About us
Our Journey and Commitment
Exceptional Care and Services
We are dedicated to providing exceptional care and services that go beyond the ordinary.
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for our residents through a comprehensive range of services, including nursing care, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation services, hospice care, palliative care, respite care, and specialty programs.
Our services are thoughtfully designed to promote wellness, independence, and comfort, ensuring that every resident can experience a warm, welcoming community.
Our Journey and Commitment
Laurel Collins, BScN RN
A native of Nova Scotia, Laurel received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Dalhousie University. Laurel has over 30 years of nursing and healthcare management experience in Canada and the USA. Laurel spent almost twenty years abroad specializing in critical care but her heart took her back to her passion for seniors care in the place she grew up, Nova Scotia. For ten years, Laurel has been back in Canada tending to the health and wellness of seniors having turned her dream of providing exceptional care to seniors into a reality with the launch of Laurel’s Lake Residence Inc.
Laurel has been committed to the way we care for seniors in our communities by ensuring “best in its class”. This niche organization not only caters to the needs of seniors with exceptional detail, it provides seniors with a caring and compassionate environment where its’ clients come together and create a family.
Samantha Bennett
Samantha Bennett joined Laurel’s Lake Residence in 2018 as Client Care Manager. With the many roles Samantha does with Laurel’s Lake Residence, by far her favourite is making our Clients laugh, smile and keep them safe!
Samantha graduated from her C.C.A. course in 2011 and began working in private and long-term care programs for many years until taking a short break to raise her two sons. Taking great pride in her job, Samantha is a kind-hearted and compassionate young lady and these qualities are exemplified daily in her work with our Clients. Her patience and understanding is something our Clients deeply appreciate and strengthens the relationships she has with them.
Some of Samantha’s hobbies are spending time in her greenhouse, tending to her gardens along with keeping up the daily chores needed to keep her family hobby farm running. Besides the hobby farm, the loves in Samantha’s life are her wonderful partner, Ryan of 16 years and her two beautiful children: Chad and Evan.
Susan Abboud
Susan Abboud joined Laurel’s Lake Residence in 2021 as Administrative Assistant. Graduating from Mount St. Vincent in 1989, Susan has been a business owner with her husband since 1995, started her own childcare business in 2008, along with raising her now two adult daughters. Susan’s interest in Health and Wellness led her to get her private training certification in 2019 and also use her business knowledge to manage a local gym where she met Laurel Collins.
During the Covid-19 pandemic the gym unfortunately closed and Laurel asked Susan about some fitness sessions for her residents and subsequently offered her a position as Administrative Assistant.
Susan enjoys working with people of all ages and enjoys helping others be the best versions of themselves. She has been working on her life coaching certification as well as her Functional Aging Certification which will assist her in training those 70 years and older and help them age actively. Having to help out aging family members has also helped her to appreciate the importance of having arrangements in place for our loved ones that may need extra care.
Susan enjoys personal training her clients, taking courses that enrich herself and others, powerlifting, travelling, sketching and painting in her free time.
