I love Personal Support Workers (PSWs). I’ve worked with them, I’ve taught them and I employ them. They have one of the most hands-on jobs out of all health care professionals and our aging population would be under provided for without them. A PSW’s job description includes providing support and non-medical care to patients, residents …
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Working for Purpose
"Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it" - Stephen Hawking. Have you ever had a job that you went to everyday and it felt like you had no purpose? You woke up at six o’clock every morning and drove to the office just to feel like you had no reason to be there? At …
Every Vision Has its Own Rainbow!
Our pool of amazing health care professionals has now topped the 225 mark and we are covering hundreds of shifts a month in over a dozen LTC facilities…eeek! I can’t help but feel both excited and frightened at the same time. I was very ‘green’ when I launched Plan A just over 4 years …
The Storm is Coming, Even if You Can’t See the Clouds
Silver Tsunami. It's a phrase I hear often. And I read about it every day: 'The oldest of the baby boomers reached 65 in 2011!', 'One person turns 65 every eight seconds!', '4 million people become senior citizens each year!'...I've read them all! Most people understand very little about the unique problems we're faced with …
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