Whose Shoes? – Gill Phillips
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- In the shoes of … Suzy Webster | Expert by experience – Moving in with Mum
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- In the shoes of…Gill Bailey | … And Winifred, living with dementia
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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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- Living well with #dementia! 3 generations find a way to make things work for everyone: wp.me/p1enjT-1Uv #carers #compassion 1 hour ago
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- RT @edanaming: @dragonmisery Here's my award-winning Dementia paper, Lee, free online for limited time :) bit.ly/17pRm3b 2 hours ago
- RT @Tink73purple: Finds it frustrating when people don't understand that people with dementia & their carers deserve specialised care #Talk… 2 hours ago
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Tag Archives: Mental health
Technology and Brain-Friendly Learning – Making It Real!
It is all too easy to get lost in “process”. As a creative type, I go to extraordinary lengths to avoid processy things. Indeed the fact that I am blogging now rather than completing my tax return – after all, there … Continue reading
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Tagged personalisation, health, social care, Whose Shoes?, learning and development, outcomes, make a difference, Twitter, Health and Social Care, LinkedIn, brain friendly, Quality of life, Mental health, Think Local Act Personal, person-centred, empathy, dementiachallengers, Gill Phillips, lwearning, Dave Meier, Educational technology
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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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In the shoes of … Neil Mapes | Director | Dementia Adventure CIC
Happy New Year everybody. #DementiaChallengers are on a roll for 2013, determined to speed up the pace of positive change for people living with dementia and their carers and improve quality of life. And what a refreshing start to the … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, Alzheimer's, carers, choice, creativity, dementia, dementia challenge, dementia screening, dementiachallengers, fresh air, health, innovation, make a difference, Mental health, nature, older people, outcomes, outdoors, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal
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In the shoes of… Toby Williamson | Head of Development & Later Life | Mental Health Foundation
I was delighted to meet Toby Willimson at the recent Dementia Congress in Brighton. He unsuspectingly sat down next to me at the Awards dinner and we got chatting… as you do. And, as soon as he turned out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Brighton, carers, choice, creativity, DEEP project, dementia, dementia challenge, Dementia Congress, dementia screening, dementiachallengers, health, innovation, make a difference, Mental health, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal
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A hot, hot, hot potato… Dementia screening. Coming to a GP surgery near you…
One of the key purposes of this blog is to to give a voice to different perspectives and encourage constructive debate. Hopefully, by flagging things up in an accessible way, we can help switch the focus a bit from debating … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice, dementia, dementia challenge, dementia screening, dementiachallengers, health, innovation, make a difference, Mental health, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, social care, Think Local Act Personal
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‘D’ is for distraction…?
A BIG debate started this week on Twitter. VERY much in Whose Shoes? style. All fab people – LOTS of different perspectives! I had wanted to dabble with “Storify” for some time. This seemed the perfect opportunity… And now I … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive, cognitive disorder, debate, dementia, dementia awareness, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, empowerment, health, impairment, language, Mental health, semantics, social care, stigma, Storify
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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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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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Round up of “In my shoes” – Dementia Awareness, Week 8
We are now at the end of Week 8 of this “in my shoes” series, looking at dementia from different perspectives. What started as an idea for Dementia Awareness Week has turned into an extended series of daily guest blogs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Caregiver, carer, choice and control, Compassion, creativity, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, elderly, health, Health and Social Care, independence, innovative, integration, leadership, make a difference, Mental health, Merevale, Mindings, 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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Round up of “In my shoes” – Dementia Awareness, Week 7
We are now at the end of Week 7 of this “in my shoes” series, looking at dementia from different perspectives. What started as an idea for Dementia Awareness Week has turned into an extended series of daily guest blogs with … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, Caregiver, carer, choice and control, Compassion, cricket, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, elderly, football, golf, health, Health and Social Care, independence, innovative, integration, make a difference, Mental health, Merevale, Mindings, New Possibilities, older people, outcomes, personalisation, reminiscence, social care, sport, Think Local Act Personal, Whose Shoes?
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