Dignity at Home

03/25/2026

We updated my Dignityathome.ca webpage, come for a visit. If you are on a mobile phone, click the two lines on the top right of the page to see more. Let me know what you think?

Compassionate in-home care in Ottawa. Dignity at Home provides personal support, healthcare navigation, companionship, and home-cooked meals to help seniors remain safe and comfortable at home.

03/24/2026

Hi friends, I was asked specifically if I was LGBTQIA+ friendly. The answer is absolutely. This is healthcare, it is not Dignity at Home for some, it is Dignity at Home for all.

03/24/2026

Why do I have constant work as an in-home PSW?

Let’s look at that. Public Homecare and private retirement options are never reliable and call their clients regularly to say, “We have no one to send,” or “We are short-staffed again.” We also know that, as part of operations, many retirement homes do not replace sick calls, and scheduling short is part of a larger plan to maximize profits, leaving workers burnt out. In secure units, people can be charged over $ 7,000 a month, and the floor is regularly short-staffed (while PSWs are only paid $21.00 to $22.00 an hour). It’s disgusting.

How do you retain reliable staff amid the turnover in retirement homes and Provincial homecare programs, when greed deters any staff commitment or investment?

The difference in my service is that I SHOW UP. I tell people openly (and honestly) that I am not cheaper than a retirement home; I am simply another option. No one wants to leave their home. The question is “why leave, if the help I provide is a viable option?”

How can dignity of person be paramount when greed is?

03/23/2026

Local PSW Available!

I have immediate full-time availability for a client in their own home in the National Capital Region (Greater Ottawa, Canada).

Are you looking for help to keep someone at home, but need help? Since 2018, I have been doing just that, keeping people in their own homes (up to and including palliative care). Study after study shows that outcomes are best when people remain in their own homes for as long as they can safely do so.

20+ year PSW with Residential, Long-Term, and Acute, Frontline experience who provides true patient-centred care:

- Personal Care (dietary considerations if needed)
- Scratch cooking
- Transportation
- Light housekeeping
- Household and appointment management
- Shopping or errands
- Med reminders
…and with the right client, the ability to stay in-home with the client 24/7, if family members are looking for some respite away from the home.

I make it my point to wrap myself around my clients' needs, not the other way around. Making it true and hyper-focused patient-centred care.

Along with comprehensive insurance coverage, I do have credentials to work directly with (and direct bill) Blue Cross, Sun Life, the Canadian Veterans Affairs and the Canadian Armed Forces (and possibly more associations if requested).

Have questions? Call 613-355-6655 or visit www.dignityathome.ca to set up an appointment today.

03/23/2026

I grew up with “The Nature of Things.”

While David may not feel accomplished, I for one feel the job was bigger than a single person. Thanks to David, my perspective on how I see the Earth and my perspectives have indeed changed. I do not feel David failed us in any way, I think many of us are failing David, our children, and their children.

At 90 years old, David Suzuki says he has done everything he could to protect the Earth — and fears it still may not have been enough.

For generations of Canadians, Suzuki wasn’t just a scientist.
He was a teacher.
A voice of reason.
A warning we couldn’t ignore.

Through The Nature of Things on CBC, he helped millions understand climate change long before it was part of daily headlines. He made science human. He made the planet personal. He made the future feel like something we were responsible for.

And he was sounding the alarm decades ago.

Back in the late 1980s, scientists warned the world that we were running an uncontrolled experiment on the only home we have. Today, Suzuki says we may already have crossed dangerous tipping points — with seven of the nine planetary boundaries now under strain.

He also reminds us that governments alone won’t save us.
Communities will have to be ready.
Neighbours will have to help each other.
People will have to care enough to act.

That message reached Canadians because CBC gave it a place to be heard.

For over 40 years, public broadcasting brought science, climate reporting, and environmental journalism into living rooms across this country — not for profit, not for clicks, but because it mattered.

Without CBC, would Canadians have listened this long?
Would we have understood what was coming?
Would voices like David Suzuki have been given the time and space to speak honestly?

This is what we stand to lose

Not just a broadcaster —
but the stories, the warnings, and the wisdom that help a country see itself clearly.

Thank you, David Suzuki, and Happy Birthday!
And thank you CBC, for making sure Canada heard him.

https://r.pebmac.ca/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/david-suzuki-memoir-life-birthday-climate-change-9.7136044

03/21/2026

Inclusivity, we are so rich when we recognize it’s transformative ability.

03/20/2026

We need this guy’s as a Prime Minister.

03/18/2026

Hopefully, the sixth time is the charm for posting this video. Sorry, it is a fast and compact message with lots of information.

Let’s talk about our sugar intake and a keto lifestyle. Far too often, meat and healthy oils have been demonized when science is showing us more and more that the problem is sugar and insulin resistance. We tend to focus on the branches of the tree for treating illness rather than on the trunk that prevents the branches from being poisoned in the first place.

With healthcare on the verge of collapse, it’s time we started front-loading investments in our health now so we have a high quality of life as we age.

If you’re interested, please comment below. I’d be more than happy to share my weight-loss journey, which has had some side benefits: not just weight loss, but cognitive clarity, better skin, and less inflammation overall (even skin tags have disappeared).

The one thing I forgot to mention is that you should also be drinking 2 to 4 L of water a day, in a powder with no sugar but electrolytes. It really is a lot easier than it sounds, and eating this way is a lot cheaper than you might think.

Tap on my picture below for the video to start, make sure your sound is on.😉

I will answer any questions below.

03/16/2026

People just seem apathetic unless it’s their family member.

03/16/2026

Why is our Ontario Premier advocating for one company rather than a bidding process? No wonder the Ontario Conservatives are in the process of trying to close transparency to the public with legislation as we speak. Right in front of our eyes.