As I sit at my desk today reflecting on the past 19 months, so many emotions are flooding my brain… and my heart. I keep hearing things on social media, like “we are strong” and “we survived”. But have we? Are we stronger? Because I personally feel like I may be more worried now than …
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It’s OK to Ask for Help
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, …
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 …
What it Means to Staff the Front Lines
As I sit here writing this, Ontario is preparing to enter a Stay at Home Order for the next 28 days. Ontario is seeing cases of COVID-19 surge. Hospitals are under more pressure now than they have been at any point in the past 12 months. Long Term Care is almost on its knees with how …
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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I Will Always be Grammy’s Little Girl: The Reason My Job Means so Much
The #1 thing I ask myself when I'm hiring for LTC is "is this someone I would have wanted to take care of my grandmother?" About 3 months ago I got the job offer to work for Plan A. Within the same week, I also found out that my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer for …
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