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In the shoes of … | Barry Rainey helping his Mum live well with dementia
Regular readers will remember the exciting series of Whose Shoes? workshops and associated events last year in Kent, in partnership with a fantastic group of passionate people from the Age UK Consortium, led by Sandra Springett, CEO of Age UK, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, compassion, dementia, Guest blog, personalisation, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, community, Compassion, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, Health and Social Care, independence, Quality of life, relationships, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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The energy is building as West Kent embraces dementia friendly communities!
Thank you to all of you who have been following our Dementia Friendly Communities project in West Kent, in partnership with four local branches of Age UK, sponsored by West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group. We are using new bespoke Whose … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, health, personalisation, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice and control, Compassion, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, make a difference, older people, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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In the shoes of… Barbara Hodkinson | Founder of the Butterfly Scheme – 10 years on
I am delighted to publish this guest blog by Barbara Hodkinson, Founder of the Butterfly Scheme, to mark the ten year anniversary of this important contribution to personalised care for people living with dementia. I think Barbara will be thrilled … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, Guest blog, personalisation, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, Compassion, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, elderly, empathy, health, Hospital, make a difference, older people, outcomes, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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Our global #NHSChangeDay campaign – enabling people living with dementia to speak out
“We pledge to take every opportunity to raise awareness of the reality of living with dementia and get people working together for inclusive dementia-friendly communities” This week our ambitious NHS Change Day pledge went live. Please join us here! Our … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, health, in my shoes, personalisation, safeguarding, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, change, choice and control, co-production, dementia, dementiachallengers, dignity, empathy, health, independence, make a difference, older people, person-centred, Quality of life, relationships, social media, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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Tough times in Europe but a message of hope
Last week we were very honoured to attend and run a workshop at the 23rd Alzheimer Europe Conference ‘Living well in a dementia-friendly society’, Malta 10-12 October 2013. I attended with Shahana Ramsden. We have written this blogpost together and … Continue reading
Posted in co-production, community engagement, dementia, Guest blog, health, in my shoes, personalisation, safeguarding, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, choice, choice and control, community, conference, dementiachallengers, European, Malta, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, relationships, social care, Think Local Act Personal, vascular dementia
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The story of #dementiachallengers told in tweets
New Health Hashtag: #DementiaChallengers http://t.co/LJUSS0KGCh Thank you @WhoseShoes #hcsm — Symplur Hashtags (@healthhashtags) July 28, 2013 So, #dementiachallengers. We are ‘official’… Thank you to the lovely @ClaireOT, who I met up with at the recent #KentDigiCare event, for telling me … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, dementia, education, health, in my shoes, personalisation
Tagged Alzheimer's, Author: Gill Phillips© 2013, carers, community, Compassion, Conditions and Diseases, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, dignity, make a difference, older people, outcomes, Quality of life, relationships, residential care, service users, social care, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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“Nothing’s gonna stop us now” #dementiachallengers
So, Dementia Awareness Week is over. Hmm, we’ll see about that! It feels a very exciting time as we move into Year 2 of #dementiachallengers, a spontaneous collaboration between passionate people who not only want things to be different for people … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, compassion, dementia, education, health, in my shoes, personalisation, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, art, Brighton, Compassion, creativity, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementia challenge, dementiachallengers, early onset, Edana Minghella, empathy, GPs, Larry Gardiner, make a difference, music, older people, personalisation, Quality of life, Think Local Act Personal, vascular dementia, well-being, young onset
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In the shoes of… 100 people living, breathing, working with dementia!
This time last year I had a small idea. To build on my Whose Shoes? concept, looking at issues from different perspectives, I would ask a wide range of people to write a blog and I would post them, one … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, co-production, community engagement, compassion, dementia, education, Gill's Mum, health, in my shoes, personalisation, social care, social media, TLAP - Making It Real, well-being
Tagged Alzheimer's, carers, change, co-production, community, Compassion, dementia, dementia awareness week, dementiachallengers, empathy, innovation, older people, person-centred, personalisation, Quality of life, social media, Think Local Act Personal, Twitter, vascular dementia, Whose Shoes?
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Whose Shoes? A catalyst for change in health and social care 