progress reviews
FOLLOW-UP CONSULTATION
- Support as Your Family’s Needs Change
- Additional guidance without beginning another full coaching journey.
- Preparing for a healthcare appointment
- Reviewing progress
- Discussing new or changing care needs
- Identifying practical next steps
- 30-Minute Consultation
SUPPORTING WORKING CAREGIVERS
- Helping Organizations Support Employees Who Care for Others
- CaregiverStrong Institute partners with employers, healthcare providers, and community organizations
- Confidential family consultations
- Family Partnership in Care coaching
- Caregiver & Leadership education
- Workshops and presentations
- Healthcare partnership consultation
HELPING ORGANIZATIONS
- Many employees complete their workday and then begin another important role - caring for an aging parent, spouse, family member, or friend.
- Others are balancing employment, raising children, and caregiving responsibilities at the same time.
- CaregiverStrong Institute partners with employers, healthcare providers, and community organizations
- Supporting caregivers is an investment in healthier employees, stronger families, and more compassionate workplaces.
Every person deserves compassionate, person-centred care.
WHY CAREGIVERSTRONG INSTITUTE?
Information Is Important. Implementation Creates Change.
We do more than provide families with information.
We help families understand how to apply what they are learning within their own
lives, relationships, and caregiving situations.
Research-informed, compassionate, and family-centred
Support grounded in evidence and delivered with compassion, always focused on your family's unique needs.
Personalized & practical guidance
Receive tailored strategies and practical tools you can apply in everyday caregiving.
Working alongside healthcare professionals
We complement your healthcare team by strengthening communication, collaboration, and care planning.
- Every family begins with Denise.
- Every roadmap is personalized.
- Every coach is thoughtfully matched.
- Every journey is grounded in dignity, trust, and hope.