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 …
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, …
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 …
An Incredibly Uplifting & Rewarding Experience
I have been in the middle of COVID-19 since the start of the first wave. I am glad I decided to work in LTC homes during the most difficult times and when help is most crucial. I understand that many are afraid to work as they fear getting sick. I do believe that if the right PPE …
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Navigating Work Fatigue and Career Uncertainty During a Pandemic
Let me hit you with something obvious - It’s hard to find our calling in life and far too easy to second guess our career path once we have chosen it. Am I right? In these days of curated content, it is so easy to compare ourselves and feel like we’re doing something wrong, that …
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