Whose Shoes? – Gill Phillips
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- In the shoes of… 100 people living, breathing, working with dementia!
- New tools to support your personalisation / transformation journey! Making It Real!
- Whose Shoes? – Making It Real – the big day arrives!
- In the shoes of… Gill’s Mum | A different bus. A whole new experience ;)
- Whose Shoes? – Making It Real – the story!
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Great to work with!
- Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) – Whose Shoes? – Making It Real Sector-wide partnership for transforming adult social care
- New Possibilities Fab graphic facilitation – a lasting record of Whose Shoes? workshops
- Knowing You Matter Andy Bradley – embedding compassion in health and social care
- Governance International REAL co-production starts here…..
- Community Catalysts unlocking potential, effecting change
- EGAR – Educational Games and Resources Sue Scott-Horne – how Sue’s fab games are helping teenagers!
Blogs written by people who inspire me
- #DementiaChallengers website Excellent resources for dementia carers via Lee Stribling
- Creating life with words – Inspiration, love and truth Inspirational blog by Kate Swaffer, living with dementia in Australia
- The Age Page Sarah Reed’s passion for engaging with older people & improving lives shines through!
- Shirley Ayres @shirleyayres Inspiring Digital Strategy and Communications Consultant
- Tommy On Tour @TommyNTour One man’s inspiring mission to raise awareness of dementia
- Nurse_w_glasses Fab creator of 20 Commandments for Mental Health workers
- D4Dementia Beth Britton – dementia campaigner, writer & blogger
- Dr Karim Saad Forward-thinking, thought-provoking dementia guru
- SITRA CEO's blog Vic Rayner blogging on issues relating to housing with care & support
- The Not so Big Society A blog written by and for those working in health and social care
- The Dan Slee blog Social media & digital in PR & local government – mainly!
- SCIE Social Care Institute for Excellence
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Whose Shoes? Twitter
- RT @wwwframeworks4c: @elafarrell @engageandcreate @WhoseShoes @dragonmisery @SarahReed_MHR @edanaming @lucyjmarsters must all stay closely … 1 hour ago
- A treat tomorrow! In the shoes of fab Barbara Hodkinson @ButterflyScheme, founder of the fab Butterfly Scheme #dementia #makingitreal RT 1 hour ago
- RT @HLCLC: Cakes with shoes seem to be all the rage nowadays. That @WhoseShoes & the #dementiachallengers seem to have started yet another … 2 hours ago
- RT @bethyb1886: @IanMcCreath @WhoseShoes @SportsMemNet @tommyNtour @nursemaiden @nurse_w_glasses @HelenHSAUK Blogging daily: http://t.co/nx… 3 hours ago
- RT @Kimbohud: @WhoseShoes I see Jeremy Hunt making senior civil servants walk in our shoes - see press release. Anyone got size 7s can walk… 3 hours ago
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In the shoes of… 100 people living, breathing, working with dementia!
This time last year I had a small idea. To build on my Whose Shoes? concept, looking at issues from different perspectives, I would ask a wide range of people to write a blog and I would post them, one … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, Gill's Mum, health, in my shoes, personalisation, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, change, co-production, community, Compassion, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementiachallengers, empathy, innovation, older people, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, social media, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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Whose Shoes? – Making It Real – the big day arrives!
Sometimes in life there is a *very big* date on the calendar. It looms very large and dominates your life – and you can’t really imagine it coming and going like any other day. And then suddenly you are on … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, health, housing, in my shoes, mental health, personalisation, public sector, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice, co-production, community, Compassion, dementia, empathy, health, make a difference, personalisation, Quality of life, social care, social media, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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The power of Twitter – Take 2… Come and join us!
I have written before about the Power of Twitter. It is one of my most popular blogposts. Even my 91 year old Mum (aka @Gills_Mum) is tempted to get involved. Slightly. On a good day… What I love about Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, dementia, education, Gill's Mum, personalisation, public sector, social care, social media
Tagged carers, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, Health and Social Care, innovation, make a difference, public sector, Quality of life, social media
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Empathy… leads to compassion
Empathy is at the heart of my Whose Shoes?® work, looking at issues from different perspectives. Everyone having a voice and being valued; but at the same time listening to others and learning. I am delighted to see that this … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, compassion, education, health, in my shoes, personalisation, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Compassion, dignity, empathy, health, innovation, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, social care, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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You (we!) must be the change you (we!) want to see in the NHS*
As the creator of Whose Shoes? my pledge for #NHSChangeDay is to help people in the #NHS & their partners work together for positive change!— Gill Phillips (@WhoseShoes) March 12, 2013 This is my pledge for NHS Change Day. You … Continue reading
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Choice – Real or Imagined
I have just read a really interesting blogpost by a GP I admire a great deal: Dr Martin Brunet. He tweets as @DocMartin68. I’m not sure who the other 67 Doc Martins are but I like this touch of humour and … Continue reading
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Tagged best interests, bureacracy, choice, choice and control, Gill Phillips, health, Jeremy Hunt, measurement, Nutshell Communications Ltd, outcomes, patiets, performance indicators, policy, politics, QOF, Quality Outcomes Framework, social care, social media, targets, tick-box, Twitter, Westminster
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“Dementia Friends” goes live!
Yesterday saw the launch of the long-awaited dementia-friendly, community initiative: Dementia Friends. It feels refreshing that this national scheme will be led by volunteers – people who know first hand what dementia means – SO much more than just people struggling to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, dementia, education, health, in my shoes, Learning and development, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged accident prevention, bank, carers, choice, choice and control, community, Compassion, dementia, dementia friendly, Dementia Friends, dementiachallengers, elderly, empathy, Gill Phillips, Health and Social Care, independence, isolation, Nutshell Communications Ltd, older people, Quality of life, relationships, risk, safeguarding, shops, supermarket, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of … Maureen Grove | another of our fab #dementiachallengers!
Thank you to today’s guest blogger, Maureen, and to Lee Stribling for giving me permission to re-post Maureen’s story from Lee’s fab dementiachallengers.com site. If you don’t know this site, I thoroughly recommend that you take a look – it … Continue reading
Posted in dementia, education, Guest blog, health, in my shoes, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, Facebook, health, Health and Social Care, independence, Lee Stribling, make a difference, Occupational Therapy, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, respect, Scotland, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of …Susannah Spencer | Chief Operating Officer | C-2-L Care to Learn
I am delighted to include a guest blog by Susannah Spencer, a keen supporter of my Whose Shoes? concept and blog, which focuses on key issues in health and social care from different perspectives. Susannah kindly invited me ‘and a friend’ (as you … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, dementia, dementia challenge, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, Keith Chegwin, make a difference, Neurological Disorders, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, Think Local Act Personal, University of Bradford, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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