Carey Lucki sat down with us to talk about her deep pride and passion for the work Circle of Care does as a predominant organization in Ontario's home and community care sector.

What sets Circle of Care apart, as you'll hear in this episode, is its unique combination of traditional home care and upstream social care programs. This includes transportation, meals on wheels, and innovative programs like their Adult Day Program, which contributes to that true wrap-around experience for their clients.

Carey speaks passionately about her vision for the future of homecare, one where people can age gracefully in their homes, and where younger generations are encouraged to pursue careers in this space.

Stick around to the end where we have a fun chat in our lightning round. Carey tells us about the fiction novel she's written, which she describes as the perfect beach read.

Quotables:

"What's unique is that we have this wrap-around service for clients. Because when our PSW goes in a home and sees an empty fridge, we can quickly link that client up with our meals program." – CL

"Having the leaders completely together, in jive, in sync at the top is really I think what made this happen." – CL

"Our Adult Day Program (ADP) is a gem, it's a little jewel… We always say when you're having a bad day at Circle of Care, go to the ADP." – CL

"Just the relief for the caregivers… it's tough on them and when they can drop somebody off for the day or the weekend, it makes a world of difference in their lives." – CL

"97 per cent of Ontarians want to age in their home, they want to age gracefully in their home, they want to even die in their home… I think the future vision of home and community care is there." – CL

"I think also a future of home and community care is really embedding us a little more closely with primary care." – CL

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Circle of Care
• Circle of Care Adult Day Program
• Sinai Health
• Charity Village
• Excellence Canada, Gold Award
• CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Jane Philpott
• Mark Chignell
• Dr. Sandra McKay
• The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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