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“How lovely! A virtual bouquet for you, Mum!”… “a WHAT??…”
Thank you for all the lovely comments left on Mum’s recent blog about the suspended service: “Tales from the Bus Stop”. And of course all the Twitter conversations and ideas about how Mum can keep herself amused during her reluctant … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, compassion, Gill's Mum, health, housing, in my shoes, personalisation, well-being
Tagged ageing, choice, choice and control, disability, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, isolation, older people, Quality of life, relationships, social media, Twitter
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In the shoes of Gill’s Mum … | ‘Tales from the Bus Stop’ has been suspended
Thank you to all the people on Twitter who have sent best wishes to my Mum (a.k.a. @Gills_Mum) over the last few weeks. She is doing a bit better at the moment and, with my youngest son doing a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, health, personalisation, well-being
Tagged back pain, boredom, Compassion, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, Hospital, independence, injury, iPad, isolation, loneliness, mobility, older people, Quality of life, recovery, relationships, social media, Twitter, wellbeing, X-ray
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1300 carers come together… because people care
Last week, I had the huge privilege of attending the ‘Concert for Caring – a celebration of carers and caring’ in Glasgow. I must admit Mr #WhoseShoes raised his eyebrows when I announced that I was going over 300 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, in my shoes, mental health, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged campaigning, carers, community, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, isolation, loneliness, make a difference, outcomes, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, respect, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of… Anne Cooper| warm, caring and trying to help…
On Monday, I captured the Twitter story about Anne Cooper’s quest to navigate the process to ‘befriend’ an isolated person, playing by the rules and processes of modern day society. It made me appreciate even more the wonderful work that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, compassion, Guest blog, housing, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, well-being
Tagged Age UK, befriend, befriending, community, community engagement, Compassion, elderly, empathy, Green Dreams, independence, inter generational, isolation, leisure, loneliness, make a difference, North-East, older people, Quality of life, relationships, social care, traditional, Twitter, voluntary, volunteer, well-being
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“All the lonely people, where do they all come from?”
There are a lot of people that I admire on Twitter, and Anne Cooper (@anniecoops) is right up there. We haven’t met in person – yet! – but she is on my ‘stalking list’. I love this term that I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, compassion, Guest blog, mental health, personalisation, social media, well-being
Tagged Age UK, befriend, befriending, community, community engagement, Compassion, elderly, empathy, independence, inter generational, isolation, leisure, loneliness, make a difference, North-East, older people, Quality of life, relationships, social care, traditional, Twitter, voluntary, volunteer, well-being
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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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“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 (boots?) of Gill’s Mum’s… daughter!
Mum is going stir crazy. Or more precisely “Climbing round the picture rail” – she has a lovely turn of phrase. She lives alone and makes a religion out of going out every day, but at the moment ‘it’s snow … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, Gill's Mum, health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, social media, well-being
Tagged Australia, choice, choice and control, elderly, empathy, falls prevention, family, footwear, health, Health and Social Care, independence, isolation, loneliness, older people, outcomes, personalisation, Perth, Quality of life, relationships, risk, safeguarding, snow, social care, Sydney, Whose Shoes?, winter
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Helping to remind thinkers and policy makers “what it’s all about”…
I am a big fan of the Disruptive Social Care podcasts. Right at the beginning of the podcast series, I described Shirley Ayres and Stuart Arnott as the “Moira Stewart and Chris Evans of social care.” I look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, dementia, education, health, mental health, personalisation, public sector, social care, social media, well-being
Tagged community, Disruptive podcast, health, integration, isolation, King's Fund, NHS, older people, policy, real world, Richard Humphries, shirley Ayres, social care, social media, technology, Whose Shoes?
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Dementia friendly? The digital onslaught. In the shoes of… Gill’s Mum :)
Last week, I attended the Dementia Congress in Brighton. The sessions I attended were very interesting but involved being “talked at” rather a lot, whereas I am used to more interaction. I wrote an A-Z list of my immediate reflections, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, dementia, Gill's Mum, Guest blog, health, mental health, personalisation, safeguarding, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged banks, buses, carers, choice, choice and control, community, Compassion, dementia, dementia challenge, dementia friendly, dementia friendly community, dementiachallengers, digital engagement, health, Health and Social Care, I.T skills, independence, isolation, libraries, make a difference, market, nutrition, older people, outcomes, relationships, transport
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Whose Shoes? A catalyst for change in health and social care 