If you are not in Alberta, please contact the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging to learn more about HSEP.

Project Description

Program Fact Sheet (being updated)

First Nations Program Fact Sheet

HSEP FILES :

The following PDF files are for staff who have taken the training and are delivering the program.

• Role of Professional Staff

• Role of the Health Care Aide / Program Staff

• Client Inclusion / Exclusion Guidelines 

• How to Perform the TUG Test

• ABC Baseline Scale

• ABC 4-Month Evaluation

• Documentation Form

• Doctor Letter  

• Fact Sheet on Physical Activity 

• Fact Sheet on Healthy Eating  

CLIENT PACKAGE

• Client Information Letter

• Client Calendar

• Client Calendar: two weeks (for ESL or low literacy clients)

TV interview - SHAW cable (This file requires QuickTime Player. Download these files only if you have high-speed Internet.) Get QuickTime

the hsep workshop

Take the HSEP workshop, and make a difference in the lives of your frail senior clients. Our workshop prepares staff to deliver the program safely and effectively.

Professional staff: Two-hour workshop

Program staff/health-care aides: Four-hour workshop

Facilitators: Eight-hour workshop (enables you to train other staff to deliver the program)

Contact the Alberta Centre for Active Living for more details on this and other training opportunities (780) 427-6949.

Supporting Reports

2006 Home Support Exercise Program (HSEP) in Alberta: Chinook Health Region and Calgary Health Region Pilot-Test Evaluation Results
The Alberta Centre for Active Living conducted pilot-tests in three rural Alberta communities in the Chinook Health Region and one urban community,the Calgary Health Region. The tests aimed to find out how key stakeholders in the region see HSEP's implementation and how staff and clients view the program’s effectiveness and impact. The following two reports resulted from the pilot sites.

Chinook Region
Executive Summary, pdf
Full Report: pdf

Calgary Region
Full Report: pdf

2006 Helping Older People Be Active at Home:
The Effectiveness of the Home Support Exercise Program (HSEP)

Executive Summary: pdf
Full Report: pdf

Program Resources Available
(for HSEP trained practitioners)

1. From the Alberta Centre for Active Living (shipping cost may apply)

• training manual (for facilitators only) ($35)
• brochure (no charge)
• weekly calendar magnet ($2)
• poster (10 exercises)

To order materials, call 780-427-7938 or 1-800-661-4551 (AB only) or email

2. From CCAA (costs associated)

• Video ($30)
• Laminated poster ($10)

To order CCAA materials, contact CCAA.