Whose Shoes? – Gill Phillips
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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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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
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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…Gill Bailey | … And Winifred, living with dementia
A happy story today! A story that shows the wonderful outcomes that can be achieved through simple person-centred approaches Regular readers of the “in my shoes” series will remember the heart-warming story of Winifred, told by Gill Bailey, from Helen … Continue reading
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Tagged Care Quality Commission, carers, challenging behaviour, choice and control, community, dementia, dementia challenge, disability, elderly, health, Helen Sanderson, Nursing home, older people, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, residential care, safeguarding, service users, social care, Think Local Act Personal, vulnerable adults, wellbeing
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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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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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Tagged "NHS Change Day", "walk in my shoes", Alzheimer's, carers, change, choice and control, Compassion, culture change, dementia, dementia challenge, Dementia Challenge. safeguarding, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, Francis Report, Gill Phillips, health, Health and Social Care, Helen Bevan, independence, innovation, innovators, leadership, make a difference, Mid Staffordshire, NHS, nutshell, Nutshell Communications Ltd, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, respect, safety, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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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
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, education, health, in my shoes, personalisation, public sector, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
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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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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Tagged "Andrea Sutcliffe", "Find Me Good Care", Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, Gill Phillips, health, Health and Social Care, home care, humour, independence, information, make a difference, Nutshell Communications Ltd, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, respect, SCIE, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of… Jude Irwin | Carer whose Mum is living with dementia
Mum wrote a popular post recently in this series. Indeed all of Mum’s guest posts are popular – blogging 90 year olds are apparently unusual. This particular post was about care funding. It was interesting that Mum’s opening words were … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, dementia, Guest blog, health, in my shoes, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, TLAP - Making It Real
Tagged "Find Me Good Care", Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, dementia, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, Gill Phillips, health, Health and Social Care, home care, humour, independence, information, laughter, make a difference, Nutshell Communications Ltd, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, respect, SCIE, Social Care Institute for Excellence, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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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
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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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