Whose Shoes? – Gill Phillips
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- Creating life with words – Inspiration, love and truth Inspirational blog by Kate Swaffer, living with dementia in Australia
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In the shoes of… Gill’s Mum | A different bus. A whole new experience ;)
This blog has been ‘pending for a couple of weeks – I’ve had other things on my mind – but it seems a nice one to post for a leisurely Bank Holiday… I popped over to see Mum (aka @Gills_Mum) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged Bus, elderly, Gill's Mum, health, independence, older people, people watching, public transport, Quality of life, relationships, Spring, Twitter
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For the avoidance of doubt. My Mum is NOT up for adoption…
Last week we had some fun on Twitter. As we do… A lot of people love my 91 year old Mum’s down to earth guest blogs. "@WhoseShoes: In the shoes of Gill’s Mum’s…| Good Friday is not so good… wp.me/p1enjT-1LW" … Continue reading
In the shoes of Gill’s Mum’s…| Good Friday is not so good…
I have been delighted that the guest blogs written by my (now) 91 year old Mum have been amongst the most popular in the series. I have been trying to encourage Mum to write some more. Especially when she is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, personalisation, well-being
Tagged community, elderly, independence, isolation, library, older people, Quality of life, relationships, transport, well-being
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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
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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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
Posted in Blogs, dementia, Guest blog, health, in my shoes, personalisation, public sector, safeguarding, social care, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
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
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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
Posted in Blogs, dementia, education, Guest blog, health, in my shoes, Learning and development, personalisation, social care, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
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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In the shoes (“because I’ve got no boots!”) of … Gill’s Mum
My Whose Shoes? tools are all about seeing important issues from different people’s perspectives. Well, here my 90 year old Mum tells us how she feels about being “banged up” in her house for nearly a week as the snow … Continue reading
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Tagged carers, choice, choice and control, community, elderly, empathy, falls prevention, footwear, Health and Social Care, independence, older people, Quality of life, relationships, risk, safeguarding, shoes, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?, winter
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