Whose Shoes? – Gill Phillips
- Impossible = I'm possible: wp.me/p1Iyrj-1bE Inspiration, as always, from the lovely @KateSwaffer Living with #dementia in #Australia 1 hour ago
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- In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – Part 2
- In the shoes of … Suzy Webster | Expert by experience – Moving in with Mum
- Whose Shoes? – Making It Real
- In the shoes of…Gill Bailey | … And Winifred, living with dementia
- In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – Part 1…
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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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- Impossible = I'm possible: wp.me/p1Iyrj-1bE Inspiration, as always, from the lovely @KateSwaffer Living with #dementia in #Australia 1 hour ago
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- Thank you @SCIE_socialcare for mention of Whose Shoes? blog in your #dementia #talkdementia summary! :) scie.org.uk/news/index.aspx 1 hour ago
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- In the shoes of…Sheila Merriman | Specialist Intermediate Services Dietitian | wp.me/p1enjT-wP Practical #nutrition tips #talkdementia 2 hours ago
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In the shoes of … Suzy Webster | Expert by experience – Moving in with Mum
Last year I posted a story by Suzy Webster. It was a very moving story about her grandmother’s journey with dementia and the improvements in understanding and attitudes Suzy had witnessed over recent years. Suzy’s own Mum had recently been diagnosed … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, compassion, dementia, education, Guest blog, health, housing, mental health, personalisation, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, children, choice, choice and control, Compassion, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, hydrocephalus, make a difference, moving house, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, relationships, residential care, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal, tranquillity
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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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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
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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Dancing is good for people – including people with dementia!
I was excited to read this tweet from Dr Karim Saad recently. Dr Saad is a strong advocate of, and very successful in, reducing the use of anti-psychotic drugs for people living with dementia. Care homes urged to run dance … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, health, in my shoes, personalisation, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, co-production, community, Compassion, creativity, dance, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, make a difference, music, older people, Quality of life, social media, Think Local Act Personal, vascular dementia
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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
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, dementia, education, health, personalisation, public sector, safeguarding, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
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In the shoes of… Andrea Sutcliffe | CEO of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (Find Me Good Care)
Last week we posted a guest blog by Jude Irwin who cares for her Mum, living with dementia. They had struggled to find her good care. Luckily Jude had subsequently found a brilliant home care agency and she and her Mum are … Continue reading
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