Expired Health Cards must be renewed by end of February. It is possible to book an appointment to renew your card at the Service Ontario office in Ottawa City Hall, which can easily be reached by Para Transpo, and is…
LOCKDOWN’S OVER (MAYBE)! NOW WHAT?!
Here we are, in September 2021, 18 months after the COVID-19 virus was declared to be a pandemic. Governments responded by imposing an emergency lockdown. We all became familiar with words like lockdown, isolate, bubble, quarantine, and zoom. We saw…
Your Voice in the Healthcare System
In a world and healthcare system full of information overload, what can we do to be heard? Sometimes well-intentioned people, including healthcare providers, inadvertently devalue the person who appears disabled, causing uncertainty or unrest and dis-ease. Here are three ways…
A Support Worker’s Perspective
My name is Becky, and I am a Personal Support Worker (PSW) and Developmental Service Worker (DSW). I have been working in the field for approximately 15 years. I work in both home care settings and residential group home settings.…