When I approach Long Term Care homes within our communities, I approach them as Sarah—Sarah, the living, breathing, aging human being with aging family members that may be frightened to one day be placed into the health care system. I come from a place of no judgment, no blame game, but rather a position of having a solution …
How the Pandemic Changed My Perspective
This pandemic has been nothing but chaos, and we have all felt the very growing mental health struggle of keeping our positivity up and trying to see the light at the end of this seemingly long dark tunnel. I am a student. A second-year Advertising and Marketing student at St. Lawrence College, in Kingston, ON. …
5 Tips to Follow When Job Searching
Searching for a new career? Be sure to read through these tips and apply them to your job search. After working in a recruitment role for five years, I’ve noticed a trend in applicants who are successful in hiring on with Plan A. Hopefully these tips will help you be successful in your job search, …
What is My “Why”?
What is my “why” is the topic I chose to blog about today. That is a loaded question that I needed to give a lot of thought to. What is my WHY? Well, my why to exercise and implement good nutrition into my life is to keep my mind clear and focused and to take …
My Pandemic Positives
It is inevitable that every which way we turn, conversations of our current circumstances in this global pandemic seem to arise. In general, and in my experience, these conversations typically are geared towards negative and argumentative opinions. We all know too well that these conversations, especially on social media, surround public health protocols, shutdowns, lockdowns, …
Supporting the Families of Who We Support
When a loved one loses their independence, it’s never easy for any family. But these days, it is harder than ever before to navigate the care options available for an aging individual. Families who organized Long Term Care for their parents, grandparents and loved ones in 2019 could have never known what would happen to …
Support Services Aides (SSAs) – A Welcome Addition to The A Team!
With the increased responsibilities brought upon the LTC sector with the declaration of a world-wide pandemic, it became apparent that a new solution was needed to come to light to alleviate some of the staffing shortages faced by our sector. As a staffing partner in LTC, we quickly understood that surviving these challenging times meant …
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Leading My Team Through Difficult Times
My name is Natalie Daoust. I am co-owner of Plan A Scarborough, but I am also a nurse in the ICU. During the first wave of the pandemic, I was also working on the frontlines and was able to understand the fears my Plan A staff were facing with all of the uncertainty that was …
Making it Through: Reflections One Year into the Pandemic
As I sit here on a Saturday morning having my coffee and enjoying the amazing view from my couch, I am reminded of how lucky my husband and I are to have a business that we can run and a job that I love. I have watched our friends and family have to close their …
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6 Lessons I’ve Learned as an Entrepreneur
Hello A Dot! It’s been a while, but I’m happy to be back. So much has happened since my last entry. An engagement, a pandemic, a marriage and baby number two, but that’s a story for another day. Today I want to talk about a few of the lessons that I’ve learned since becoming an entrepreneur. If you’re …
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