love2care.uk
Staying connected to others – Love2Care
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Designing your support with you. Staying connected to others. Staying connected to others. Staying connected with Community Circles. We believe that great care is about being happy and fulfilled, doing more of what matters and staying connected to other people in your life; as well as getting the basics right. That’s why we have partnered with the charity Community Circles. Community Circles are a way to help people to do more of what matters to them, and improve their wellbeing, at no extra cost. The se...
peoplethinkingaction.blogspot.com
People Thinking Action: January 2016
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Taking sides in the clash between humanity and impersonal systems. Sunday, 24 January 2016. Press Coverage for People Thinking Action. In recent weeks the number of people coming to read this blog has shot up. It really began with my post on spending Christmas in St Catherine's Hospice. And it has continued with my posts containing templates and ideas for personalising End of Life Care. Using person centred approaches. My posts have been featured by Blog Preston. I'm getting my nephrostomy. I know the ur...
helensanderson.net
12 ways that Wellbeing Teams are different to traditional homecare – Helen Sanderson
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I’m blogging about. November 28, 2016. 12 ways that Wellbeing Teams are different to traditional homecare. You always feel you are letting everyone down. You are always late and always apologising. You never get to know people as well as you could do and they have to put up with constantly changing staff. There are always one or two who would like to talk to you while they have their breakfast or whatever, but it’s not really encouraged. So what is different? As a Wellbeing Worker,. You provide support t...
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Helen Sanderson – Page 5
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I’m blogging about. January 22, 2016. How can we get and keep great staff in home care? Pay people more. That is what everyone seems to say. I don’t underestimate the impact of pay, but in this blog I want to explore some of the other issues that are also worth paying attention to. An established home care organisation in London asked me to help them improve their service. One of the issues they faced was getting and retaining great staff. We looked at why. January 12, 2016. I volunteer at a local care h...
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Three reasons why EachStep won best care home – Helen Sanderson
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I’m blogging about. November 11, 2016. Three reasons why EachStep won best care home. Last week Community Integrated Care won best care home at the National Dementia Awards for their specialist home, EachStep Blackburn. This great news has given us an appropriate point to reflect on our journey, and I’d like to share three reasons why I think EachStep is a real winner. 1) Active partnership with community organisations. Our Community Circles Connector who works at EachStep, has also benefited from these ...
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The 5 core values of Wellbeing Teams (and how we got there) – Helen Sanderson
http://helensanderson.net/2017/01/the-5-core-values-of-wellbeing-teams-and-how-we-got-there
I’m blogging about. January 10, 2017. The 5 core values of Wellbeing Teams (and how we got there). Talk of being ‘values based’ abounds: values based recruitment, values based leadership, values based coaching, values based strategic planning; it would seem that lots of organisations are now doing ‘it’ and that ‘it’ is. Thing to do. So that’s great – isn’t it? For help. Here is some of her wisdom on values, and how we worked together to develop the 5 core values of Wellbeing Teams. Over to Jackie:. Acade...
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Uniforms and home care – Helen Sanderson
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I’m blogging about. October 14, 2016. Uniforms and home care. Remember not to wear your uniform. Were Dora’s parting words as we left. Geraldine is a qualified nurse and wears a nurse uniform and smart jacket, her colleagues in Caring Hands also wear a uniform of a navy tunic and trousers. Last week we explored the issue of uniform with the new wellbeing team. Families like us to look smart and professional’. It is easy for people to recognise their carer. Uniforms can convey a professional distance that...
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Person-centred practices – Helen Sanderson
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I’m blogging about. February 23, 2017. Learning with Yumi – introducing self-management to disability services in Australia. January 9, 2017. My focus for 2017. Last week I saw a post on Facebook. About how a Google coach @Jenny Blake. Created a mindmap of what we she wanted to achieve in 2017. Watch the video below or read the rest of the post to see what came out of this exercise as my areas of focus for 2017. I chose to explore three work areas as my focus for 2017. The numbers matter because my aspir...
alternativefuturesgroup.org.uk
Community Circles - Alternative Futures Group
http://alternativefuturesgroup.org.uk/our-services/community-support/community-circles
Our vision and values. Paul gets on his bike. John and Betty’s story. Meet our Senior Leadership Team. Meet our Regional Directors. Our Care Quality Commission Ratings. Annual report and accounts. Memberships, awards and accreditations. Short term breaks and respite. Treatment and recovery centres. Treatment and recovery forum. Support for families and carers. Dementia and older people. Involving people we support. LDOK Radio – SURFing the airwaves. AFG Cheshire and Wirral. Our News and Events. Circles i...
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