Etobicoke (Change Location)
Meet Our Team
We believe every family in the area deserves tailor made in-home senior care with a compassionate touch. That's why we established Home Instead® of Etobicoke, ON.

Proudly Serving Aging Adults & Their Families
Our Promise
- Do what we say we’re going to do – each and every time
- Solve care problems using compassionate, person-centered solutions
- Engage in thoughtful relationships with the families we serve
- Give back to our community
About Us
Meet Our Team

Brenda Enright, Franchise Owner

Paul Alavathil, Director of Business Development

Belinda Robyn, Nurse Manager
As a Registered Nurse, Belinda has a strong focus in gerontology and is committed to allowing our aging community to be treated with dignity and empathy while preserving a person’s independence and self-respect. In her role Belinda's if focused on delivery of service and ensuring top quality care for our clients. Her nursing background is a highly valuable asset when assisting clients and their families to develop the right Care Plan for their specific needs. Belinda evaluates the Care Plan with the Care Team, the client and the family to ensure delivery of high quality care and client satisfaction.

Maria Canlas, Client Care Coordinator
Maria pursued a RPN designation in 2013 but decided to put that on hold and grew within a career in service, working for various companies who specialized in imports and exports. During this period, Maria continued to be involved in the health care field; for a few years she even worked as a personal support worker in long term care. Maria has since completed the practical nursing refresher program at Humber College and is now excited to work with Home Instead as a client care coordinator. She is looking forward to making a difference in lives of our clients and family caregivers. Outside of work, Maria is a mom to 2 beautiful girls. Maria likes to stay active by joining annual marathons and enjoying the outdoors through camping and hiking with her friends and family.

Shanyce Blagrove, Client Care Coordinator, Government Services

Jennifer Piluke, Key Player Assistant
Prior to working for Home Instead, Jennifer had an extensive history in in customer service and administration. Specifically, she worked with seniors and children and has the compassion and understanding necessary to support family caregivers and their senior loved one. She aspires to grow in this field to pave the way to a better future. Jennifer lives in Etobicoke with her two sons who are attending elementary school. She looks forward to gaining experience, and is excited to give back to the community.

Karen Gabora, Service Coordinator

Simranpreet Kairay, Service Coordinator

Cindy Campos, Service Coordinator
Cindy has over 5 years of customer service experience covering different fields from retail to healthcare. Working at Home Instead is meaningful as she believes that working with the community is important and playing her part will create a better tomorrow. Cindy has experience working with older adults during her time as a community support worker and enjoyed her time building relationships with her clients. Now on the other side of things, she will be connecting CAREGivers and clients with their perfect match. Cindy has a passion for reading and painting – currently her favorite read is Becoming by Michelle Obama.

Abby-Gail Stewart, Service Coordinator
Hi I am Abby-Gail
I started my career in the health care field, I have many years experience as a personal support worker, working in various facilities and locations with many complex disabilities. I enjoy helping others in need and advocating for them. I like to make a difference in people’s life, and I enjoy the doing the little things to make others happy and smile. I believe everyone should be treated with respect and dignity. I helped take care of my grandparents through their senior years and I understand what families go through when a family member’s health is declining and you feel like your hands are tied. I am always a shoulder to lean on and a sounding board when needed. In my free time I volunteer in my community. I enjoy traveling and trying new restaurants.

Jerry Rego, Vice President, Operations
Jerry is an enthusiastic brand champion and after researching Home Instead felt an instant connection to their guiding principles of building trust, taking the lead, and sharing your heart. Jerry is an experienced operations leader with a demonstrated history of success building great teams and growing businesses. Jerry has spent the last 20+ years in operations growing his passion for service excellence and uses his positively outrageous service to delight and astound clients. Jerry specializes in building strong supportive teams while coaching a people first culture across the organization to ensure we are making a difference in people’s lives daily. Jerry is always looking for ways to grow his skillsets and can often be found engaging in conversations with co workers and industry professionals while stepping outside his comfort zone to try something new. Jerry married his high school sweetheart, and they are now parents to 3 amazing children. Jerry spends as much time outdoors with his family as he can swimming, hiking, playing sports and enjoying nature.

Geeve Sandhu, Vice President, Growth

Dan Gallagher, Director of Community Relations

Farhiyo MoAlim, Business Development Associate
Farhiyo is Home Instead’s Business Development Associate. She comes from a very strong background in Health Care, completing a bachelor’s degree in in Health Studies at York University with a certificate in Health Informatics. Farhiyo has a passion for the Health Care Industry, and along with being a genuine and caring person, which will be strengths that will make a positive impact to the clients we serve. Farhiyo loves helping others, listening to their concerns and is very passionate about providing not only excellent but quality care to clients and spreading awareness. She is excited to help family caregivers by addressing their service inquiries and providing service options and resources. Farhiyo will also be the point person for all items related to Facebook and Instagram and will work with each office to manage their Local Pages.

John Medeiros, Home Care Consultant
John has had a successful career in the franchise industry. Johns’ various roles with different brands include General manager, Franchise Business Consultant and even owning his own franchise. After effectively owning his own franchise John was looking for a new opportunity to put his skills to use and help grow another brand. Johns’ passion for community involvement and helping others had led him to Home Instead. John is excited to begin his journey with Home Instead and to start making a difference in the community.

Rosie Jabbal, Enterprise HR Manager

Mikaela Leonardo, Education Coordinator

Ramona Sabau, Enterprise Administration Manager

Ray Bagaoisan, Bookkeeper

Erika Horvat, Bookkeeper
Erika recently completed her Business Administration – Accounting degree at Brock University. The opportunity to join Home Instead was the perfect next step. She connected with our mission to provide personal care to seniors. She has always enjoyed helping her grandparents with whatever they need and spending time with them, whether that be talking with them over a meal/coffee or playing cards. Providing great customer service has always been important to Erika, as she has always looked for ways to help others in all her past personal and professional experiences. She looks forward to continuing to provide great customer service through her role at Home Instead. In her spare time, Erika likes to knit and sew, crafts which she picked up from her grandmothers.

Erin Christiano, Manager of Quality & Standards
Our Team
Your Home Instead team in Etobicoke, ON possesses a heartfelt desire to work with seniors in the community. It is our ultimate goal to forge extraordinary relationships between our clients and their Care Professionals.
When you are ready for help, our caring staff is on call to quickly answer your questions and accommodate your senior services needs.