The Kitchen Table Care Chats

Jan Seely shares her perspective on the current state of New Brunswick's special care home sector, from staffing and sustainability to advocacy and innovation. We explore what's working, what's changing, and what the future of senior care could look like.

What happens when the demands of healthcare and parenthood collide?

In this episode of Kitchen Table Care Chats, Steph and Sam have an honest conversation about exhaustion in healthcare, the challenges of balancing caregiving at work and at home, and why supporting healthcare professionals matters more than ever.

Sponsored by Surge Learning and Carelynk.

What does increased funding for long term care actually mean at the bedside?

In this episode of Kitchen Table Care Chats, we sit down with Victor Shea, Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Baptist Housing, to discuss the realities facing long term care in New Brunswick and across Atlantic Canada.

We explore funding announcements, workforce pressures, aging in place, innovation in seniors care, and what it will take to build sustainable systems that support both residents and care teams. Victor also shares his perspective on leadership, collaboration, and the future of care for older adults.

Join us for an honest conversation about the challenges, opportunities, and important questions shaping long term care today.

Hosted by Samantha Romkey and Stephanie Gogan.
Sponsored by Carelynk and Surge Learning.

What will healthcare look like in 2030?

In this episode of Kitchen Table Care Chats, we make our predictions for the future of healthcare. From AI-powered hiring and automated scheduling to wearable technology, digital credentials, and aging in place, we explore what may be coming next for healthcare professionals, organizations, and the people they serve.

What do you think healthcare will look like in 2030? Let us know in the comments.

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AI is everywhere in healthcare right now. In this episode, we break down some of the technologies being used across the sector, what they actually do, and how they are impacting care, operations, and decision making.

When a loved one enters long term care, families carry hope, fear, and high expectations.

In this episode, Charbel Daniel sits down with us to talk about what happens when those expectations meet the realities of the system. We explore the tension, the misunderstandings, and the difficult moments on both sides.

In this episode of Kitchen Table Care Chats, we sit down with Lesley Hirst to explore The Compassion Advantage, starting with the one place most leadership conversations avoid: the self.

This is not about fixing teams. It is about understanding how your internal state, emotional awareness, and personal patterns directly shape how you lead.

Lesley introduces her 4E Framework, a practical approach that helps leaders build deeper self awareness, regulate their responses, and lead with greater intention and alignment.

This conversation reframes compassion as something you build within yourself first, shaping everything that follows.

The conversation around long-term care staffing just got very real.

With the CUPE strike impacting LTC starting today, we sit down with Ty Loppie—a Personal Care Worker with six years of frontline experience and the Young Worker VP for CUPE—to talk about what this moment actually means inside our homes.

This isn’t policy talk from the outside.
This is lived experience from the floor.

We get into:

• What led to this point—and what’s often misunderstood
• The realities staff face every day in LTC
• How staffing, safety, and quality of care are directly connected
• What workers are asking for—and why it matters
• What this means for residents, families, and the future of care

If you work in long-term care—or care about the system at all—this is a conversation you need to hear.

Because behind every headline… there are real people carrying the weight of the system.

In this episode of Kitchen Table Care Chats, we step away from the clinical and into the deeply personal. We share the moments in care that have stayed with us — the ones that shaped how we lead, how we show up, and why we do this work. These are the stories you don’t forget.

Safety in healthcare starts long before the first shift. Elizabeth Steel, Safety Officer at NSCC, joins us to talk about preparing the next generation of healthcare workers to recognize risk, speak up, and prioritize safety from day one.