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In my own shoes – Gill’s random thoughts on turning 60. #Gill60
I had all sorts of ideas about how I might mark my 60th birthday in terms of social media. I loved #60yearsoflearning by @ShirleyAyres; I loved @AnnieCoops’ photos over the years to mark her 50th; I loved the wonderful film that … Continue reading
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Tagged choice and control, co-production, creativity, dementia, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, make a difference, outcomes, person-centred, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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What a year! My ‘take’ on #MatExp: building a change platform – by accident!
Florence Wilcock had promised to write a blog summarising ‘a year in the life of MatExp’: the story, from her perspective, of the 12 months since we first met. She emailed it to me and I felt really emotional opening … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the Running Shoes of Jacque Gerrard… | RCM Director, England
I first met Jacque Gerrard in real life, as opposed to Twitter, at the ‘Caring for the Carers’ (in this context, carers = professional staff) maternity conference at George Eliot hospital, Nuneaton. It was an amazing event. @JonathanCliffe8 our trust … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, Guest blog, health, leadership, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged #MatExp, choice, choice and control, co-production, Compassion, empathy, health, maternity, maternity review, midwifery, midwives, RCM, respect, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of … | Ellie Milner, a West Midlands #NHSChangeDay Hubbie :)
Every so often – and sometimes more frantically – my phone pings with a WhatsApp message. I am not really into WhatApp so I know it is likely to be another message from one of the fab group of West … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, dementia, education, Guest blog, health, maternity, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged "NHS Change Day", #NHSChangeDay, dementiachallengers, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, make a difference, NHS, outcomes, personalisation, social media, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of… | Gill’s Mum. Reluctantly accepting a bit of ‘assistance’…
My friends will know that we have had a difficult few months – Mum (a.k.a @Gills_Mum) fell and fractured a bone in her lower back and came to live with us while she recovered (or at least got a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Gill's Mum, health, personalisation, safeguarding, social media, well-being
Tagged Assisted Living, community, elderly, empathy, health, independence, mobility, older people, Quality of life, relationships, sheltered housing, social media, Twitter
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In my own (beach) shoes… at the Dementia Congress, Brighton
“The UK Dementia Congress is the largest annual multi‐disciplinary dementia‐focused event and exhibition in the UK” The largest event is a quantitative measure. But for many of us the Dementia Congress is also a wonderful gathering of friends and new friends – people coming together fired by a common purpose. It was lovely to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, Compassion, creativity, dementia, empathy, independence, innovative, older people, person-centred, Quality of life, relationships, Whose Shoes?
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A little bit of magic in Scotland … and planning the ‘hairy biker’ tour :-)
Ken Howard and I had been planning our trip to Scotland for a long time. Originally we were thrilled because our abstract was accepted as part of the popular ‘Involving people living with dementia’ session at the 23rd European Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alzheimer's, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, hairy biker tour, Health and Social Care, independence, Ken Howard, make a difference, Quality of life, relationships, Scotland, Twitter, Whose Shoes?
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Sharing global social media stories – in Puerto Rico and Australia!
Today / tonight / yesterday Helen Bevan and Mary Freer give a talk on using social media for transformational change. The talk is at the #APACForum in Melbourne and who knows exactly when it is, it is all so confusing … Continue reading
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Whose Shoes? A catalyst for change in health and social care 