100% Orthotics coverage for Registered First Nations and Inuit

Community Accessible Rehabilitation Referral

As a registered orthotic provider with Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB), Braceworks bills the NIHB Program directly.

The Indigenous Health Program supports practices with ties to Indigenous culture and tradition, including midwifery which helps new and expected parents with their babies. Alberta Health Services

Elbow River Healing Lodge

The Elbow River Healing Lodge offers a full range of primary care services and visiting specialists to First Nations (Status and Non-Status), Métis, and Inuit peoples and their families.

The clinic offers primary care services and specialist services. This includes traditional healing approaches, health promotion, disease prevention, curative care, rehabilitative care, and social resource advocacy (supportive care).

Primary care services include:

assessments and examinations
onsite Elders
traditional wellness and healing (spiritual, cultural, and ceremonial supports)
family focused care
prenatal care, traditional midwifery
nutrition and traditional dietary services
immunizations
social resource referral and advocacy (Community Liaison)
outreach (in community, acute sites and Calgary Zone)
foot clinics and foot health

The clinic also offers specialized services:

general internal medicine
nephrology
neurology
traditional midwifery
nutrition
rheumatology
access to psychiatry
physical and rehabilitation medicine
obstetrics and gynecological health

Access

Service providers may include Indigenous advocates, counsellors, diabetes educators, doctors, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), outreach workers, midwives, traditional wellness (Elders), behavioral health consultants

Eligibility First Nations (Status and Non-Status), Métis, and Inuit peoples and their families.

Service Access