Donna Jovcevski has been an employee at Huron Lodge long-term care for more than 27 years.
She says it's going to be tough to tell residents about council's decision to outsource her job and 34 others at the facility.
Jovcevski says it's a shame the bottom line comes before the residents. She says it's a family at Huron Lodge.
"'How can you not work with somebody for 40 hours a week and not care?' says Jovcevksi. "I've sat there, held hands with dying patients, family members. We run to get things. We are there first hand when nursing can't be there because it's a very busy day."
She says she's not looking forward to saying goodbye.
"I fear for their anxiety because anxiety brings on stress," she says. "Stress brings on health issues. A lot of the residents are going to be very, very upset. Yes, the goodbyes are going to be tearful and emotional, but I'm going to try to help them through this transition too because that's what I do. I care and we all care."
Jovcevski is one of 16 full-time Huron Lodge employees who will be bumped into other city jobs.
With just two and a half years until retirement, she says she's not sure what she's going to do.