About Stephanie

I’m a Health Care Aide based in southwest Calgary. For the past six years I’ve worked as a caregiver to seniors in their homes — helping with the day-to-day so they can keep their independence, their dignity, and their place in the home they’ve built.

Most of the work is the practical, everyday things: bathing and dressing, meals, mobility, companionship, errands, medication reminders. Some clients I see for a few weeks after a hospital discharge. Some I support for years as their needs change. Some I’m alongside through hospice and the end of their lives. Each situation is different. The constant is showing up — the same face, the same hands, every visit.

When people ask me about hospice work specifically — what stands out, what stays with me — I never have a clean answer. Every day in hospice is a moment, because for my patients it’s their last moments. I take that responsibility seriously, and I’d rather speak to it through how I work than how I tell the story afterward.

I’ve lived in southwest Calgary for over 20 years. My community is here, my friends are here, and starting Alongside Care is partly about being of service to the neighbourhood I’ve called home for half my life. When you call, you’re not calling a national agency. You’re calling someone from your part of the city.

When I’m not working, I’m cooking with my kids — currently on a sourdough journey — or out hiking with Rue, our huge English Mastiff and Saint Bernard mix.

My belief is simple: seniors deserve dignity, autonomy, and independence — every day. The work I do is the practical side of that belief.