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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- Blown away by the depth of talent and passion in our fab #dementiachallengers group! @edanaming sings http://t.co/6Pius38wCY 8 hours ago
- RT @nurse_w_glasses: @WhoseShoes Im still hiding in the shed..waiting for you to pick me up , Gill (* ˘⌣˘) @suzysopenheart @KarimS3D @bethy… 9 hours ago
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New tools to support your personalisation / transformation journey! Making It Real!
Part 2: The launch event The room was full of inspirational change leaders, defined not by their organisational positions but by their personal energy, innovative projects and passion for positive change. If you could bottle the passion in that room, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, co-production, community, Compassion, dementia, dementiachallengers, empathy, health, make a difference, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, social care, 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
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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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Whose Shoes? – Making It Real – the story!
Today will be an emotional day for me. Only people who have been involved in a life-consuming, passionate, rewarding, risky, daunting, creative project understand the highs and lows and sheer hard work that goes with the territory. Andy Bradley is … Continue reading
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Tagged personalisation, Whose Shoes?, social media, make a difference, dementia, Twitter, Making It Real, Think Local Act Personal, innovation
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In the shoes of … Ela Farrell | Specialist in photographic history, social care commissioner & technical writer
It is amazing how a single tweet can capture your imagination… and that is exactly what happened here. I invited Ela to tell us more. Thank you Ela for providing yet another wonderful guest post for this “in my shoes” … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, dementia, Guest blog, health, housing, in my shoes, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Society, Birmingham, Conditions and Diseases, dementia, dementia challenge, elderly, health, Health and Social Care, London, National Health Service, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, photography, RAF, relationships, social history, Social work, World War 2
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Care funding? ..You want me to pay HOW much? | In the shoes of… Gill’s Mum
Some of you will know that my 90 year old Mum ventured into the occasional blogwriting moment last year and was genuinely surprised when people actually seemed interested in her views! This says a lot about how older people perceive … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, dementia, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, health, housing, in my shoes, mental health, safeguarding, social care, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, care funding, carers, choice, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, Dilnot, health, inheritance, inheritance tax, insurance, legacy, Mental health, Old age, older people, outcomes, Paul Burstow, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal
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An amazing story! The Healthy Living Club. Inclusive, enabling and fun!
I love stories. I love the way they can capture good practice and inspire others. And what a story this is… I honestly can’t remember what it was that first grabbed my imagination about the Healthy Living Club. A few … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Brighton, carers, choice, Compassion, creativity, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, Healthy Living Club, innovation, JDC, Journal of Dementia Care, Lambeth, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, relationships, residential care, respect, social care, social media, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, vulnerable, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of … Kath Horner | Health Improvement Principal | Public Health NHS Sheffield
This photo was taken 80 years ago, almost to the day. How many of these men had grandchildren – babies, who will now themselves be in their eighties, a significant number perhaps living with dementia? It seems very poignant to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, community, Conditions and Diseases, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, dementia friendly, Dovedale, elderly, health, make a difference, older people, personalisation, public sector, publications, research, Sheffield, Think Local Act Personal, university
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Round up of “In my shoes” – Dementia Awareness, Week 10
We are now at the end of Week 10 of this “in my shoes” series of guest blogs, looking at dementia from different perspectives… recovering from the Olympics, and looking forward to the Paralympics, the blog itself is turning into a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, arts, Caregiver, carer, Carers Trust, choice and control, Compassion, creativity, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, early onset, elderly, Extra Care, health, Health and Social Care, independence, innovative, integration, intergenerational, leadership, Leicestershire, make a difference, Mental health, nature, older people, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, reminiscence, social care, Think Local Act Personal, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of … Katherine Brown | Arts and Health Project Manager | Beauty and Utility Arts
The Innovation Challenge in Leicestershire. What a great idea! Leicestershire County Council provided an opportunity for housing providers and microproviders to come together and do some really innovative stuff. A small amount of money making a BIG difference to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, choice, choice and control, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, dignity, early onset dementia, empathy, Extra Care; housing; Compassion, inter-generational; creative; arts; health, Leicestershire County Council; Innovation Challenge; housing; EMHA, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, relationships, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal
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Round up of “In my shoes” – Dementia Awareness, Week 9
We are now at the end of Week 9 of this “in my shoes” series of guest blogs, looking at dementia from different perspectives. The blog is proving to be a great opportunity for lots of shy violets and first-time-bloggers to pick … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Caregiver, carer, choice and control, Compassion, Coventry, creativity, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, elderly, Extra Care, health, Health and Social Care, independence, innovative, integration, leadership, make a difference, Mental health, New Possibilities, older people, outcomes, personalisation, reminiscence, SCIE, social care, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Think Local Act Personal, Wales, Whose Shoes?
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