- by Allison Billings
We follow Chef Zach Keeshig down a winding path into deep evergreens planted by human hands in strict rows long ago, the tops soaring past our sightlines overhead. We pick our way across a bed of fallen pine needles turned russet with time, punctuated by the stones of a labyrinth set into the forest floor. We continue through a portal of old windows that frame the next stage of the landscapes of Riverstone Retreat, located near Durham, Ontario. The forest breaks to green lawns circling lush perennial gardens and The Stone House, an eco lodge created from the fields and forests that surround the retreat.
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula suffered a tragedy this morning when a 17-year-old woman lost her life in a structural fire in Sauble Beach.
An early morning fire broke out in the Bunkie she was sleeping in. The fire was quickly extinguished by the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department. The fire did not spread to the house adjacent to the Bunkie. The other occupant of the Bunkie. . .
- by Barbara Fletcher
I have always been A Helper.
For over 20 years, I have done the work of a PSW (Personal Support Worker), and I am good at it.
I work in Home-care, the purpose of which is to keep people out of LTC (Long-term Care) and hospitals. It is better mentally, and therefore physically, for people to remain in their homes for as long as they can.
That’s where I come in.
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
When word of Covid19 began to spread in North America, staff and administrators at Long Term Care in Grey-Bruce began to shudder. They knew that staff were hard to attract and to keep; that short-handed shifts were already too common, and that outbreaks take even more staff time.
Here is a glimpse into how life for Personal Support Workers in Long Term Care has unfolded since early in March, through the story of just one in our community..
Dear Bill Walker,
I would like to take a minute to tell you my concerns as a PSW.
I believe that I work at job that has historically been over worked in a high paced, understaffed, underpaid and disrespected profession.
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